Reviewing KubeCon Detroit

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SHOW NOTES:

Topic 1 - Let’s start with what was good or bad at CloudNativeCon/KubeCon. Overall vibes at the conference?

Topic 2 - Interesting technologies or technology trends?

Kubernetes is no longer the center of this conference
Service Mesh, WASM (Web Assembly), Cost-Mgmt, various forms of Security
Starting to see fragmentation (e.g. Cloud-Native Security is it’s own conference)

Topic 3 - Are we in a bubble? Lots of companies in each technology category? Will we see consolidation, failures or buyers?

What’s the mission for CNCF - place for projects to incubate with no “horse in the race”, all areas will eventually consolidate down to a few players over time?

Topic 4 - What’s next for KubeCon?

Can it survive as a big event without a central technology?
Will it splinter into lots of little events?
Did the CNCF turn this into too much of a marketing event?
What’s in it for the sponsors? Especially if it splits into different events?
Why do they keep making bad location choices? (Amsterdam 4/20, Chicago - Nov ‘23)

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