Kubernetes Alternatives - when NOT to use Kubernetes!

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin interview Alexander Mattoni - Co-founder and Head of Engineering at Cycle.io about When to use and When to not use Kubernetes. The discussion focuses on the challenges associated with Kubernetes adoption - On Day 0 and Day 2, and what are other alternatives available to organizations that are just looking to run their applications easily. We talk about how Cycle.io can help organizations build a simplified infrastructure stack to run their applications. Have a listen and let us know what you think about Kubernetes. 

Also, send us your 3-4 mins clips about your experience with Kubernetes - to be shared on future episodes 

Show Notes: 

Alexander Mattoni - https://twitter.com/alexmattoni

Cycle.io - https://cycle.io/

News: 

• AWS Controllers for Kubernetes - ACK for Amazon EC2 https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/aws-controllers-kubernetes-ack-elastic-compute-cloud-ec2-generally-available/
• Removal of GlusterFS in 1.26 - https://kubernetes.io/blog/2022/11/18/upcoming-changes-in-kubernetes-1-26/
• Two possible data inconsistency issues in etcd v3.4.[20-21] and v3.5 - https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/sEVopPxKPDo?pli=1
• Kubecon NA 2022 recordings - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2O5aNpRM71NQyx3WUe1xpTn
• Kubernetes Bytes season 1 on youtube - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCOmEAve4xr2lbCd6sPXMRf6XcZeWuaJ5
• Kubernetes Bytes at Data On Kubernetes Day - Kubecon NA - https://youtu.be/q_K8Ma9LxWA
• Cloud Native Security Con NA - Feb1-2 https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cloudnativesecuritycon-north-america/
• TiKV is an open-source, distributed, and transactional key-value database - evolutions of TiKV https://community.cncf.io/events/details/cncf-cncf-online-programs-presents-cncf-on-demand-webinar-the-evolution-of-tikv
• Backup and Restore using alpha k8s checkpointing feature - https://martinheinz.dev/blog/85 | https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/node/kubelet-checkpoint-api/