Kubernetes Bytes
Kubernetes Bytes is a podcast bringing you the latest from the world of cloud native data management. Hosts Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah come to you from Boston, Massachusetts with experienced backgrounds in cloud-native tech. They'll be sharing their thoughts on recent cloud native news and talking to industry experts about their experiences and challenges managing the wealth of data in today's cloud-native ecosystem.
Latest Episodes
In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin talks to Anthony Woods about all things Grafana Labs, Observability, Telemetry, and how AI impacts both of these ecosystems. The discussion starts off by talking about the early days of Grafana Labs, what is Adaptive Telemetry, and how AI plays a role both in building Observability capabilities in applications, and how it helps perform root cause analysis. Listen to learn more!
Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/
Show Notes:
- GrafanaCON 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDGkOdUX1UjoSfz1IRj5c0xetw8tl8iin&si=JpT85m4t4bP8ZXgX
- Grafana Labs Blog: https://grafana.com/blog/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonywoods1/
In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Janakiram MSV about all things KubeVirt. The discussion starts off by talking about the need for KubeVirt and then dives into the details of the KubeVirt architecture, and what you need to do when deploying virtual machines on Kubernetes, including commercial solutions like Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and SUSE Virtualization.
Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/
Show Notes:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDwfPuWlsl0
- https://janakiram.com/resources/
- https://kubevirt.io/
Join Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah for season 6 of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast. In this episode Bhavin talks to Adrian Mouat, Dev Rel at Chainguard about all things Kubernetes Security. They discuss CVEs, the different vulnerability databases, and how platform engineers can use Chainguard images to protect against CVEs. Links:
- https://www.chainguard.dev/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianmouat/
- https://slsa.dev/
Join Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner as they speak with Jemiah Sius, Senior Director of Developer Relations at New Relic to talk about how to get started with learning about Kubernetes. They hosts and Jemiah explore how this has changed within the last 10 years as well as explore what are some good resources for learning and diving in.
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In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Edith (Edi) Puclla, Technology Evangelist at Percona to talk about Percona Everest. The conversation focuses on Percona's investment in the Open-source ecosystem, and how they keep innovating with Percona Monitoring and Management and Percona Everest. The discussion also dives into how the community is expanding and supporting more use cases with Data on Kubernetes and AI on Kubernetes.
Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/
Cloud Native News:
- http://businesswire.com/news/home/20250227229731/en/Veeam-Releases-Kasten-for-Kubernetes-v7.5-Elevating-its-1-Data-Resilience-Market-Position-with-Enhanced-Security-and-Modern-Virtualization/
- https://www.developer-tech.com/news/kubescape-achieves-major-milestone-in-open-source-kubernetes-security/
- https://thenewstack.io/postgresql-operator-cloudnativepg-hits-the-cncf-sandbox/
- https://backendnews.net/tenable-report-finds-security-gaps-in-kubernetes-environments/
- https://www.infoworld.com/article/3832760/red-hat-openshift-improves-virtualization-support.html
- https://edera.dev/stories/series-a - https://www.datastax.com/blog/ibm-plans-to-acquire-datastax
Show links:
- https://github.com/percona/pmm
- https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey
- https://github.com/percona/everest
- https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mysql-operator
- https://github.com/percona/percona-server-mongodb-operator
- https://github.com/percona/percona-postgresql-operator
- https://forums.percona.com/
- https://github.com/percona
- https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/06/28/celebrating-10-years-of-kubernetes-the-evolution-of-database-operators/
- https://dok.community/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/edithpuclla/
Timestamps:
- 00:07:40 Cloud Native News
- 00:17:40 Interview with Edith
- 00:58:05 Key takeaways
Join Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner for a recap of announcements and news from KubeCon North America 2024.
Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241119538933/en/Spectro-Cloud-Closes-75m-Series-C-Led-by-Growth-Equity-at-Goldman-Sachs-Alternatives
- https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-raises-22m-to-make-kubernetes-work-for-your-developers-ship-workloads-not-infrastructure
- https://snyk.io/news/snyk-acquires-developer-first-dast-provider-probely/
- https://www.nutanix.com/blog/introducing-nutanix-enterprise-ai
- https://thenewstack.io/stacklok-donates-minder-security-project-to-openssf/
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/akamai-launches-cloud-agnostic-ready-to-run-application-platform-302302446.html
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241112064093/en/Loft-Labs-Introduces-vCluster-Cloud-a-Managed-Solution-to-Simplify-and-Reduce-Costs-of-Kubernetes
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/gke-65k-nodes-and-counting
- https://www.veeam.com/resources/wp-whats-new-veeam-kasten-for-kubernetes.html
- https://www.netapp.com/blog/trident-24-10-best-storage-kubernetes/
- https://podman-desktop.io/blog/2024/11/14/podman-desktop-cncf
- https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/streamline-kubernetes-cluster-management-with-new-amazon-eks-auto-mode/
- https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2024/12/amazon-eks-hybrid-nodes/
- https://thenewstack.io/kueue-can-now-schedule-kubernetes-batch-jobs-across-clusters/
- https://cloudnativenow.com/kubecon-cnc-na-2024/solo-io-donates-api-gateway-to-cncf-to-advance-kubernetes-connectivity/
- https://blocksandfiles.com/2024/11/08/tintri-unveils-kubernetes-container-storage-interface-for-streamlined-management/
- https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/stringerai-announcements/kubiya-launches-captain-kubernetes-ai-tool-for-simplifying-kubernetes-management/
- https://cloudnativenow.com/topics/cloudnativedevelopment/application-dev/cncf-automates-kubernetes-secops-with-kyverno/
- https://www.cncf.io/announcements/2024/11/15/cloud-native-computing-foundation-expands-certification-to-platform-engineering-and-more/
- https://training.linuxfoundation.org/platform-engineering-programs
- https://cloudnativenow.com/topics/cloudnativedevelopment/cncf-kubevirt-v1-4-vms-are-now-just-another-kubernetes-resource/
- https://kubevirt.io/user-guide/release_notes/
- kubernetes.io/blog/2024/12/11/kubernetes-v1-32-release/
- https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/296000-prometheus-instances-exposed.html?utm_source=tldrdevops
In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Tobi Knaup, VP and General Manager of Cloud Native at Nutanix about all things Kubernetes and AI. The discussion focuses on how Kubernetes has evolved since the early days, and why it's architecture is a perfect fit for accelerating adoption of AI workloads inside organizations.
Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/
#kubernetes #aimodels #AIonKubernetes #machinelearning #hybridcloud #multicloud #modeltraining
In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Diego Devalle and Anoop Gopalakrishnan from Guidewire to talk about how they went through an application modernization journey and adopted Kubernetes and cloud over the last 5 years. Diego and Anoop share their experiences around how they drove this modernization inside Guidewire by both championing organizational change, and introducing Kubernetes and cloud technologies, while at the same time ensuring that they serve their existing customers in the insurance industry.
Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/
Show links:
- https://medium.com/@guidewire-engineering
- https://www.youtube.com/@GuidewireSoftware
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-WaEneeIJs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKCwMO4UeJ8
- https://www.guidewire.com/about/careers
Timestamps:
In this episode, we sit down with Nilesh Agarwal, co-founder of Inferless, a platform designed to streamline serverless GPU inference. We’ll cover the evolving landscape of model deployment, explore open-source tools like KServe and Knative, and discuss how Inferless solves common bottlenecks, such as cold starts and scaling issues. We also take a closer look at real-world examples like CleanLab, who saved 90% on GPU costs using Inferless.
Whether you’re a developer, DevOps engineer, or tech enthusiast curious about the latest in AI infrastructure, this podcast offers insights into Kubernetes-based model deployment, efficient updates, and the future of serverless ML. Tune in to hear Nilesh's journey from Amazon to founding Inferless and how his platform is transforming the way companies deploy machine learning models.
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Show Links:
- OpenShift 4.17 is GA https://www.youtube.com/live/DvKHwz-c11c?si=6Zap6hk_GsQfdX2m
- Policy SBOM from Styra: https://www.styra.com/blog/introducing-policy-sbom/
- NVIDIA GEForce NOW runs on KubeVirt https://thenewstack.io/now-nvidia-scaled-its-cloud-services-with-kubevirt/
- CBT feedback https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-advances-cloud-native-data-protection-share-feedback
- CNCF KUBEEDGE Grad https://www.devopsdigest.com/cncf-announces-kubeedge-graduation?utm_source=tldrdevops
- Palumi Operator 2.0 https://www.pulumi.com/blog/pulumi-kubernetes-operator-2-0
Inferless LInks:
- https://www.inferless.com/blog/cleanlab-saves-90-on-gpu-costs-with-inferless-serverless-inference
- https://www.inferless.com/blog/how-spoofsense-scaled-their-ai-inference-with-inferless-dynamic-batching-autoscaling
- https://www.inferless.com/
- https://docs.inferless.com/introduction/introduction
- LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nilesh-agarwal/
- X- https://x.com/nilesh_agarwal2
- Medium Blog https://nilesh-agarwal.medium.com/
In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Ofir Cohen, CTO of Container Security at Wiz. The discussion focuses on the challenges with the cloud native security ecosystem, how organizations can improve their security posture, how developers can do less with more, and how Wiz helps organizations avoid security incidents.
Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/
Cloud Native News:
- https://blog.kubecost.com/blog/2.4-release-highlights/
- https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/26/critical_nvidia_bug_container_escape
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/18/edera-is-building-a-better-kubernetes-and-ai-security-solution-from-the-ground-up/
- https://www.cncf.io/blog/2024/10/01/karmada-v1-11-version-released-new-cross-cluster-rolling-upgrade-capability-for-workload/
- https://github.com/atlassian/escalator/?tab=readme-ov-file
- https://cybenari.com/2024/08/whats-the-worst-place-to-leave-your-secrets/
- https://thehackernews.com/2024/10/new-cryptojacking-attack-targets-docker.html
Show links:
- https://www.wiz.io/customers
- https://www.wiz.io/blog
- https://peach.wiz.io
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/cohen-ofir/
Timestamps:
- 00:01:43 Cloud Native News
- 00:12:56 Interview with Ofir
- 00:56:58 Key takeaways