01 CFP OPEN
Annual Conference
InfraConf Africa
The flagship event. Fully virtual in 2026, physical from 2027. Strictly infrastructure engineering, systems design, and operations at scale.
SYSTEM LAYER · V1.0.0
The Media Ecosystem for
Infrastructure Engineers
High-signal, zero-fluff content for the engineers building the next generation of scale.
6 Channels
50k+ Engineers
15+ Countries
The Ecosystem Layers
theinfra organizes and powers six key media channels to elevate systems engineering skills and connect builders.
02 COMING 2026
Weekly Newsletter
The Stack
A weekly digest of infrastructure engineering news, systems architecture deep dives, open-source releases, and practical posts curated by builders.
03 COMING 2026
Podcast
Runtime
Conversations with platform engineers, kernel developers, SREs, and systems leaders shipping software at high concurrency and scale. No fluff.
04 SUBMISSIONS OPEN
Technical Sessions
Workshops
Where infrastructure organizations can submit recorded workshops to be published on theinfraTV. Slots are available via direct booking or as a sponsorship reward.
05 YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Video / YouTube
theinfraTV
All conference talks, recorded deep-dive engineering tutorials, whiteboard sessions, and system architecture walkthroughs published within one week.
06 JOIN NOW
Discord Community
The Layer
A Discord community for infrastructure engineers. Dedicated tracks for databases, networking, SRE, orchestration, jobs, and peer mentorship.
// SOUNDWAVE STREAM
Runtime Podcast
Tune in to weekly high-fidelity dialogues with developers and architects operating systems under load. No corporate scripts, no superficial overviews. Just production war stories.
Available Directories
Recent Broadcasts
Kernel-level Packet Filtering with eBPF and XDP
In this episode, we host kernel developer Zara Ndiaye to explain eBPF bytecode compilation, XDP hook placements, and packet drops at the network driver interface.
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Designing Distributed Raft Consensus Logs in Go
We talk with systems architect Kaelen O'Connor about building a distributed write-ahead log, quorum consensus, log compaction, and leader election states.
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Company Workshops
Company Workshops
on the Channel
Infrastructure companies can publish their recorded, in-depth workshops and deep-dive sessions directly to theinfraTV — reaching a dedicated audience of engineers who build at scale.
SPONSOR PERK
Included automatically for initiative sponsors — one workshop slot per sponsorship tier.
PAID SLOT
Non-sponsors can book a dedicated workshop slot. Pricing based on production quality and promotion.
RECENT WORKSHOPS
Coming Q3 2026
Datadog ★ SPONSOR
Observability at Scale: eBPF-powered Metrics Pipeline
48:12
Grafana Labs $ PAID
Building a Unified Infra Dashboard with Loki + Tempo
52:34
Cilium / Isovalent ★ SPONSOR
Zero-Trust Networking with eBPF & Cilium CNI
61:07
// OUR MISSION
Elevating the Core Layer
theinfra was founded to address the lack of specialized, high-signal media channels dedicated to infrastructure and systems engineering in emerging markets. We believe that shipping robust, cost-effective infrastructure requires engineering discipline and deep architectural understanding.
Through our virtual conferences, technical newsletters, raw audio broadcasts, and structured survey research, we build a community that shares real production telemetry, post-mortems, and performance benchmarks without the marketing hype.