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Kubernetes
Gitops
Cloud Native
Flux
Devops
Argo CD
Helm
Prometheus
Multi-Tenancy
Argocd
AWS
Artificial Intelligence
Observability
Kubernetes Resource Model
Batch Processing
Docker
Resource Management
EKS
CI/CD
Talos Linux

Discover all the great things happening in the world of Kubernetes, learn (controversial) opinions from the experts and explore the successes (and failures) of running Kubernetes at scale.

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Forced platform migrations are usually treated as something to survive. At Scout24, a mandatory OS migration became an opportunity to rethink Kubernetes autoscaling, node provisioning, and infrastructure efficiency.

John Ford explains how Scout24 mo... more

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Most teams scale Kubernetes by thinking about pods and nodes. At Render, Brian Stack ran into a different dimension: hundreds of thousands of namespaces per cluster, multiplied across DaemonSets that list-watch every namespace.

Brian explains how Re... more

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What happens when an AI agent stops generating Kubernetes YAML and starts operating the cluster directly?

Mike Solomon, software engineer at AIATELLA, explains how his team moved from a sprawling Helm setup to Markdown-driven infrastructure specs th... more

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A single Kubernetes CRD for every service request turns small changes into full-platform reconciliations.

Alexander Held, former platform engineer at Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation, describes a production refactor from a 2,000-line CRD to purpose-bui... more

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Recent Guests

John Ford
Staff Platform Engineer at Scout24
Scout24
Episode: The Hidden Cost of Slow Autoscaling, with John Ford
Brian Stack
Software engineer at Render
Render
Episode: The Namespaces Scaling Trap, with Brian Stack
Mike Solomon
Engineer and founder focused on AI-native Kubernetes workflows at Aiatella
Aiatella
Episode: AI Agents Running Kubernetes, with Mike Solomon
Alex Held
Freelance engineer and former platform engineer at Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation
Mercedes-Benz Tech Innovation (former); Freelance
Episode: SaaS with Kubernetes Operators and Garbage Collection, with Alexander Held
Julius Payne II
QA engineer entering cloud-native space, attendee at KubeCon
Independent (guest)
Episode: What Hip-Hop Can Teach Us About Kubernetes, with Kelsey Hightower, Eric Abercrombie, and Julius Payne II
Rohit Agrawal
Software engineer at Databricks, traffic platform team; Envoy maintainer
Databricks
Episode: Intelligent Kubernetes Load Balancing, with Rohit Agrawal
Vincent von Büren
Platform engineer at IPT in Switzerland
IPT (Renovation Process Technology)
Episode: That Time I Found a Service Account Token in my Log Files, with Vincent von Büren
Landon Clipp
Software engineer with a background in high-performance compute, previously at Lambda and moving to CoreWeave
CoreWeave (upcoming)
Episode: GPU Containers as a Service, with Landon Clipp
Ron Matsliah
Next Insurance
Episode: How We Cut Build Debugging Time by 75% with AI, with Ron Matsliah

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Mark
Host of the podcast; core organizer and moderator across many episodes.
Bart
Host of KubeFM; frequent presence across episodes.
Art
Host of KubeFM; contributes to episode introductions and transitions.
Bob
Host of KubeFM; appears across multiple episodes.

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#101
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AI Agents Running Kubernetes, with Mike Solomon
Q: What happens when an AI agent starts to operate at a level where it can deploy and modify infrastructure autonomously?
It requires a clear contract—a minimal, memory-persistent execution model, a lightweight environment, and robust guardrails that keep the agent focused on reproducible outcomes while maintaining outside-human oversight for critical actions.
AI Agents Running Kubernetes, with Mike Solomon
Q: How do you handle credentials and ensure security when agents operate in production environments?
Proactively design for the human-in-the-loop where credentials are involved, enforce explicit stop criteria, and build a process that encourages pulling in credentials when necessary, with strong auditing and a clear separation between code and sensitive data.
AI Agents Running Kubernetes, with Mike Solomon
Q: If you could go back in time and share one career tip with your younger self, what would it be?
Love the project you work on and let intrinsic motivation guide your choices; prioritize belonging and community, and bring that energy into every professional setting, especially when choosing projects to work on.
The Namespaces Scaling Trap, with Brian Stack
Q: What three emerging Kubernetes tools are you keeping an eye on?
The guest highlights InspectorGadget for easy multi-node debugging, Retina for networking-focused insights, and the growing adoption of NF tables as a default in Kubernetes-related tooling, signaling a shift away from IP tables for performance and flexibility.
SaaS with Kubernetes Operators and Garbage Collection, with Alexander Held
Q: What are the main benefits and risks of using owner references for multi-tenant cleanup, and how do finalizers help manage external resources during deletion?
Owner references automate cleanup by cascading deletions to related resources, preventing orphan resources; finalizers guard external dependencies (like S3 backups), ensuring external data is deleted before the Kubernetes resource is fully removed, which helps maintain security and cost control.

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What is KubeFM about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show centers Kubernetes at scale, with a strong emphasis on practical engineering challenges, real-world migrations, and multi-tenant architectures. Episodes frequently explore autoscaling, cost optimization, platform engineering, and the shift toward AI-assisted workflows in cloud-native environments. Guests range from platform and SRE engineers to software architects at large tech and enterprise teams, offering hands-on lessons, trade-offs, and concrete tooling recommendations. A notable strength is the ability to pair deep technical detail with approachable context (security, governance, and governance-friendly patterns like GitOps) and to feature practitioners who translate complex concepts into actionable guidance. The format often... more

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