After a forced shutdown that lasted 2.5 years, the Dutch community showed resilience and grit and came together once more to run the second edition of the event that started right here (we held the very first edition of KCD ever held worldwide, in 2019); it showed that the Dutch community is strong and vibrant as ever, and the country is at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, with strong adoption of cloud native digital infrastructures, widespread use of Kubernetes and
related tools and advanced end users, ranging from retail to banking and manufacturing.