Kubernetes for Humans #001 - Kubernetes For Humans Podcast with Christoph Held (Allianz)
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Sep 12, 2023 Christoph Held, Cloud Architect at Allianz and Kubernetes Dashboard project leader, shares insights on Kubernetes history, challenges in dashboard development, role of service mesh, Istio vs. eBPF for network enhancements, and Kubernetes in enterprise platform teams.
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Christoph's Kubernetes Journey
- Christoph Held started contributing to Kubernetes in 2014 and led the Kubernetes dashboard project.
- He was deeply involved in the community and Kubernetes development for many years.
Why Kubernetes Won Early
- Kubernetes was chosen early because alternatives like Mesos and Docker Swarm weren't fitting enterprise needs.
- The community was fast-moving, making it challenging but full of learning opportunities.
Origin of Kubernetes Dashboard
- Kubernetes Dashboard started as an enterprise UI to help traditional admins transition to Kubernetes.
- It was initially heavily contributed by Christoph's team before cloud providers and other tools reduced its popularity.