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Simon Koudijs
Software Engineer, Trainer, and Open-Source Builder
Simon Koudijs is a software engineer and trainer working at the boundary between software, infrastructure, and configuration. He has worked across startups and the pension industry, with a focus on improvements that are measurable and useful in practice. He speaks and teaches about Git workflows, Kubernetes, configuration, and internal platforms, with a particular focus on how shared infrastructure shapes software behaviour. He presented an early version of the Reverse GitOps pattern at Platform Engineering Day Europe 2026, co-located with KubeCon, and currently builds the open-source `gitops-reverser` operator (github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser).