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Best of Cloud Native 2024

Best of Cloud Native 2024

Author: Bret Fisher January 10, 2025 Duration: 1:11:05
DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling
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Bret and Nirmal reunite for their traditional annual Holiday Special episode of breaking down the most significant developments in cloud native from 2024 and sharing predictions for 2025.

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We touch on infrastructure evolution, exploring Kubernetes fleet management challenges and emerging solutions for simplified tool stacks, we cover essential cloud native trends of 2024, infrastructure automation breakthroughs, notable technical innovations, projects that aspire to be part of CNCF as well as predictions for cloud native in 2025.

There's also a video version of this show on YouTube.

★Topics★
Cloud Native End User Technical Advisory Board (TAB)
Adam Jacob's Talk: Reimagining OSS Licensing and Commercialization with Fair Source
kubevirt
Keda
Cloud Native Reference Architectures
Karpenter
eBPF ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wb_vD3XZYOA ebpf documentary) (Ebpf summit)
GitHub Copilot, now Free
Kubernetes transitioning into enterprise maturity (https://www.fairwinds.com/blog/10-years-kubernetes-innovation)
FinOps matters
Read the tea leaves sandbox issues 

Creators & Guests

  • (00:00) - Intro
  • (02:55) - Structure of the Show
  • (03:21) - Kubernetes is 10 and CNCF Maturity
  • (04:35) - What is a CNCF Graduated Project?
  • (07:31) - IDPs
  • (08:51) - Legacy Projects Aspiring for CNCF
  • (18:40) - Favorite Tools of 2024
  • (18:55) - Argo's Increasing Use
  • (23:15) - GitHub Copilot
  • (25:53) - KubeVirt
  • (32:01) - Event-Driven Autoscaling with KEDA
  • (33:45) - Cloud Native Reference Architectures
  • (35:56) - Karpenter Workshop Highlights from KubeCon
  • (37:08) - Kubernetes Stacks and AI Workloads
  • (39:30) - Predictions for Kubernetes in 2025
  • (39:36) - Kubernetes "LAMP" Stack
  • (40:31) - AI in 2025
  • (44:33) - Efficiency, Energy and Environmental Impact
  • (46:55) - Fleet and Multi-Cluster Management
  • (51:44) - Optimizing Inference
  • (53:28) - Edge Hybrid
  • (53:57) - Container-Optimized Linux Distros
  • (59:54) - Open Source Licensing and Business Models
  • (01:02:21) - Purely Open Source Kubernetes Stack
  • (01:03:11) - The CNCF Sandbox
  • (01:09:32) - Final Thoughts

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Bret Fisher hosts DevOps and Docker Talk: Cloud Native Interviews and Tooling alongside Nirmal Mehta, pulling conversations directly from their live audience sessions. This isn't a theoretical lecture series; it's grounded in the practical, often messy realities of building and running modern systems. Each episode digs into the specific tools and philosophies shaping infrastructure today, from the foundational elements like Docker and container orchestration with Kubernetes or Swarm to the broader cultural shifts of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering. You'll hear discussions that span the entire software lifecycle, touching on the integration of security with DevSecOps, the automation promises of GitOps, and what "Cloud Native" truly means for development teams. The dialogue stays focused on actionable insights and real-world use cases, offering a genuine sense of what works and what doesn't in the field. For anyone navigating the container and cloud ecosystem, this podcast serves as a regular, insightful check-in with practitioners and experts, hosted by someone deeply embedded in the community. The natural, interview-driven format makes complex topics accessible, ensuring listeners come away with more than just buzzwords-they get context and clarity.
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