The New Stack Podcast The Kro Project: Giving Kubernetes Users What They Want
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Apr 15, 2025 Guests Jesse Butler, Principal Product Manager at AWS, and Nic Slattery, Product Manager at Google Cloud, discuss the exciting new Kro project born from customer demand. This open-source tool aims to simplify Kubernetes resource orchestration across cloud providers, reducing complexity for developers. They share insights on the unique collaboration among Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, driven by community needs rather than top-down decisions. The project has quickly gained traction, attracting numerous contributors as it prepares for a production-ready release.
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Cross-Company Collaboration Origin
- Nic Slattery shared how cross-company collaboration started over lunch at AWS with people from Google and Azure working on similar Kubernetes orchestration solutions.
- This organically grew into a joint effort to unify their approaches recognizing common customer needs.
Customer Pull Drives Kro Project
- Customer demand, not corporate strategy, drove the Kro Project's creation across Google, Amazon, and Microsoft.
- Customers wanted Kubernetes-native, cloud-agnostic orchestration to avoid vendor lock-in and complexity.
Need for Simplified Resource Orchestration
- Platform teams need simplified Kubernetes resource composition so end users can request complex services without deep cloud knowledge.
- Current solutions are fragmented, leading to maintenance challenges and hindering integration with CI/CD pipelines.