In Sam's two masterclasses, you will learn how to build resilient distributed systems and master microservice communication. The Resilient Distributed Systems masterclass will cover key principles such as resiliency, timeout tuning, retries, circuit breakers, and load shedding. While the Microservice Communication masterclass will focus on practical aspects like message brokers, schemas, and event sourcing. Both masterclasses will be interactive, allowing you to explore the trade-offs involved in designing scalable and reliable systems.
Masterclasses at GOTO Copenhagen 2025
Sam Newman is an independent consultant specializing in helping people ship software fast. Sam has worked extensively with the cloud, continuous delivery and microservices and is especially preoccupied with understanding how to more easily deploy working software into production.
For the last few years, he’s been focused on microservice architectures. Sam worked with a variety of companies around the world, often with one foot in the developer world and another in the IT operations space. Previously, has spent over a decade at ThoughtWorks before leaving for a startup, and then eventually setting up his own company. Sam is a frequent speaker at conferences and author of best-selling books.
Topic focus: Microservices
Check out some of Sam’s past talks:
- GOTO Berlin 2019 - Monolith Decomposition Patterns
- GOTO Copenhagen 2019 - Why Your Private Cloud is Probably a Bad Idea
- GOTO Berlin 2018 - Insecure Transit - Microservice
A few of Sam’s books: