Software Engineering Daily Podman with Brent Baude
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Aug 12, 2025 Brent Baude, a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat and architect of Podman, discusses this innovative open-source container management tool. He highlights Podman's rootless functionality, enhancing security compared to Docker, and its compatibility with the Open Container Initiative. The conversation explores Podman's evolution, modular design, and impact on developer communities. Brent also delves into the benefits of daemonless architecture and the importance of APIs for container orchestration, offering insights into the future of container technologies.
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OCI Standards Provide Interoperability
- OCI standards provide a common roadmap for images and runtimes.
- Brent Baude says OCI lets Podman and other tools interoperate reliably.
From K‑Pod Inside CRI To Podman
- Podman started inside the CRI project as a tiny tool named K-Pod.
- Brent Baude describes how it split out, renamed, and grew into Podman.
CNCF Donation Boosted Community Trust
- Donating Podman to CNCF signaled commitment and attracted contributors.
- Brent Baude says the project already practiced good upstream transparency before the move.
