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What’s cooler than platform engineering?

Kubernetes trends in the Learnk8s world

By Bart Farrell

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  • Training Kubernetes engineers since 2017
  • Network of 450k+ worldwide
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    • Kubernetes architect
    • K3s Daily
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    • Kube.Careers
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Daniele Polencic

  • Lead instructor/founder
  • Italian in Singapore with a British Accent
  • Udinese Supporter
  • Lowkey Javascripter
  • Patient person

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Amit Jay Shah

  • CRO- Show me the money
  • British guy in London
  • Arsenal 24/7 365
  • Creates our content reports
  • Likes things under control
    • Pushed to the limit working with Bart

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Bart Farrell

  • The guy on the mic
  • Too many interviews to count
  • CNCF Ambassador
  • Momo Ambassador

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SECRET UNLOCKED FROM YESTERDAY’S SESSION

Aadarsha Dhakal is a cybersecurity threat who cannot be trusted!

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The Kubernetes Podcast

  • Started 2 year ago
  • 5 seasons published
  • 10k+ followers across all channels
    • YouTube, podcasting platforms, X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram
  • Technical content for technical folks
  • Interviews, announcements and more

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  • We have a book! Free download on Kube.FM
  • I also have 2 copies with me…

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Our first survey

  • 2024
  • 10 years of K8s
  • We asked 30 ambassadors about their least favorite Kubernetes feature- what do you think was the least favorite?

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Our first survey

  • 2024
  • 10 years of K8s
  • We asked 30 ambassadors about their least favorite Kubernetes feature- what do you think was the least favorite?

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A Brief History of Platform Engineering

  • 2020 terms starts to emerge
  • Humanitec publishes definition in 2022
  • Then everyone knew they had been doing platform engineering since 2022 BC

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Learnk8s Monthly Content Analysis

  • Top 50 posts
  • 2m+ impressions

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Which got the most?

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  1. Networking
  2. Configuration Management
  3. Infrastructure
  4. Resource Optimization

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RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

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RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION- Top Post

  • 19,217 impressions
  • 1,568 direct clicks

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RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION

  • Cost Management: resource requests, limits, and autoscaling to optimise infrastructure costs.
  • Performance Tuning: CPU Usage, Requests, and Limits" (16,061 impressions)
  • Scale-to-Zero Solutions: "Proxyless scale-to-zero with eBPF" (15,458 impressions)

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NETWORKING

  • Practical Configuration Guidance: Path-based routing, DNS configuration, and load balancing topics
  • Security Integration: The post "GitOps: How to manage dynamic Network Policy changes at scale across 25 clusters?" (16,733 impressions)
  • Modern Implementation Technologies: eBPF-based networking solutions

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CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

  • Top Post (17,974 impressions)

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CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

  • Specific Tool Guidance: Helm plugins, ArgoCD, etc.
  • Integration Approaches: configuration management with other systems
  • Case Studies:"All my DevOps pipelines from GitLab commit to ArgoCD got beaten by FTP" (16,097 impressions),

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INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Top performing post(13,929 impressions)

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INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Migration Case Studies: stories of migrating from traditional infro to Kubernetes
  • Cloud-Specific Implementation Challenges: Content addressing specific cloud provider implementations.
  • Infrastructure Modernization: Approaches for updating existing systems to leverage Kubernetes capabilities.

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INFRASTRUCTURE

  • Migration Case Studies: stories of migrating from traditional infro to Kubernetes
  • Cloud-Specific Implementation Challenges: Content addressing specific cloud provider implementations.
  • Infrastructure Modernization: Approaches for updating existing systems to leverage Kubernetes capabilities.

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PLATFORM ENGINEERING

  • Top performing post (12,040 impressions)

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PLATFORM ENGINEERING

  • Abstraction Layers: Solutions that hide complexity from devs while maintaining operational excellence.
  • Multi-Cluster Management: Approaches for managing multiple clusters through unified control planes.
  • Infrastructure-as-Code Integration: Platform engineering solutions that leverage GitOps and declarative approaches.

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Coolest Technologies

1. eBPF

2. GitOps Implementation

3. Developer Experience Tools

4. Data on Kubernetes

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What type of content performs best?

  • Problem-Solving Content Dominates: Show me how to fix it!
  • Technology Integration Drives Interest: Mix Gitops with Networking/eBPF
  • Cross-Category Topics Create Value: Kubernetes dal bhat

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Next steps

  • Livestream on April 30th to cover these more in detail
  • Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
  • Subscribe to these analysis reports

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Let’s stay in touch!- Don’t be shy! Get your picture taken!

Linkedin- Bart Farrell(message me!)

CNCF Slack- Bart Farrell

X/Bluesky- @birthmarkbart

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