About
We build platforms.
Not slide decks.
Founder-led engineering from Münsterland. Cloud-native systems, platforms and software.
What we do well
What we do well.
- 01
Cloud-Native Architecture
Kubernetes, EKS, service mesh, container orchestration — not just deploying, but doing it right.
- 02
Platform Engineering
Self-service developer platforms, golden paths, internal tooling. Making developers productive, not blocked.
- 03
Architecture Modernization
Breaking monoliths, going event-driven, paying down tech debt. Pragmatic, not dogmatic.
- 04
DevOps & CI/CD
GitOps, Infrastructure as Code, deployment pipelines, observability. Automate everything that can be automated.
- 05
Security & Compliance
Supply chain security, OCI, GDPR by design. Security is not an afterthought.
- 06
Software Development
Go, TypeScript, React — backends, APIs and frontends. We build the software, not just the platform under it.
Founder
Matthias Bruns
Founder & Cloud-Native Engineer
15+ years in software engineering and technical leadership. From Java monoliths in financial services to mobile at REWE and Eurowings to cloud-native platforms at Telia and Bayer. Currently: open source at SAP.
Founded Appetizer Labs because too many companies buy cloud consulting and get PowerPoint decks. His approach: Less talking, more building.
Changelog
Changelog.
- 2025
Open Component Model at SAP — cloud-native supply chain security at enterprise level
- 2023
Appetizer Labs founded. From freelancer to company. Rhede, Münsterland as home base.
- 2022
International: Telia Stockholm, Bayer, RTL — enterprise platforms and Go workshops
- 2019
Full freelance: Senior Technical Lead. Go, AWS, cloud-native.
- 2017
Enterprise mobile: REWE, Eurowings, mobile.de — big products, real scale
- 2011
First code. Java in financial services. The hard school.
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