The Kubelist Podcast

In episode 41 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Lukas Gentele of Loft Labs about vCluster. Together they dive deep on how vCluster works and some of the new use cases that the project enables when running on larger, more mature enterprises. This technical discussion explores the problems Lucas and his team set out to solve when they created vCluster.

In episode 40 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with open source pioneer Dave McAllister. Dave shares stories and lessons from his 40-year career in tech including working for DEC, NASA, Adobe, Red Hat, Splunk, and NGINX. Additionally, they discuss Linux’s rise to popularity in the early days of open source, SGI’s contribution to modern cinematic effects, predictio

In episode 39 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie recount their experience at KubeCon 2023 and share interviews from the event with guests like Matt Butcher and Radu Matei of Fermyon, Umair Khan of Stacklet, Anna Reale of Keptn, Solomon Hykes of Dagger, Bailey Hayes of wasmCloud, and many more.

In episode 38 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Jussi Nummelin of Mirantis. This talk explores the accessibility and consistency of utilizing a Kubernetes distribution with zero dependencies. Other topics explored include the K0s project from Mirantis, the evolution of container management, and the advantages of control plane isolation.

In episode 37 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Solomon Hykes about his new project, Dagger. This talk explores CI/CD in depth and examines the difficulties teams face when implementing it. Finally, Solomon looks back on the lessons he learned while building Docker and how they ultimately influenced the creation and trajectory of Dagger.

In episode 36 of The Kubelist Podcast, Benjie and Marc speak with Solomon Hykes, founder of both Docker and Dagger. This conversation explores the early days of containers and the origins of Docker, including the many hurdles Docker overcame early on, its unexpected virality, and its continued prevalence among the developer community.

In episode 35 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie are joined by Tom Preston-Werner. Tom shares insights gleaned from his open source journey including the founding of GitHub and his many side projects along the way. This talk explores themes on entrepreneurship, scaling, semantic versioning, dogfooding, and community building.

In episode 34 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Kyle Quest and John Amaral of Slim.AI. This talk explores container security in depth, including insights on software supply chain security, vulnerability scanning, and the three principles of shipping a secure product.

In episode 33 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Avery Pennarun of Tailscale. This conversation explores VPNs, mesh-overlay networks, Tailscale’s use cases, the relationship between scaling and architecture, and unparalleled lessons from Avery’s 20+ years in development.

In episode 32 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Waldemar Hummer of LocalStack. This conversation focuses heavily on how LocalStack is emulating AWS services locally, speeding up the development cycle for cloud developers, and maintaining their large open source community.