

Kubernetes Bytes
Ryan Wallner & Bhavin Shah
Kubernetes Bytes is a podcast bringing you the latest from the world of cloud native data management. Hosts Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah come to you from Boston, Massachusetts with experienced backgrounds in cloud-native tech. They'll be sharing their thoughts on recent cloud native news and talking to industry experts about their experiences and challenges managing the wealth of data in today's cloud-native ecosystem.
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Oct 25, 2023 • 35min
DevOpsDays Boston - Helping developers be more productive in a multi-cloud world
In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Michael o'leary and Ibett A to talk about how developers can build multi-cloud secure architectures using Kubernetes and the principles of Shift Left and DevSecOps. Check out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/ Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytes Ads: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order.Timestamps: 00:00 Interview with Michael o'leary 18:50 Interview with Ibett AShow links: Boston Kubernetes Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/boston-kubernetes-meetup/

Oct 25, 2023 • 31min
DevOpsDays Boston - Platform Engineering and Internal Developer Platforms
In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Alexandre Pauwels and Kevin Scheunemann at DevOps Days Boston to talk all about IDPs and Platform Engineering. The discussion focuses on how organizations can build IDPs from open source tools and the how DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering teams work together. Check out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/ Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytesAds: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order.Timestamps: 00:00 Interview with Alexandre Pauwels 16:00 Interview with Kevin ScheunemannShow links: https://bitmantle.com/

Oct 25, 2023 • 43min
DevOpsDays Boston - Real value of community
In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Paul Bruce and Don Luchini - the organizers of DevOpsdays Boston and talk about the value of community, what DevOps means to them and how the event has evolved over the years. Listen in to learn more about what to expect when you attend one of these events or meetups in the future, and the guests also share their perspective around DevOps, Kubernetes and Platform Engineering Check out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/ Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytes Ads: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order. Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping.Timestamps: 00:00 Interview with Paul Bruce 22:25 Interview with Don LuchiniJoin the DevOpsDays Boston slack - https://bostondevops.github.io/

Oct 13, 2023 • 59min
Kubernetes at the Edge
In this Episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin and Ryan discuss Edge Computing and how Kubernetes and other platforms and distributions can help build better solutions for the edge. Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytesCheck out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/Ads: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order. Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping.Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 05:30 Cloud Native News 15:50 Kubernetes at the Edge Cloud Native News: https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2023/10/11/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-cilium-graduation/ https://www.pulumi.com/blog/series-c/ https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryrfsmtla https://cloudnativenow.com/features/loft-labs-bolsters-virtual-kubernetes-cluster-management-at-scale/ Show Notes: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/08/18/kubernetes-on-the-edge-getting-started-with-kubeedge-and-kubernetes-for-edge-computing/ https://youtu.be/rj4FFf1gZ0g?si=j74AHT_09l5wwIMi https://thenewstack.io/a-new-kubernetes-edge-architecture/ https://www.packtpub.com/product/edge-computing-systems-with-kubernetes/9781800568594 https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/ARM-vs-x86 https://www.xenonstack.com/blog/edge-data-management https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/08/18/kubernetes-on-the-edge-getting-started-with-kubeedge-and-kubernetes-for-edge-computing/ https://docs.k3s.io/architecture https://microk8s.io/docs/getting-started https://kubeedge.io/docs/category/architecture

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Sep 26, 2023 • 1h 19min
How Chick-fil-A adopts GitOps and K3s at the Edge
Brian Chambers, Chief Architect at Chick-fil-A, discusses the adoption of Kubernetes at Chick-fil-A, focusing on the challenges faced and benefits gained. They highlight the hardware setup and partition scheme of Chick-fil-A's edge environment and the use of K3s for container orchestration. The chapter also explores the concept of edge native applications and the implementation of GitOps for cluster management.

Sep 14, 2023 • 1h 2min
Nodeless Kubernetes - Optimizing costs with just in time compute
Madhuri Yechuri, Elotl product specialist, joins the podcast to discuss Nodeless Kubernetes and the concept of just-in-time compute provisioning. They highlight the benefits of a nodeless architecture, such as cost savings and minimizing wasted spend. They also dive into Luna and Nova, Elotl products that optimize costs and manage state in stateful and stateless applications.

Sep 1, 2023 • 58min
Solving Multicloud with Seamless Connectivity and AI - with Rob Croteau
In this episode of KubernetesBytes, Bhavin and Ryan interview Rob Croteau of Avesha. Avesha is behind the open source project KubeSlice which aims to enable admins to seamlessly connect multiple Kubernetes clusters no matter where they are located with a few command or clicks. Learn about the challenges teams face today with networking and how Kubeslice and avesha are trying to make connectivity for clusters simple. Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytes Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping.Ready to shop better hydration, use code "kubernetesbytes" at this special link https://zen.ai/apaSnaIFOuee5jScqZ28a03tKKvQiqkyz8mtm9wipoE to save 20% off anything you order.Time Stamps News 00:05:36 Interview 00:14:05 Takeaways 00:53:50 Show Links - https://kubeslice.io/ - https://avesha.io/ - https://github.com/kubeslice Show Notes: - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/duet-ai-in-google-cloud-preview - https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/whats-new-with-gke-at-google-cloud-next - Kubecost Cloud now GA - install agent using Helm chart https://siliconangle.com/2023/08/21/kubecost-debuts-kubecost-cloud-help-enterprises-rein-kubernetes-spending/ - KEDA graduates - https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-graduation-of-kubernetes-autoscaler-keda-301907019.html - Netapp files in google https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/news/366550341/NetApp-cloud-storage-evolving-for-stateful-K8s-AI - GKE Enterprise https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/29/google-introduces-gke-enterprise-to-help-companies-manage-complex-kubernetes-environments/ - API GW article https://thenewstack.io/the-api-gateway-and-the-future-of-cloud-native-applications/ - Ngrok static domains https://ngrok.com/blog-post/free-static-domains-ngrok-users

Aug 17, 2023 • 57min
Kubernetes Observability 101
The hosts discuss their summer break and their trip to Banff National Park in Canada. They also cover the release of Kubernetes 1.28 and enhancements, as well as recent news on cloud native security and observability solutions. The main topic of the episode is Kubernetes observability, exploring its concept, differentiation from monitoring, the importance of traces, and visualization tools.

Jul 19, 2023 • 1h 5min
Generative AI: The New Frontier in Kubernetes Problem-Solving
In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Kyle Forster CEO at RunWhen - a platform for troubleshooting Kubernetes with Generative AI assistance. The discussion starts by talking about LLMs and GPTs, and why everyone is building a ChatBot powered by AI. They then talk about how Generative AI can act as a co-pilot for SREs working with Kubernetes, and help them troubleshoot things faster. Watch this episode to learn more about how AI can help you become the 10x engineer / SRE instead of replacing you at your company. Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytes Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/apaSnaIFOuee5jScqZ28a03tKKvQiqkyz8mtm9wipoE to save 20% off anything you order. 00:30 Introduction 04:44 Cloud Native News 18:10 Interview with Kyle 58:43 TakeawaysCloud Native News: https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/announcing-crunchy-postgres-for-kubernetes-5-4 https://www.itpro.com/cloud/cloud-security/kubernetes-on-aws-targeted-by-hackers-abusing-legitimate-pentesting-tools https://www.scmagazine.com/news/cloud-security/scarleteel-targets-aws-fargate-launches-ddos-as-a-service-campaigns https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/feature/Practice-troubleshooting-Kubernetes-clusters-using-log-data https://www.hashicorp.com/state-of-the-cloud https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/istio-graduates/ https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/07/instacart-flink-kubernetes/ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-secure-kubernetes-with-kubelinter/Show Links: RunWhen - https://www.runwhen.com/ RunWhen Local - https://docs.runwhen.com/public/runwhen-local/getting-started-with-runwhen-local Kyle's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyforster/ Ugly Command Party - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7087375534606712833/

Jul 6, 2023 • 1h 8min
From Manual to Automatic: Revolutionizing Cloud Native Stack Deployment with Argonaut
In this episode Bhavin and Ryan interview Surya Oruganti, Founder of Argonaut. This episode covers the complexities and challenges production Kubernetes environments encounter, how teams are often wrangling with infrastructure and pipelines rather than enabling teams to focus on developing value. Surya helps explain why these problems led him to create the Argonaut project and platform to get teams off and running with full cloud native stacks with all the bells and whistles like GitOps ready to go. 00:30 Intro 07:22 News 00:17:18 Interview with Surya 01:02:04 Takeaways K8s Bytes Slack ! - https://kubernetesbytes.slack.com/ Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping.News https://blog.aquasec.com/2023-nautilus-cybersecurity-report-insights-revealed https://siliconangle.com/2023/06/29/causal-ai-company-causely-raises-8-6m-automate-operations/ https://www.youtube.com/@PlatformEngineering/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=1 https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1vOxwMygjoMGB?s=20 https://www-portainer-io.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.portainer.io/blog/announcing-k2d.io?hs_amp=true https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-tanzu-mission-control-self-managed-announcement https://www.opensourceforu.com/2023/07/netapp-launches-spot-ocean-cd-revolutionising-kubernetes-delivery/ Surya and Argonaut Links https://www.argonaut.dev/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/suryaoruganti/ https://twitter.com/suryaoruganti https://www.linkedin.com/company/argonautdev/ https://twitter.com/argonaut_dev


