Speaker
Abstract
Kubernetes ONLY understands JSON, yet we all write a ton of YAML. This is because it's meant to be easier for us to write ... but writing our manifests in YAML can be complex, error-prone, and damn right opaque as we adopt more custom resources.
In this presentation, we'll show you some better-suited tools that make writing Kubernetes resource definitions more efficient and effective with an unparalleled improvement to developer experience and happiness.
In this session, you will learn how to:
- Use programming languages to describe Kubernetes resources
- Share re-usable higher-order constructs to deploy Kubernetes resources within your team, org, or even publicly
- Make your Kubernetes resources testable and policy-driven
Kubernetes is hard enough, so let's learn how to be productive, reduce errors, and make deploying to Kubernetes, almost, enjoyable.
Let's set sail.
Interview
Helping Teams Build Platforms with Kubernetes
To improve the DX of working with Kubernetes
Senior Developers that own their own deployments
I want people to walk away knowing how to improve the developer experience of working with the Kubernetes resource model
Topics
QCon San Francisco 2023 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.
Part of the track
Languages of Infra: Beyond YAML Hosted by Justin Cormack CTO @DockerFrom the same track
Monday 2 October
10:35 Pacific DEKJ Session Cloud Engineering Pulumi Adventures: How Python Empowered My Infrastructure Beyond YAML Adora Nwodo Community Engineer In recent times and as technology keeps evolving, the boundary between software engineering and DevOps continues to blur, presenting unique challenges and opportunities for software engineers. 11:45 Pacific DEKJ Session Frontend Framework Defined Infrastructure (FdI) – an Evolution of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Malte Ubl CTO @Vercel Discover the future of infrastructure management with Framework-defined Infrastructure (FdI), an evolution of the industry-standard Infrastructure as Code (IaC). 13:35 Pacific DEKJ Session Infrastructure as Code What if Infrastructure as Code Never Existed? Adam Jacob CEO @System Initiative, CTO @Chef; Systems Administrator who loves building products We rewind the clock and ask ourselves: what if Infrastructure as Code never existed? What different solutions might we have come up with to the problems we faced? We’ll leave you full of possibilities about the future. 14:45 Seacliff D Unconference Unconference: Languages of Infra: Beyond YAML What is an unconference? An unconference is a participant-driven meeting. Attendees come together, bringing their challenges and relying on the experience and know-how of their peers for solutions. 15:55 Pacific DEKJ Session CI/CD CI/CD Beyond YAML Conor Barber Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure @Airbyte, Over a Decade of Experience in Data and Infrastructure Engineering, Previously @Apple This session explores the evolution of infrastructure strategy, focusing on the shift from traditional YAML configurations to pipelines-as-code. 17:05 Pacific DEKJ Session Kubernetes Kubernetes without YAML David Flanagan Kubernetes Whisperer Kubernetes ONLY understands JSON, yet we all write a ton of YAML. This is because it's meant to be easier for us to write ... but writing our manifests in YAML can be complex, error-prone, and damn right opaque as we adopt more custom resources.