KubeFM

Jan 28 2025 47 ep. 41 mins 56

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Discover all the great things happening in the world of Kubernetes, learn (controversial) opinions from the experts and explore the successes (and failures) of running Kubernetes at scale.

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Black box vs white box observability in Kubernetes, with Artem Lajko

Jan 28 2025 33 mins

Platform Engineer Artem Lajko breaks down observability into three distinct layers and explains how tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Falco serve different purposes. He also shares practical insights on implementing the right level of monitoring based on team requirements and capabilities.You will learn:How to implement the three-layer model (external, internal, and OS-level) and

Topology-aware routing: balancing cost savings and reliability, with William Morgan

Jan 21 2025 44 mins

In this episode, William Morgan, CEO of Buoyant, explores the complex trade-offs between cost optimization and reliability in Kubernetes networking. The discussion focuses on Topology-aware routing and why its implementation might not be the silver bullet for managing cross-zone traffic costs.William shares practical insights from real-world implementations and explains why underst

Which Kubernetes PostgreSQL operator should you choose?, with David Pech

Jan 14 2025 49 mins

Are you running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes and need to choose the right operator? In this episode, David Pech, Staff Cloud Ops Engineer, shares his experience implementing database platforms on Kubernetes and guides teams through operator selection and platform requirements.You will learn:The core requirements for a PostgreSQL platform on Kubernetes, including autopilot capabilities,

Exploring multi-tenancy for my Kubernetes learning platform, with Stefan Roman

Dec 10 2024 46 mins

Stefan Roman shares his experience building Labs4Grabs, a platform that gives students root access to Kubernetes clusters. He discusses the journey from evaluating simple namespace-based isolation to implementing full VM-based isolation with KubeVirt.You will learn:Why namespace isolation isn't sufficient for untrusted users and the limitations of tools like vCluster when running p

Optimize the Kubernetes dev experience by creating silos, with Michael Levan

Dec 03 2024 47 mins

Michael Levan explains how specialized teams and smart abstractions can lead to better outcomes. Drawing from cognitive science and his experience in platform engineering, Michael presents practical strategies for building effective engineering organizations.You will learn:Why specialized teams (or "silos") can improve productivity and why the real enemy is ego, not speci

Rebuilding my homelab: suffering as service, with Xe iaso

Nov 19 2024 42 mins

Xe Iaso shares their journey in building a "compute as a faucet" home lab where infrastructure becomes invisible and tasks can be executed without manual intervention. The discussion covers everything from operating system selection to storage architecture and secure access patterns.You will learn:How to evaluate operating systems for your home lab — from Rocky Linux to

The hater's guide to Kubernetes, with Paul Butler

Nov 12 2024 43 mins

If you're trying to make sense of when to use Kubernetes and when to avoid it, this episode offers a practical perspective based on real-world experience running production workloads.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

Kubernetes webhooks explained and Aspect Oriented Programming, with Gordon Myers

Nov 05 2024 26 mins

This episode explores Admission Controllers and Webhooks with Gordon Myers, who shares his experience implementing webhook solutions in production. Gordon explains the lifecycle of Kubernetes API requests and how webhooks can intercept and modify resources before they are stored in etcd.You will learn:How the Kubernetes API processes requests through authentication, authorization,

98% faster data imports in deployment previews, with Nick Nikitas

Oct 29 2024 19 mins

Are you facing challenges with pre-production environments in Kubernetes?This KubeFM episode shows how to implement efficient deployment previews and solve data seeding bottlenecks.Nick Nikitas, Senior Platform Engineer at Blueground, shares how his team transformed their static pre-production environments into dynamic previews using ArgoCD Application Sets, Wave and Velero.He expl

When Kubernetes and Go don't work well together, with Emin Laletović

Oct 22 2024 25 mins

Discover how a seemingly simple 502 error in Kubernetes can uncover complex interactions between Go and containerized environments.Emin Laletović, a solution architect at Hybird Technologies, shares his experience debugging a production issue in which a specific API endpoint failed due to out-of-memory errors.He walks through the systematic investigation process, from initial log