Axel Fontaine - Entrepreneur, Architect, Developer, Trainer, Public Speaker, Author

Axel
Hi, I'm Axel

I'm an entrepreneur, public speaker and software development expert based in Munich.

I'm the creator of Sprinters. Sprinters lets you run your GitHub Actions jobs 10x cheaper on your own AWS account with secure, ephemeral, high-performance, low-cost runners within the privacy of your own VPC.

I also created CloudCaptain, previously known as Boxfuse. CloudCaptain is a cloud deployment platform enabling small and medium size companies to focus on development, while it takes care of infrastructure and operations.

Back in 2010, I bootstrapped Flyway, and grew it into the world's most popular database migration tool. Starting late 2017, I expanded the project beyond its open-source roots into a highly profitable business, acquiring many of the world's largest companies and public institutions as customers. After two years of exponential growth, I sold the company to Redgate in 2019.

In the past I also spoke regularly at many large international conferences including JavaOne, Devoxx, Jfokus, JavaZone, JAX and more about a wide range of topics including modular monoliths, immutable infrastructure and continuous delivery. As part of this I received the JavaOne RockStar speaker award. As a recognition for my contributions to overall Java industry, Oracle awarded me the Java Champion title.

You can find me on 𝕏 as @axelfontaine
and email me at axel@axelfontaine.com

Speaking

Over the last few years, I have given a large number of talks at conferences and user groups.
The focus has been Modular Monoliths, Immutable Infrastructure, Continuous Delivery, Flyway and Boxfuse.

Upcoming talk Gray

Past talk

This talk is pure Gold. This talk must be mandatory for every software developer. Thanks for this tremendous knowledge

Waldo Araya at Devoxx Belgium 2018 in Antwerp

A masterclass in my opinion. Especially relevant in my home country of New Zealand where we have a small population (under 5 million) so the vast majority of software written to serve subsets of that population does not need the rather costly benefits that come with microservices.

Nico de Wet at Devoxx Belgium 2018 in Antwerp

Rise of the Machines Images: Very nice talk about immutable infrastructure by @axelfontaine #qconlondon

Julien Vey at QCon 2016 in London

#qconlondon. Great talk by @axelfontaine. Nice to see a live demo that shows real life technical solutions.

Martin Peston at QCon 2016 in London

Very nice talk on infrastructure by @axelfontaine. Good questions, observations and ideas. #geecon

Konrad Garus at Geecon 2015 in Krakow

@axelfontaine rocks! Helps to rethink settled concepts. Consequently the room is fully packed. #geecon

Katerina Shkor at Geecon 2015 in Krakow

Really enjoyed @axelfontaine's talk tonight. Another excellent @devbash and @BelfastJUG event. If you're not attending these ur missing out!

Gillian Armstrong at DevBash in Belfast

Interesting talk by @axelfontaine about infrastructure automation for PaaS with boxfuse.com #heroku #docker #aws #JavaZone

Lukas Eder at JavaZone 2014 in Oslo

Inspiring talk @axelfontaine about continuous delivery in #jfokus

Ari Räisänen at Jfokus 2014 in Stockholm

Really good stuff from @axelfontaine, "maybe we don't need to roll back, but we can roll forward" #jfokus

Ilari Kontinen at Jfokus 2014 in Stockholm

Excellent continuous delivery presentation by @axelfontaine. #jfokus

Janne Sinivirta at Jfokus 2014 in Stockholm

A lot of interesting topics on #confess_2013 but the continuous delivery session of @axelfontaine is my favorite to date.

Bert Vado at CONFESS_2013 in Vienna

@axelfontaine kept the audience in a tight grip for his continuous delivery presentation, no turning back! #jdays

Cecilia Borg at jDays 2012 in Göteborg

Articles

I've written a number of articles for magazines, my blog and around the web.
These are the most popular ones.

Architecting for Continuous Delivery [Print / iPad]

The leading article for the Java Magazin 11.13 issue. The issue also includes an interview with me as author of the month.

Agilität und Continuous Delivery [Kindle / iBooks]

Chapter 2 is a reprint of my Architecting for Continous Delivery Java Magazin article. The e-book is available both on Kindle and on iBooks (iPad or iPhone).

Flyway - Open Source Java Database Migration Framework

Introductory Flyway article for the Fall 2012 issue of Methods & Tools.

Majestic Modular Monoliths

Logging in the age of Microservices and the Cloud

Architecture for the Cloud

Immutable Infrastructure

Continuous Delivery

Flyway