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Jul 9, 2024 • 48min
Observability & Engineering Management, with Charity Majors
Charity Majors, Co-founder of honeycomb.io, discusses Observability and Engineering Management in the podcast. Topics include the evolution of observability, the importance of staying engaged with technical aspects, and the significance of learning about engineering management for all professionals. The podcast also explores AI and ML workloads, GDEs, and blogging advice.

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Jun 25, 2024 • 1h 47min
AI/ML in Kubernetes, with Maciej Szulik, Clayton Coleman, and Dawn Chen
Three Kubernetes leaders discuss the evolution of Kubernetes, focusing on AI/ML workloads. Topics include enhancements in batch job controllers, intersection of Kubernetes with HPC and AI, customizable enterprise platforms, managing various workloads, and the evolution of AI and ML workloads in Kubernetes.

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Jun 11, 2024 • 1h 3min
Leading Kubernetes into its Second Decade
Listen to Nikhita Raghunath, Nabarun Pal, and Paco Xu discuss their leadership roles within the Kubernetes project. They share insights on their journeys, advice for new contributors, and the challenges of balancing their involvement with their day jobs. The podcast also covers exciting topics like the upcoming KubeCon India event and reflections on the Kubernetes community.

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Jun 6, 2024 • 1h 18min
10th Anniversary Special with Tim Hockin and Kelsey Hightower
Tim Hockin and Kelsey Hightower discuss early Kubernetes days, impact on infrastructure, open-source challenges, and project evolution. They reflect on engineering challenges, user empathy, open-source economics, and future trajectory of Kubernetes over the next decade.

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May 29, 2024 • 1h 14min
A Decade of Kubernetes Contribution
Celebrate Kubernetes' 10-year journey with key maintainers like David Eads, Davanum Srinivas, and Federico Bongiovanni. Topics include RBAC evolution, fostering community in India, empowering leadership, financial realities of development, and the challenges of contributing to open-source projects.

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May 15, 2024 • 1h 3min
Postgres on Kubernetes, with Álvaro Hernández
Álvaro Hernández, CEO of OnGres, discusses running Postgres on Kubernetes, challenges in managing databases, automation with Kubernetes, operator complexities, backup strategies, and community involvement. The podcast also explores running data workloads on Kubernetes, Operator Feature Matrix project, dynamically loading extensions, and interactions at meetups & KubeCon. Additionally, parallels between physics & Kubernetes, navigating Kubernetes APIs, and Gateway API evolution are highlighted.

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Apr 30, 2024 • 47min
OpenFeature with, with Thomas Poignant and Todd Baert
Software engineers Thomas Poignant and Todd Baert discuss feature flagging in the OpenFeature project, emphasizing the dynamic nature of feature flags, standardizing flag usage with a vendor-agnostic SDK, and enabling remote activation of features. They also explore the benefits of feature flagging in software development, distribution of responsibilities among teams, and efforts to standardize the Gateway API in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

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Apr 17, 2024 • 28min
Kubernetes v1.30 “Uwubernetes”, with Kat Cosgrove
Release lead Kat Cosgrove discusses the new features in Kubernetes 1.30, Google Cloud Next Events updates, Amazon EKS support for Kubernetes versions, and a new Windows operational readiness specification. Insights into being the release lead, challenges, and importance of employer support. Revamped release team application process, managing updates and enhancements in Kubernetes 1.30, and comical theme 'Ooh, Wubernettys' announcement.

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Apr 8, 2024 • 55min
KubeCon EU 2024
Dive into KubeCon EU 2024 with attendees Olivia, Tabitha, Sreeram, Lachlan, James, Ian, Gabriele, Benjamin, Benazir, and guest host Mofi. Topics include scaling Postgres in Kubernetes, facilitating great meetings, SIG security updates, and the evolution of machine learning workloads. Explore the latest trends and insights from the largest KubeCon event yet!

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Mar 19, 2024 • 55min
Creating Envoy, with Matt Klein
Join Matt Klein, creator of Envoy, as he discusses the origins and evolution of the popular open-source proxy. Learn about the challenges of transitioning to microservices, Envoy's unique features, and its success in the cloud space. Explore the complexities of creating a standardized interface for service meshes and the revolutionizing observability at BitDrift.
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