In the first episode of Season 4 for the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin sits down with Ahmed Bebars, Staff Software Engineer at NYTimes to talk about how the times uses Kubernetes and Platform Engineering to accelerate their developer productivity and improve developer experience. They talk about what the technology stack at NYTimes looks like, how the platform team has built a resilient platform on Amazon EKS and share some best practices for anyone starting their journey with Platform Engineering.

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Timestamps:

• 01:20 Cloud Native News
• 09:55 Interview with Ahmed
• 50:04 Key takeaways

Cloud Native News:

• https://www.aquasec.com/news/60m-additional-funding/
• https://devclass.com/2023/12/12/docker-buys-atomicjar-to-integrate-container-based-test-automation/
• https://www.businessinsider.com/armory-acquired-startup-harness-7-million-2023-12
• https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/19/scaleops-looks-to-cut-cloud-bills-by-automating-kubernetes-configurations
• https://wraltechwire.com/2023/12/21/ciscos-latest-cloud-play-exec-explains-the-deal-for-tech-startup-isovalent/
• https://www.kubernetes.dev/resources/release/

Show links:

• https://open.nytimes.com/
• https://tickets.kcdnewyork.com/
• https://github.com/abebars
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedbebars/
• https://github.com/nytimes