Edition #1: April 14, 2023

The sky is the limit!

As the vibrant hues of spring transform our landscapes, we are excited to witness the blossoming of innovation within the cloud-native community. This month, our focus turns towards KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU, with an inspiring community of experts, practitioners, and enthusiasts converging in the heart of Europe. Whether you’ll be there in person or not, there will be lots of news, announcements, and great links to share in the next edition of “Wisdom of the Cloud!”

Tips and tricks for a successful KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023

Valuable networking advice for attendees of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2023.

Scaling Kubernetes to 7,500 nodes

OpenAI successfully scaled a single Kubernetes cluster to 7,500 nodes, empowering the organization's machine-learning research teams to accelerate their work.

CNCF ECOSYSTEM PULSE: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS

You broke Reddit: The Pi-Day outage

An excellent retrospective from Reddit, as they experienced a 314-minute outage on Pi-Day (March 14). 

The 25 percent rule for tackling technical debt

A deep dive into Shopify Engineering's method for addressing technical debt, helping them with remediation, and more informed planning​.

A new public sector end user group approaches!

A brand new CNCF User Group focused on advancing cloud computing in the public sector.

TECH DIVE: IN-DEPTH TECHNICAL ARTICLES

Keycloak with PostgreSQL on Kubernetes

A comprehensive guide to deploying Keycloak with PostgreSQL on a Kubernetes environment using Kind for local experimentation.

Use GitHub actions to make your GitHub profile

A practical example of using GitHub Actions to transform a static markdown document into a dynamic profile that stays current with the latest information.

Clocks and causality - ordering events in distributed systems

An overview of different logical clock designs and their significance in event ordering.

Kubeshark - Wireshark re-born for Kubernetes

An API Traffic Viewer for Kubernetes, providing real-time, protocol-level visibility into the internal network of a Kubernetes cluster.

What Is ChatGPT doing … and why does it work?

Stephen Wolfram provides a rough outline of the inner workings of ChatGPT.

Passkeys vs. passwords: What are the differences? 

Passkeys are a form of passwordless authentication that uses public key cryptography to provide a more secure and convenient way to authenticate users. Will they catch on?

Introducing self-service SBOMs

GitHub introduces a new self-service tool for generating software bills of materials (SBOMs) in hosted repositories.

BEHIND THE SCENES: PROCESS AND PEOPLE NEWS

What it means to be a resilient leader, according to an Oxford professor

Oxford professor and management consultant Neri Karra Sillaman discusses the importance of resilience in entrepreneurship.

Three-bucket framework for engineering metrics

A three-bucket framework that helps provide a holistic view of addressing stakeholder concerns and demonstrating accountability with engineering investments.

Scale. Skill. Speed.

A story of leveraging the power of scale, skill, and speed to achieve success while highlighting the challenges organizations face.

The 9 principles of the perfect startup engineering stack

How to choose developer tools that enable rapid product development, iteration based on customer feedback, ease of setup, and more.

What complex systems can teach us about building software?

Instead of trying to control complexity, organizations can embrace it to model system behavior and create incentives that benefit both individual components and the overall system.

Superhuman: What can AI do in 30 minutes?

The unprecedented capabilities of AI tools by conducting a 30-minute experiment…

How to put the plus in ‘staff+’ engineer

Guidance for current and aspiring staff+ engineers on how to become force multipliers for their teams and organizations.

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