Brendan Burns
Co-creator of Kubernetes and a technical fellow at Microsoft with deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, known for leading the design and open-sourcing of Kubernetes.
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Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 7min
The Co-Creator of Kubernetes On Convincing Google, Building It, and Scaling for LLMs
Brendan Burns, co-creator of Kubernetes and Microsoft technical fellow known for distributed systems work. He recounts convincing leadership, building a rapid MVP, and rallying an open source ecosystem. He explains design tradeoffs like declarative models, etcd bottlenecks, and scaling Kubernetes for huge AI workloads.
