KubeCon 2019 Day 1 Summary
This week I’m in San Diego for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Instead of liveblogging each session individually, I thought I might instead attempt a “daily summary” post that captures highlights from all the sessions each day. Here’s my recap of day 1 at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon.
Keynotes
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon doesn’t have “one” keynote; it uses a series of shorter keynotes by various speakers. This has advantages and disadvantages; one key advantage is that there is more variety, and the attendees are more likely to stay engaged. I particularly enjoyed Bryan Liles’ CNCF project updates; I like Bryan’s sense of humor, and getting updates on some of the CNCF projects is always useful. As for some of the other keynotes, those that were thinly-disguised vendor sales pitches were generally pretty poor.
Introduction to the Virtual Kubelet
I was running late for the start of this session due to booth duty, and I guess the stuff I needed most was presented in that portion I missed. Most of what I saw was about Netflix Titus, and how the Netflix team ported Titus from Mesos to Virtual Kubelet. However, that information was so specific to Netflix’s particular use of Virtual Kubelet that it Continue reading
