Jason Dobies, Director of Edge Engineering at SUSE, discusses K3s, Kubernetes at the Edge, and the importance of data privacy and security. They also cover storage handling at edge locations and the benefits of processing data at the edge.

Lukas Gentele, Co-founder and CEO of Loft Labs, discusses the vCluster project, which helps organizations run multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters. They cover topics like Security, Storage, CICD, and GitOps for virtual clusters. Other topics include modifying nodes in a virtual cluster, integrating weak clusters in platform engineering, future plans for the open-source vCluster project, and AI's role in enabling AI applications.

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.Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/Timestamps: 01:20 Cloud Native News 09:55 Interview with Ahmed 50:04 Key takeawaysCloud 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

The hosts of the podcast discuss the basics of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning, exploring terms, differences, and approaches. They also cover topics such as power consumption in AI applications, AI chat bots streamlining processes, and the benefits of using Kubernetes for AI and ML workloads.

In this episode, Ryan and Bhavin talk about Kubecon + Cloud Native Con North America 2023 in Chicago, and discuss all the vendor announcements from the past couple of weeks. Kubecon North America was in Chicago and had more than 13500 attendees and shows a continuous increase in adoption of Kubernetes as the platform to run containers, virtual machines, AI workloads, etc.  Check out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/Ads: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order. Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping.Find all the links to the things we discussed during the episode here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/169mrZGi7oYptuT1nXrmuy-uwIlrAYZ8jJR3p5vRZ5Vo/edit?usp=sharing

In this episode of KubernetesBytes, Bhavin and Ryan interview Viktor Farcic, a Developer Advocate from Upbound, the company behind Crossplane. Crossplane extends Kubernetes into becoming a universal control plane for more than what runs in Kubernetes, however, you get to manage everything in a Kubernetes-native way. Hear what Viktor has to say about Crossplane and what hes been up to.   01:35 Introduction  08:29 Cloud Native News  16:15 Crossplane with Viktor Cloud Native News  https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/series-b-funding   https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/introducing-honeycomb-for-kubernetes?hss_channel=lcp-12957659  https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/18/microsoft-launches-radius-an-open-source-application-platform-for-the-cloud/  https://docs.radapp.io/  https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/urgent-new-security-flaws-discovered-in.html  https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/366557752/CloudCasa-now-offers-self-hosted-Kubernetes-backup-service  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kubecost-launches-cloud-cost-optimization-080000850.html   Links  https://youtube.com/@UCfz8x0lVzJpb_dgWm9kPVrw https://docs.crossplane.io/  https://www.crossplane.io/community

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Michael o'leary and Ibett A to talk about how developers can build multi-cloud secure architectures using Kubernetes and the principles of Shift Left and DevSecOps.   Check out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/ Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytes  Ads: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order.Timestamps: 00:00 Interview with Michael o'leary  18:50 Interview with  Ibett AShow links:  Boston Kubernetes Meetup - https://www.meetup.com/boston-kubernetes-meetup/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Alexandre Pauwels and Kevin Scheunemann at DevOps Days Boston to talk all about IDPs and Platform Engineering.   The discussion focuses on how organizations can build IDPs from open source tools and the how DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering teams work together.   Check out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/ Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytesAds: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order.Timestamps: 00:00 Interview with Alexandre Pauwels 16:00 Interview with Kevin ScheunemannShow links:  https://bitmantle.com/

In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Paul Bruce and Don Luchini - the organizers of DevOpsdays Boston and talk about the value of community, what DevOps means to them and how the event has evolved over the years.   Listen in to learn more about what to expect when you attend one of these events or meetups in the future, and the guests also share their perspective around DevOps, Kubernetes and Platform Engineering  Check out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/  Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytes Ads: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order. Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping.Timestamps: 00:00 Interview with Paul Bruce 22:25 Interview with Don LuchiniJoin the DevOpsDays Boston slack - https://bostondevops.github.io/

In this Episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin and Ryan discuss Edge Computing and how Kubernetes and other platforms and distributions can help build better solutions for the edge.   Join the Kubernetes Bytes slack using: https://bit.ly/k8sbytesCheck out the KubernetesBytes website: https://www.kubernetesbytes.com/Ads: Ready to shop better hydration, use "kubernetesbytes" to save 20% off anything you order. Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping.Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction  05:30 Cloud Native News  15:50 Kubernetes at the Edge   Cloud Native News:  https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2023/10/11/cloud-native-computing-foundation-announces-cilium-graduation/ https://www.pulumi.com/blog/series-c/ https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/ryrfsmtla https://cloudnativenow.com/features/loft-labs-bolsters-virtual-kubernetes-cluster-management-at-scale/  Show Notes:   https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/08/18/kubernetes-on-the-edge-getting-started-with-kubeedge-and-kubernetes-for-edge-computing/ https://youtu.be/rj4FFf1gZ0g?si=j74AHT_09l5wwIMi https://thenewstack.io/a-new-kubernetes-edge-architecture/ https://www.packtpub.com/product/edge-computing-systems-with-kubernetes/9781800568594 https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/ARM-vs-x86 https://www.xenonstack.com/blog/edge-data-management https://www.cncf.io/blog/2022/08/18/kubernetes-on-the-edge-getting-started-with-kubeedge-and-kubernetes-for-edge-computing/ https://docs.k3s.io/architecture https://microk8s.io/docs/getting-started https://kubeedge.io/docs/category/architecture