KubeCon Engineering Takeaways

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Bret and Nirmal recorded this special offline episode at KubeCon North America in Salt Lake City. We hung out at the AWS booth to break down the major trends and developments from the conference. 
The event drew a record-breaking 10,000 attendees, with roughly half being first-timers to the Cloud Native ecosystem. 

Starting with Cloud Native Rejekts and moving through the pre-conference events, we noticed Platform Engineering emerged as the dominant theme, with its dedicated conference track drawing standing-room-only crowds.

The main conference showcased a notable surge in new vendors, particularly in AI and security sectors, representing about a quarter of all exhibitors. We dissect the key engineering trends, ongoing challenges in Cloud Native adoption, and insights gathered from various conferences including ArgoCon, BackstageCon, and Wasm Day. In our 40-minute discussion, we tried to capture the essence of what made this year's KubeCon significant. It's a great listen whether you couldn't attend or if you're a veteran of the Cloud Native community.

★Show Links★
Viktor Farcic demo: https://www.getport.io
Rejekts lightening talk of RBAC tool: tbd
Open source community Cloud Native Operational Excellence: https://cnoe.io

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (03:38) - KubeCon Rejekts
  • (04:50) - Better Than Namespaces
  • (07:17) - Day 0
  • (08:32) - BackstageCon and Platform Interfaces
  • (12:35) - Argo CD and Deployment Dashboards
  • (13:57) - GitOps Bridge: Bridging Infrastructure and GitOps
  • (14:49) - Kubernetes Resource Orchestrator (KRO)
  • (16:23) - Fleet Management in Kubernetes
  • (18:12) - Ford's Approach to Kubernetes Tooling
  • (19:36) - CNOE: Community-Driven Kubernetes Reference Architectures
  • (26:21) - AI Integration in Kubernetes Tools
  • (34:03) - Managing Infrastructure at Scale with Karpenter
  • (35:13) - KubeCon Highlights and Future Trends

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Creators and Guests

Bret Fisher
Host
Bret Fisher
Cloud native DevOps Dude. Course creator, YouTuber, Podcaster. Docker Captain and CNCF Ambassador. People person who spends too much time in front of a computer.
Nirmal Mehta
Host
Nirmal Mehta
Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Beth Fisher
Producer
Beth Fisher
Producer of DevOps and Docker Talk podcast since 2019. Assistant producer on Bret Fisher Live show on YouTube. Business and proposal writer by trade.
Cristi Cotovan
Editor
Cristi Cotovan
Video editor and educational content producer. Descript and Camtasia coach.
KubeCon Engineering Takeaways
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