The Headlines

Editor’s pick of the highlights from the past week. 

Why I Contribute to the Open Source Community—and You Should Too
Marky Jackson

Marky Johnson shares his journey to becoming a passionate, open-source contributor that all started with a rocket scientist. His post reminds us that open source is welcome to all and invites you to join the fun.

Roaring Elephant podcast: KubeCon + Cloud NativeCon EU preview 

Not a regular news episode this time. Instead, we are starting our KubeCon/CloudNativeCon Amsterdam coverage and have co-chairs Vicki Cheung and Constance Caramanolis on as a guest to tell us all about these conferences. If you’ve never attended one of these, this discussion will give a good idea on what to expect and for seasoned attendees, there is a little bit of a behind-the-scenes look at how these events take form.

The Technical

Tutorials, tools, and more that take you on a deep dive into the code. 
 

Open Policy Agent: Microservices Authorization Simplified
Gaurav Chaware, Infracloud

Deploying Envoy and Kafka to collect broker-level metrics
Adam Kotwasinski, Workday

Introduction to SPIFFE and SPIRE Projects (Lightboard)
Evan Gilman, maintainer SPIFFE and SPIRE

Find an optimal set of nodes for a Kubernetes cluster
Kubecost

GKE Node Pool Location and Surge upgrades GA
Two new Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) features are Generally Available. Node pool location allows GKE users to specify the location for node pools independently from the location of clusters.

Surge upgrades allow users to specify the number of extra (surge) nodes and number of accepted unavailable nodes during an upgrade, improving reliability and reducing disruption to workloads.

The Editorial

Articles, announcements, and morethatgive you a high-level overview of challenges and features. 

Architecting for Multicluster Kubernetes
Thomas Rampelberg, Linkerd

Five Surprising Ways Enterprises Are Putting Kubernetes To Work
Murli Thirumale, Portworx (published in Forbes)

eBPF and Falco, with Leonardo Di Donato
Adam Glick and Craig Box, Kubernetes Podcast from Google

Security concerns hampering the adoption of containers and Kubernetes
Jonathan Grieg, TechRepublic

Google Identifies Kubernetes-Ready Storage for Anthos
Mike Melanson, The New Stack

Managed Kubernetes Services Make K8s Simple for Platform Teams and App Developers
Emily Omier, The New Stack

Linux Foundation study throws the open-source sustainability debate into question
Matt Asay, TechRepublic

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