Kubernetes Cost Management

Webb Brown (@webb_brown, Co-Founder/CEO @kubecost) talks about the evolution of Kubecost, and better management of Kubernetes costs. 

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SHOW NOTES:

• Kubecost (homepage)
• Kubecost raises $25M Round A
• Kubecost on GitHub (open source)
• OpenCost project (CNCF sandbox)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk about your background, as well as the team at Kubecost. 

Topic 2 - Let’s start by talking about why Kubernetes has a cost problem. Is this mostly driven by the underlying technology, or how companies use Kubernetes?

Topic 3 - Walk us through the Kubecost open source project. How does it work, and how does it fit into the broader Kubernetes ecosystem?

Topic 4 - What are the typical stages that a company goes through (using Kubernetes) where they realize that costs are a problem? Is it an “oh sh*t” moment with a EKS/GKE bill, or are they starting to build it into their normal Kubernetes cluster bills?

Topic 5 - What are some of the common mistakes that companies make when using Kubernetes that drive up costs? Is Kubecost mostly focused on identifying them, or trying to improve them?

Topic 6 - With the economy starting to slow down post-COVID-pandemic, are you starting to see a new level of cost-consciousness starting to kick in for Kubernetes users?

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Testing Kubernetes Applications

Ken Ahrens (@kahrens_atl, Co-Founder @Speedscaleai) talks about the challenges of testing applications in Kubernetes environments.  

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SHOW NOTES:

• Speedscale (homepage)
• Kubernetes Load Test (tutorial)
• Speedscale Traffic Replay 

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk about your background and what led to start Speedscale. 

Topic 2 - Kubernetes has definitely gone mainstream at this point, but mainstream doesn’t mean that it’s easy to use or operate. How do you see the market today in terms of companies being comfortable with operating Kubernetes - what works well, and where are their struggles?

Topic 3 - In the past we had things that would test Kubernetes conformance (from CNCF, or Sonobuoy from Heptio). Where does Speedscale come into play in terms of Kubernetes testing?

Topic 4 - Where do you see opportunities to bring value to testing of Kubernetes environments? Does this testing tend to help DevOps teams or AppDev teams more?

Topic 5 - What are some of the common areas where you see companies getting benefits from Kubernetes testing? 

Topic 6 - What are some of the best ways to get started in testing for Kubernetes?

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IoT, IIoT and Managing Edge Data

Brian Gilmore (@BrianMGilmore, Director IoT/Emerging Technology @InfluxDB) talks about Edge and Industrial Edge Computing, as well as application and data challenges at the edge.

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SHOW NOTES:

• InfluxData (homepage) - InfluxDB - Time Series Platform
• Understanding Time Series Database Platforms (Cloudcast Eps:394)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Before we get into the fascinating world of Edge and IoT, tell us a little bit about your background, and then where you focus these days with InfluxData.

Topic 2 - It’s been a little while since we covered IoT and IIoT. In the past it was somewhat of a fragmented market segment (lots of definitions, lots of different use-cases). How do you summarize the IoT and IIoT markets in 2022? 

Topic 3 - We’ve always said that the sensor part of IoT isn’t very interesting, but what a company does with the data is very interesting (and complicated). How do companies think about edge data these days – what aspects of the data are valuable? 

Topic 4 - Time Series databases seem like the perfect fit for IoT and IIoT use-cases because they are designed to be both real-time and give historical context (from a time perspective). Is this the case, and why do companies ever consider other types of databases at the edge?

Topic 5 - What are the current best practices about managing data at the edge, in terms of long-term retention and what they eventually do with the data (analysis, analytics, etc.) to better optimize those edge applications? 

Topic 6 - What are some of the emerging trends you’re starting to see happen at the edge, that maybe weren’t on the industry radar a few years ago? 

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Building Apps with WebAssembly

Matt Butcher (@technosophos, Co-Founder/CEO @fermyontech) talks about building the next-generation PaaS platform around WebAssembly. 

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SHOW NOTES:

• Fermyon (homepage)
• Fermyon launches WebAssembly PaaS platform (June 2022)
• Fermyon Open Source
• Finicky Whiskers (WebAssembly game)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk about your background, as well as the team as Ferymon, as you all have some experience building application platforms.

Topic 2 - Before we get into Fermyon, let’s talk about WebAssembly. What is it, and how does it connect to your previous world of being heavily involved in containers and Kubernetes?

Topic 3 - Let’s talk about what it means to be a WebAssembly PaaS. We’ve seen PaaS platforms in the past (Deis, Heroku, dotCloud, Cloud Foundry, OpenShift, etc.). What do developers need to do, and what does the platform take care of? 

Topic 4 - Walk us through the Spin project and what it delivers? Can it be compared/contrasted to a container experience, or something else developers are familiar with?

Topic 5 - What are some of the unique capabilities and use-cases where WebAssembly is a good fit and delivers unique value today?

Topic 6 - How are people able to engage with Fermyon today?

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Perspective on Competition in Tech

Competition in technology has many levels - from individuals to groups to companies to technologies. We dig into how competition impacts in multiple different ways, throughout our careers.

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SHOW NOTES:

TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION IS NOT LIKE SPORTS COMPETITION

• There is not "end of season" in technology
• Technology carries the past forward (technical debt)
• Technology doesn't have trades or relegation
• The lifecycle of tech is different that sports fandom

COMPETITION IN TECHNOLOGY TAKES ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS

• People stay at companies far less than before
• People compete in technology at personal levels, at team/group levels, at company levels and at technology levels. 

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Secure Cloud Migrations

Bryan Woodworth (Solutions Strategist @Aviatrix) talks about the evolution of Cloud migrations, security best practices, and how to organize for migration success. 

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SHOW NOTES:

• Aviatrix (homepage)

Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Let’s talk about your background, because you've been in the big clouds and now you’re helping people navigate the journey to the cloud. 

Topic 2 - It’s 2022, walk me through a typical cloud migration for a company? What are their considerations, concerns, common mistakes, etc.?

Topic 3 - Who within the company is typically driving the cloud migration? What are their goals or success metrics? And how often do they misunderstand what the cloud provider does and what the company has to do – especially around security? 

Topic 4 - All the clouds are a little bit different, but companies would really like them to look and act the same. How do companies deal with those challenges, from a networking and security standpoint?

Topic 5 - Where and how does Aviatrix come into the picture when companies are doing Cloud migrations? 

Topic 6 - For a company that might be new to Cloud migrations, what are some lessons-learned from the past that they can use to avoid common mistakes? 

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A 2022 Mid-Year Cloud Update

Aaron, Brian and Brandon Whichard (@bwhichard, Co-Host of @SoftwareDefTalk) talk about all the big stories, trends and transactions in the cloud in the first half of 2022. 

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SHOW NOTES:

• Software Defined Talk - go subscribe to Brandon’s podcast!

Topic 1 - VMware WTF!?

• Would VMware be a different company if it was never acquired by EMC/Dell?
• Nearly every successful Enterprise Software company becomes legacy at some point, was this always VMware’s destiny?
• If VMware was an independent company, would the rise of Containers (Docker) have been any different?
• Should some other company buy VMware and if so, who?

Topic 2 - I really liked the recent analysis on Clouded Judgement Substack about subscription vs. consumption in an economic downturn. (link) If SaaS is the future, does the consumption model really matter as long as value is there?

Topic 3 - Is there any aspect of the crypto industry that hasn’t been proven to be a sham this year? Decentralized (no). DAOs for governance (no). Controlled by the community (no). Secure (no). Not linked to fiat currencies (no). Good technology (no). A16z propaganda (no).

Topic 4 - Are passwords finally dying? Companies like strongDM/Teleport are pushing certificate based authentication and FIDO is gaining adoption in Windows and macOS. Will there be a time when we don’t need passwords?

Topic 5 - We always talk about skills and keeping up with the industry waves on the show. SaaS is less about building skills and more about operating. How does you get/keep up to speed about SaaS and what’s the future? Is the Cloud Architect going the way of the Infrastructure Admin?

Topic 6 - Did the big 3 cloud providers all fire their marketing teams? I feel like there hasn’t been one big announcement from any of them this year. 

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