Solomon Hykes, the creator of Docker and founder of Dagger, joins cloud-native experts Tammer Saleh and James McShane from SuperOrbital, along with Steve Francis of Sidero Labs. They delve into the future of continuous integration with Dagger and the innovative Talos Linux. Discussions span the rise of serverless Postgres, travel tales from KubeCon, and groundbreaking features like Project Zenith enhancing cross-language support. The playful banter highlights the ever-evolving tech landscape and the importance of simplifying development processes.
Attending conferences like KubeCon provides valuable opportunities for real-world conversations and networking with industry professionals and experts.
Dagger aims to automate the creation of positive impact through technology, freeing up platform teams to focus on strategic integrations rather than custom pipelines.
Talos users appreciate its ease of provisioning, eliminating the need for manual OS installations and configuration.
The launch of Omni, a SaaS platform for managing Talos clusters, simplifies the process of building and deploying custom images effectively.
Deep dives
The value of attending conferences like Qubecon
Attending conferences like Qubecon provides valuable opportunities for real-world conversations with industry professionals and experts, allowing for learning from their experiences and gaining insights that cannot be found online. The focus is on networking and connecting with individuals working on the forefront of technology, rather than solely relying on online resources for learning.
Lessons learned in building controllers for Istio ecosystem
A talk by John Howard at Qubecon provided valuable insights into building controllers for the Istio ecosystem, discussing the challenges and successes of maintaining and evolving the ecosystem. This talk gave a deeper understanding of the complexities involved, highlighting the interplay between supporting major companies and meeting the needs of the wider community.
The vision for Dagger and the importance of automation
Dagger's goal is to help companies automate the creation of positive impact through technology, by enabling the embedding of positive impact creation into normal business processes. The aim is to free up platform teams from being bottlenecks, allowing them to focus on strategic integrations rather than getting caught up in custom pipelines. The vision is to empower every developer to easily and seamlessly create positive impact without the need for extensive custom code or complex processes.
Simplifying Provisioning Process
Users appreciate the ease and simplicity of provisioning with Talos, noting that it eliminates the need for manual OS installations and configuration that other systems require.
Collaborative Community
The Talos community is highly collaborative and supportive, with users actively sharing their experiences and helping each other troubleshoot issues.
Requested Feature: Better Local Disk Management
Users have expressed a desire for improved local disk management capabilities within Talos, citing the need for more efficient usage of local storage volumes, particularly using LVM-based solutions.
Exploring the concept of technology becoming more human
The podcast episode delves into the idea that with the rise of AI, technology is becoming more human-like, which brings about mixed feelings among users.
Highlights and advancements in Talos and Omni in the last 10 to 11 months
The podcast episode highlights the launch of Omni, a SaaS platform for managing Talos clusters, which allows users to easily create and upgrade clusters while solving authentication and operational challenges. It also mentions the image factory feature, which simplifies the process of building and deploying custom images for Talos, enabling users to add extensions such as GPU drivers and other system modifications effectively.
This week we’re gleaming the KubeCon. Ok, some people say CubeCon, while others say KubeCon…we talk with Solomon Hykes about all things Dagger, Tammer Saleh and James McShane about going beyond cloud native with SuperOrbital, and Steve Francis and Spencer Smith about the state of Talos Linux and what they’re working on at Sidero Labs.
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