Roman Khavronenko, VictoriaMetrics cofounder, explains how observability transcends traditional monitoring by helping teams uncover unknown system behaviours.

He shares a compelling case study where metric correlation helped identify SSD fragmentation causing service degradation — a problem that would have remained hidden with basic monitoring alone.

The discussion highlights how collecting meaningful internal metrics enables teams to form hypotheses about system behaviour and discover unexpected patterns in production environments.

Watch the full interview: https://kube.fm/o11y-scale-roman

This interview is a reaction to Miguel's episode: https://kube.fm/observability-kubernetes-miguel

Paul Butler, founder of Jamsocket, discusses how to identify necessary vs unnecessary complexity in Kubernetes and explains how his team successfully runs production workloads by being selective about which features they use.

You will learn:

- Why to be cautious with features like CRDs, StatefulSets, and Helm and how to evaluate if you really need them.
- How to stay on the "happy path" in Kubernetes by focusing on stable and simple resources like Deployments, Services, and ConfigMaps.
- When to consider alternatives like Google Cloud Run for simpler deployments that don't need the full complexity of Kubernetes.

Watch (or listen to) it here: https://kube.fm/kubernetes-hater-s-guide-paul

🌟 This episode is sponsored by Syntasso, the creators of Kratix, a framework for building composable internal developer platforms https://ku.bz/CJNDlLXVS

With @Birthmarkb "Diet Coke Lover" Farrell

Yasmin Rajabi COO at StormForge discusses the common pitfall of overprovisioning in Kubernetes clusters.

She reveals how teams blindly set their HorizontalPodAutoscaler target utilization to 60% simply because it appears in the Kubernetes documentation, effectively wasting 40% of CPU resources.

She outlines two optimization strategies: monitoring static applications through Grafana dashboards for accurate resource allocation and implementing automated scaling for dynamic workloads with varying resource needs throughout different time periods.

Watch the full interview: https://kube.fm/resources-automation-yasmin

This interview is a reaction to Alexandre Souza's episode https://kube.fm/hpa-at-scale-alex

nOps announces the launch of theKarpenter Lab series, a self—paced training environment debuting atKubeCon + CloudNativeCon. The series begins with a 101 lab that provides hands-on experience with Karpenter, AWS's node provisioning framework for Kubernetes clusters.

The announcement is critical as many organizations are either adopting or evaluating Karpenter for their infrastructure. The lab will be freely available to the CNCF community during KubeCon, offering a practical environment to learn node provisioning in Kubernetes clusters.

Explore the labs here: https://ku.bz/FsCP1ZYkv

Watch the full interview: https://kube.fm/nops-launches-industry-s-first-self-paced-karpenter-lab

Karthik Ranganathan, Founder & Co-CEO at YugabyteDB, shares a three-part strategy for managing constrained resources in Kubernetes clusters.

He explains how to handle resource limitations through repeatable deployment units rather than monolithic deployments, using intelligent resource limits with cloud-native software that responds to pressure and implementing actionable observability to identify resource bottlenecks quickly.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/4NN2xYwFh

This interview is a reaction to Stéphane Goetz's episode https://kube.fm/10k-builds-jenkins-stephane

Komodor announces support for Kubernetes add-ons in its troubleshooting platform. This new capability helps teams monitor and diagnose issues with essential components like CoreDNS, Karpenter, Cert Manager, and Istio.

Currently supporting 10 core add-ons, Komodor plans to expand coverage to 40 components by 2025 to address the growing complexity of production Kubernetes environments.

Watch the full announcement: https://ku.bz/T7vcW7kWq

Visit the Komodor's website: https://ku.bz/D3jQ2LDF0

Eron Wright, software engineer at Pulumi, explains how Pulumi implements GitOps at two distinct levels.

At the first level, infrastructure code (pods, service accounts, IAM roles) and configurations are version-controlled through Git, with GitHub integration providing visual previews of stack changes in PRs.

At the second level, the Pulumi Kubernetes Operator manages stack deployments across environments by monitoring Git repositories and automatically deploying changes.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/YKSdWYY6r

This interview is a reaction to Sven Hans Knecht's episode https://kube.fm/platform-engineering-hans

Is the Kubernetes job market still hot in 2024? 🔥

We analyzed 8772 Kubernetes job listings from Q3 2024 to find out:

💰 The average worldwide Kubernetes salary is $158,134, with North America averaging $169,627.
🌎 A whopping 62% of Kubernetes jobs are in North America, with Europe at 32.5%.
👩‍💻 Software Engineers remain the most sought-after role (42%), followed by DevOps and Platform Engineers.
🏡 68% of jobs allow some form of remote work, with hybrid roles gaining popularity.
🐍 Python continues to be the most in-demand programming language for Kubernetes roles.

Want to know which skills and tools are essential to land your next Kubernetes job? Check out our detailed State of the Kubernetes Job Market report for Q3 2024: https://ku.bz/vg_wXyNvj

Matthew LeRay Co-founder CTO at Speedscale discusses strategies to control over-provisioning in Kubernetes clusters.

He reveals that 45% of cloud costs come from short-lived development environments according to the DORA report. Matt explains two key approaches: targeting development environment costs and using tools to implement centralized platform team control to reduce waste in Kubernetes deployments.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/QNbB-vJkM

This interview is a reaction to Alex's episode: https://kube.fm/hpa-at-scale-alex

Fahd Ekadioin, a Partner Engineer at Google Cloud, shares his insights on the complexities of running Kubernetes on bare metal in on-premises environments.

Fahd advises organizations to critically assess their need for on-premises Kubernetes and consider managed solutions like OpenShift, Rancher, or Anthos.

He highlights the importance of support and maintenance, noting that Kubernetes in production requires careful decision-making.

Watch the full interview: https://kube.fm/best-gke-fahd

This interview is a reaction to Mathias's episode https://kube.fm/bare-metal-kubernetes-mathias

@miamorecadenza shares their journey in building a "compute as a faucet" home lab where infrastructure becomes invisible and tasks can be executed without manual intervention.

You will learn:

- How to evaluate operating systems for your home lab — from Rocky Linux to Talos Linux, and why minimal, immutable operating systems are gaining traction.
- How to implement a three-tier storage strategy combining Longhorn (replicated storage), NFS (bulk storage), and S3 (cloud storage) to handle different workload requirements.
- How to secure your home lab with certificate-based authentication, WireGuard VPN, and proper DNS configuration while protecting your home IP address.

Watch (or listen to) it here: https://ku.bz/2kzj2MgfH

🌟 This episode is sponsored by Nutanix — innovate faster with a complete and open cloud-native stack for all your apps and data anywhere https://ku.bz/wb_0GNHnr

With @Birthmarkb "SIG-Bart" Farrell

Harness has launched a new lightweight, open source DevOps platform that combines multiple development tools into a unified solution. The platform includes:

- A cloud development environment
- Git repository management
- CI/CD pipelines
- Artifact registry

This integrated platform eliminates the need to stitch together multiple tools — a common challenge in Kubernetes development. Practitioners can get started quickly with a 10-minute local installation.

The release extends Harness's open source portfolio, which includes contributions to Litmus (CNCF chaos engineering), OpenTofu, and the Drone CI project.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/SSrblzT3n

Read the official announcement: https://ku.bz/DcpJSDRBX

Asif Awan, Founder and CPO at StackGen, discusses the shift away from Terraform in infrastructure management.

He challenges the common narrative that drift detection drives this change, explaining that the real issue is Terraform's day-to-day complexity.

He highlights how SREs make direct cloud resource changes to maintain system reliability and why automatically overriding these changes with tools like Crossplane isn't always the right approach.

He suggests that the solution combines better drift reconciliation with abstraction layers that shield developers from infrastructure complexity.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/_LmLdllKc

This interview is a reaction to Dan Garfield's episode https://kube.fm/ingress-gitops-dan

Spacelift has released new features to improve Ansible orchestration in its infrastructure orchestration platform. The update introduces deep observability for Ansible deployments, making it easier to monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure changes.

Key features include:

- Real-time visibility to track deployment status across multiple hosts
- Automated deployment pipeline for Ansible playbooks from start to finish
- Root cause analysis tools to quickly identify deployment failures
- One-click redeployment after fixing infrastructure issues

The new features help engineers identify and fix deployment issues faster, reducing debugging time and improving infrastructure management efficiency.

Watch the full announcement: https://ku.bz/nlsN5C-zZ

William Stewart, Co-Founder & CEO at Northflank, highlights that platform engineering teams deliver a self-service product to application engineers, who in turn serve the business's end customers.

The focus is creating a consistent and efficient experience for engineers, integrating various to enable confident workload deployment.

Watch the full interview: https://kube.fm/kubernetes-platforms-will

This interview is a reaction to Ori's episode https://kube.fm/network-policies-ori

Kloudfuse released Kloudfuse 3.0, a major update to their Kubernetes observability platform. The new release includes:

- Enhanced AI and ML capabilities for anomaly detection, forecasting, and outlier detection
- New session replay and frontend observability monitoring
- K-Lens analysis tool that creates interactive heat maps to identify system anomalies

The platform maintains its core functionality of metrics, logs, and traces monitoring while expanding its analytical capabilities.

Watch the full announcement: https://ku.bz/6kDNjzWH-

Read the official announcement: https://ku.bz/MkLWmnb_C

Deepak Goel, Director of Engineering at Nutanix, discusses three emerging tools in the Kubernetes ecosystem.

He explains how Kyverno simplifies implementing policy as code through native Kubernetes YAML files, how Flux addresses configuration management challenges through GitOps, and how Metal3 extends Cluster API to support bare metal infrastructure — marking the transition from virtualization to containerization.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/C0K0-KKR1

Akamai Technologies has launched App Platform, a solution for simplifying Kubernetes deployment in enterprise environments.

The platform tackles a fundamental challenge in the Kubernetes ecosystem: modern Kubernetes has evolved into a platform that requires multiple other platforms to function effectively.

With the App Platform, teams can deploy these essential upstream projects with just a few clicks, significantly reducing the complexity of enterprise Kubernetes deployments.

Watch the full announcement: https://ku.bz/s2r8-LW53

Explore the Akamai App Platform: https://ku.bz/hhj1NZ06b

Julia Blase, Product Manager at Chronosphere, discusses a data-driven approach to optimize metrics collection in Kubernetes.

She emphasizes the importance of analyzing metrics usage through dashboards, monitors, and API calls to identify unused data. Teams working with Chronosphere have achieved up to 60% reduction in data collection by removing unused metrics.

This optimization leads to lower infrastructure costs and faster debugging as developers can focus on relevant data instead of navigating through unused dashboards.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/X6tgWrG0P

This interview is a reaction to Mathew Duggan's episode https://kube.fm/foolproof-gke-mat

Tintri unveiled three significant products at KubeCon, marking its entry into the cloud-native ecosystem:

- A new intelligent CSI driver that leverages data-aware capabilities and AI to optimize storage operations
- A ransomware recovery solution that enables instant recovery through metadata snapshots, offering millisecond-precise recovery points
- The GLAS-DP security suite that streamlines incident response with autonomous behavioral detection

Watch the interview: https://ku.bz/T-9Hx-_N_

Read the announcement: https://ku.bz/Fc6t5m_15

Nicholas Walker, Director of Product at StormForge, explains how Karpenter achieves 40% cost reduction in Kubernetes clusters through two main mechanisms: node consolidation and spot instance management.

Each mechanism contributes roughly 20% to the total savings. He discusses how Karpenter's donation from AWS to the Kubernetes project and its adoption by other cloud providers establishes it as the standard for cluster autoscaling.

Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/B2NBhFRY4

This interview is a reaction to Gazal Gafoor's episode https://ku.bz/YnM9dfSDZ