Viktor and Whitney Lee, attendees of KubeCon NA 2023, discuss their experiences at the conference, including a failed keynote presentation and improvements compared to previous years. They also touch on productivity improvement, Silium networking in Kubernetes clusters, the project pavilion area, and media companies' functions. The hosts share their key takeaways from KubeCon US and discuss upcoming security-related projects.
The top five projects that end users contribute to in the CNCF include Backstage, Kubernetes, Argo, Prometheus, and Telepresence, with each project serving different purposes like developer productivity, container orchestration, automation, monitoring, and local development against remote Kubernetes clusters.
The top five companies that contribute to open source projects in the CNCF are Spotify, Bloomberg, Reddit, Intuit, and Workday, with each company making significant contributions and actively supporting various CNCF projects.
Deep dives
Top 5 Projects End Users Contribute to
The top five projects that end users contribute to in the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) are: Backstage, Kubernetes, Argo, Prometheus, and Telepresence. Backstage, developed by Spotify, is a project focused on developer productivity and observability. Kubernetes, the leading container orchestration platform, is widely contributed to by end users. Argo, an open-source automation tool, helps with CI/CD and workflow management. Prometheus, a popular monitoring and alerting toolkit, allows end users to contribute to metrics collection and analysis. Lastly, Telepresence is an emerging project that enables local development against a remote Kubernetes cluster, which is valuable for end users.
Top 5 Companies that Contribute to CNCF Open Source
The top five companies that contribute to open source projects in the CNCF are Spotify, Bloomberg, Reddit, Intuit, and Workday. Spotify, known for its music streaming service, leads the pack in open-source contributions. Bloomberg, a media and financial data company, actively supports and contributes to various CNCF projects. Reddit, a popular online community platform, encourages its contributors to engage with open source. Intuit, a software company, leverages open source and contributes back to the community. Lastly, Workday, a provider of cloud-based HR and financial management software, actively participates in open source initiatives.
#237: Darin catches up with Viktor and Whitney Lee just minutes after they've finished up at KubeCon NA 2023. We discuss the good things and bad things that they experienced while in Chicago.