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Exploring the Kubernetes ecosystem in-depth with CNCF project leads and contributors.

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    • Jun 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 47 EPISODES


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    Ep. #47, SecureBuild with Grant Miller of Replicated

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 77:46


    In episode 47 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie sit down with Grant Miller, Founder and CEO of Replicated. This talk chronicles the triumphs and tribulations of Replicated and the many entrepreneurial lessons learned along the way. Grant and Marc also unveil SecureBuild, a new offering for open source projects. Lastly they share their firsthand experiences using AI-assisted coding tools and how they're revolutionizing productivity.

    Ep. #46, Kubefirst with John Dietz of Konstruct

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 53:42


    In episode 46 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie chat with John Dietz, CEO of Konstruct, about Kubefirst, an open source platform that streamlines Kubernetes adoption. John shares the journey of building Kubefirst, overcoming Kubernetes complexity, and the challenges of commercializing open source software.

    Ep. #45, Live from KubeCon 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 50:37


    In this special episode of The Kubelist Podcast, recorded live at KubeCon 2024 in Salt Lake City, hosts Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot bring you seven engaging interviews with developers and contributors from the Kubernetes ecosystem. From CNCF projects like Testkube, Logging Operator, and Kubeflow to innovative tools like Buildpacks, Kairos, Krkn, and Scarf, this episode dives into the latest updates and insights.

    Ep. #44, Service Mesh Evolution with Idit Levine of Solo

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 65:03


    In episode 44 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot sit down with Idit Levine, Founder and CEO of Solo.io, to explore the evolving world of service mesh technology. Idit shares her unconventional journey into tech, the founding of Solo, and innovations like Ambient Mesh that simplify Kubernetes networking. Dive into the challenges of microservices, open source collaboration, and the future of AI in networking.

    Ep. #43, SpinKube with Kate Goldenring of Fermyon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 45:49


    In episode 43 of The Kubelist Podcast, Kate Goldenring shares her journey from Microsoft, where she contributed to Kubernetes edge computing and the development of Akri, to joining Fermyon to work on serverless WebAssembly. She dives deep into the technical details of Spin and SpinKube, Fermyon's open-source tools for running serverless WebAssembly applications on Kubernetes. The conversation explores the potential of WebAssembly for building efficient, event-driven applications, and discusses how this technology can lead to more sustainable cloud solutions.

    Ep. #42, Zarf with Wayne Starr of Defense Unicorns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 43:06


    In episode 42 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot sit down with Wayne Starr from Defense Unicorns to explore Zarf, an open-source tool for continuous software delivery in air-gapped environments. Wayne shares insights into how Zarf is transforming software deployment for the Department of Defense and beyond. They also explore other fascinating tools like Lula, Pepr, and LeapFrogAI.

    Ep. #41, vCluster with Lukas Gentele of Loft Labs

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 66:01


    In episode 41 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Lukas Gentele of Loft Labs about vCluster. Together they dive deep on how vCluster works and some of the new use cases that the project enables when running on larger, more mature enterprises. This technical discussion explores the problems Lucas and his team set out to solve when they created vCluster.

    Ep. #40, The Open Source Secret Agent with Dave McAllister of NGINX

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2024 77:27


    In episode 40 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with open source pioneer Dave McAllister. Dave shares stories and lessons from his 40-year career in tech including working for DEC, NASA, Adobe, Red Hat, Splunk, and NGINX. Additionally, they discuss Linux's rise to popularity in the early days of open source, SGI's contribution to modern cinematic effects, predictions around AI, and the overlap of open source and LLMs.

    Ep. #39, Live From KubeCon 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 64:00


    In episode 39 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie recount their experience at KubeCon 2023 and share interviews from the event with guests like Matt Butcher and Radu Matei of Fermyon, Umair Khan of Stacklet, Anna Reale of Keptn, Solomon Hykes of Dagger, Bailey Hayes of wasmCloud, and many more.

    Ep. #38, Exploring K0s with Jussi Nummelin of Mirantis

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023 55:14


    In episode 38 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Jussi Nummelin of Mirantis. This talk explores the accessibility and consistency of utilizing a Kubernetes distribution with zero dependencies. Other topics explored include the K0s project from Mirantis, the evolution of container management, and the advantages of control plane isolation.

    Ep. #37, Dagger with Solomon Hykes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 35:16


    In episode 37 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Solomon Hykes about his new project, Dagger. This talk explores CI/CD in depth and examines the difficulties teams face when implementing it. Finally, Solomon looks back on the lessons he learned while building Docker and how they ultimately influenced the creation and trajectory of Dagger.

    Ep. #36, The Docker Story with Solomon Hykes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2023 52:23


    In episode 36 of The Kubelist Podcast, Benjie and Marc speak with Solomon Hykes, founder of both Docker and Dagger. This conversation explores the early days of containers and the origins of Docker, including the many hurdles Docker overcame early on, its unexpected virality, and its continued prevalence among the developer community.

    Ep. #35, The Open Source Journey with Tom Preston-Werner

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023 76:15


    In episode 35 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie are joined by Tom Preston-Werner. Tom shares insights gleaned from his open source journey including the founding of GitHub and his many side projects along the way. This talk explores themes on entrepreneurship, scaling, semantic versioning, dogfooding, and community building.

    Ep. #34, Slim.AI with Kyle Quest and John Amaral

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 57:49


    In episode 34 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Kyle Quest and John Amaral of Slim.AI. This talk explores container security in depth, including insights on software supply chain security, vulnerability scanning, and the three principles of shipping a secure product.

    Ep. #33, Tailscale with Avery Pennarun

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 63:31


    In episode 33 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Avery Pennarun of Tailscale. This conversation explores VPNs, mesh-overlay networks, Tailscale's use cases, the relationship between scaling and architecture, and unparalleled lessons from Avery's 20+ years in development.

    Ep. #32, LocalStack with Waldemar Hummer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022 58:55


    In episode 32 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Waldemar Hummer of LocalStack. This conversation focuses heavily on how LocalStack is emulating AWS services locally, speeding up the development cycle for cloud developers, and maintaining their large open source community.

    Ep. #31, Kustomize with Katrina Verey of Shopify

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 60:50


    In episode 31 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Katrina Verey, Senior Staff Production Engineer at Shopify. This conversation examines Shopify's extensive adoption of Kubernetes, as well as the Kustomize project, a tool for addressing configuration management.

    Ep. #30, Cilium and eBPF with Thomas Graf of Isovalent

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022 67:26


    In episode 30 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot speak with Thomas Graf, Co-Founder and CTO of Isovalent. This conversation includes a deep dive on eBPF, the origins of Cilium and the lessons learned while creating it in the open, and insights on kernel development.

    Ep. #29, CloudQuery with Yevgeny Pats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2022 60:00


    In episode 29 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Yevgeny Pats, CEO & Co-Founder of CloudQuery. They unpack Yevgeny's career journey, the security and compliance space, and the open source CloudQuery project and its use cases. This talk offers evergreen lessons on entrepreneurship, information technology security, documentation practices for open source projects, and much more.

    Ep. #28, Plural with Michael Guarino

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 60:22


    In episode 28 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Michael Guarino about Plural, a scalable solution empowering DevOps teams to build and maintain cloud-native and production-ready OSS infrastructure on Kubernetes.

    Ep. #27, Kubecost with Webb Brown of Stackwatch

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2022 65:59


    In episode 27 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie are joined by Webb Brown of Stackwatch. This talk spotlights Kubecost, a project offering real-time cost visibility and insights for teams using Kubernetes.

    Ep. #26, Origins of Kubernetes with Tim Hockin of Google

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 61:40


    In episode 26 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot speak with Tim Hockin, principle software engineer at Google and an originator of Kubernetes. This talk contains invaluable lessons from Tim's storied career, the early days of Kubernetes, and insights on building and maintaining trust throughout the K8s community.

    Ep. #25, Tilt with Nick Santos

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 57:31


    In episode 25 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Nick Santos of Tilt, a toolkit for microservice development. They discuss developer productivity, the difference between build systems and dev environments, and the evolution of Tilt.

    Ep. #24, SpiceDB with Jake Moshenko and Jimmy Zelinskie of Authzed

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 58:21


    In episode 24 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Jake Moshenko and Jimmy Zelinskie, Co-Founders of Authzed. They discuss the Google Zanzibar white-paper, the open source project SpiceDB, and the challenges faced when implementing authorization in modern applications.

    Ep. #23, Pixie with Michelle Nguyen and Natalie Serrino

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 53:28


    In episode 23 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot speak with Michelle Nguyen and Natalie Serrino about Pixie, a CNCF sandbox project that provides Kubernetes observability for developers.

    Ep. #22, EKS Anywhere with Chandler Hoisington of AWS

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 56:55


    In episode 22 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc talks with Chandler Hoisington of AWS about EKS Anywhere. They explore the decisions made by the AWS team in building a Kubernetes distribution and how the project is helping make Kubernetes more ubiquitous.

    Ep. #21, Krustlet with Taylor Thomas and Matt Butcher

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 69:11


    In episode 21 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot are joined by Taylor Thomas and Matt Butcher. Together they explore the WebAssembly ecosystem, the CNCF Sandbox project Krustlet, and how they're pushing the limits of container runtime.

    Ep. #20, Sigstore with Dan Lorenc of Google

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2021 52:31


    In episode 20 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie are joined by Dan Lorenc of Google. They discuss supply chain security and the Sigstore project, a new standard for signing, verifying and protecting software.

    Ep. #19, Inside InfluxData with Rick Spencer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 68:15


    In episode 19 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell speaks with Rick Spencer about InfluxData, developer of InfluxDB. Rick unpacks his career journey and explains how InfluxData uses Kubernetes and other CNCF projects from an end-user perspective.

    Ep. #18, Submariner with Miguel Ángel Ajo and Stephen Kitt of Red Hat

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 42:14


    In episode 18 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc and Benjie speak with Miguel Ángel Ajo and Stephen Kitt of Red Hat. They discuss the CNCF sandbox project Submariner and how it's solving multi-cluster networking.

    Ep. #17, K3s with Keith Basil of SUSE

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 47:47


    In episode 17 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell and Benjie De Groot are joined by Keith Basil of SUSE. They explore K3s, the certified Kubernetes distribution built for IoT & Edge computing, and how it removes the cognitive overload of standing up Kubernetes.

    Ep. #16, Open Container Initiative with Josh Dolitsky of Blood Orange

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 48:31


    In episode 16 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc speaks with Josh Dolitsky of Blood Orange about Open Container Initiative. They also discuss working with containers, Josh's introduction to Kubernetes, and the importance of nurturing a diverse community.

    Ep. #15, Operator Framework with Evan Cordell of Red Hat

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 43:38


    In episode 15 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc speaks with Evan Cordell of Red Hat. They discuss the inception and roadmap of the CNCF incubating project Operator Framework, as well as insights on deploying and managing Operators in your cluster.

    Ep. #14, Kyverno with Jim Bugwadia and Ritesh Patel of Nirmata

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 52:05


    In episode 14 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc speaks with Jim Bugwadia and Ritesh Patel of Nirmata. They discuss the history and community behind Kyverno, a policy engine designed for Kubernetes and a recent CNCF Sandbox project.

    Ep. #13, Curiefense with Tzury Bar Yochay and Justin Dorfman of Reblaze

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 57:41


    In episode 13 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc is joined by Tzury Bar Yochay and Justin Dorfman of Reblaze. They discuss the latest CNCF Sandbox project Curiefense, its community and product architecture.

    Ep. #12, Istio with Craig Box of Google Cloud

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 53:11


    In episode 12 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc speaks with Craig Box of Google Cloud. They discuss Istio's features and community, the purpose of service meshes, and solving big problems at the platform level.

    Ep. #11, Backstage with Lee Mills and Matt Clarke of Spotify

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 41:57


    In episode 11 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc speaks with Lee Mills and Matt Clarke of Spotify. They discuss the origins and the roadmap of the CNCF project Backstage, and unpack the complexities of building developer portals.

    Ep. #10, Crossplane with Daniel Mangum of Upbound

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 49:19


    In episode 10 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc is joined by Daniel Mangum of Upbound. They discuss the CNCF Sandbox project Crossplane, deploying Postgres databases, and The Linux Foundation's Mentorship Programs.

    Ep. #9, Falco with Dan “Pop” Papandrea of Sysdig

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 43:51


    In episode 9 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell speaks with Dan “Pop” Papandrea of Sysdig. They discuss Pop's experience as a CNCF ambassador, the incubating project Falco, and the importance of runtime monitoring for security.

    Ep. #8, Telepresence with Richard Li of Ambassador Labs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2020 40:54


    In episode 8 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc Campbell speaks with Richard Li of Ambassador Labs about the development and testing tool Telepresence, as well as the problems developers encounter when adopting Kubernetes.

    Ep. #7, Keptn with Andreas Grabner of Dynatrace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 53:42


    In episode 7 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc joins Andreas Grabner of Dynatrace to discuss the continuous delivery control plane Keptn, performance-driven engineering, and the problem with monolithic pipelines.

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    Ep. #6, Linkerd with William Morgan of Buoyant

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 57:38


    In episode 6 of The Kubelist Podcast, Marc speaks with William Morgan of Buoyant. They discuss the complex service mesh ecosystem, as well as the origin and roadmap of Linkerd.

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