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A Vision For API Machinery: Coming to Terms with the Platform We Built

A Vision For API Machinery: Coming to Terms with the Platform We Built

December 19, 2019

Kubernetes is what it is in large part due to the API Machinery it is constructed from and co-evolved with. At this point in the projects life, we have a much richer understanding of the users API Ma …
Deep Dive: Auth SIG

Deep Dive: Auth SIG

December 19, 2019

SIG Auth is responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of features in Kubernetes that control and protect access to the API and other core components. In this session, we'll discuss d …
The distributed authorization system: A Netflix case study

The distributed authorization system: A Netflix case study

December 19, 2019

Manish Mehta and Torin Sandall lead a deep dive into how Netflix enforces authorization policies (who can do what) at scale in its microservices ecosystem in a public cloud without introducing unreasonable latency in the request path.
A frontend developer's guide to GraphQL

A frontend developer's guide to GraphQL

December 18, 2019

GraphQL is a new API technology that has exploded in popularity over the past year. But what's all the hype about? Peggy Rayzis details what GraphQL is and explains how integrating it into your application can solve many of the pain points frontend developers face when working with remote data.
Deep Dive: Kubernetes SIG Multicluster

Deep Dive: Kubernetes SIG Multicluster

December 18, 2019

Multi-cluster Federation Deep Dive: Multi-cluster Federation is an API and control plane that actively manages multiple Kubernetes clusters and applications in those clusters. Federation v1's API mirr …
Running VM Workloads Side by Side with Container Workloads

Running VM Workloads Side by Side with Container Workloads

December 18, 2019

On Kubernetes clusters, cloud native workloads and (legacy) VM workloads can run side by side. KubeVirt is a project to bring declarative, Kubernetes-style APIs to VM creation, configuration, and mana …
Adaptive PWAs: Delivering customized and optimized cross-device web apps

Adaptive PWAs: Delivering customized and optimized cross-device web apps

December 17, 2019

Luis Vieira offers an overview of the current progressive web app (PWA) landscape and explains how to leverage new APIs such as client hints, service workers, and network information to create PWAs that are highly adaptive to users' devices and contexts and that can offer a tailored and optimized experience that accounts for each device's unique characteristics.
Blockchain as a backend: How to utilize current cryptocurrencies in your applications

Blockchain as a backend: How to utilize current cryptocurrencies in your applications

December 17, 2019

Accessing the data and logic stored in a blockchain is significantly different than accessing your own servers. Destry Saul walks you through APIs for the most popular blockchains, outlines dangers to watch out for, and explains which current applications make use of blockchains.
Deep Dive: Apps SIG

Deep Dive: Apps SIG

December 17, 2019

Kubernetes SIG Apps covers developing, deploying, and operating applications on Kubernetes with a focus on the application developer and application operator experience. In this deep dive we will look …
Deep Dive: Cluster Lifecycle SIG (Kubeadm)

Deep Dive: Cluster Lifecycle SIG (Kubeadm)

December 16, 2019

The Cluster Lifecycle SIG is the Special Interest Group that is responsible for building the user experience for deploying and upgrading Kubernetes clusters. Our mission is examining how we should cha …
Discover the WebXR Device API (sponsored by Intel)

Discover the WebXR Device API (sponsored by Intel)

December 16, 2019

Alexis Menard offers an overview of the WebXR Device API (formerly known as WebVR 2.0) and explains how to build a VR experience on the web from scratch. You'll get familiar with VR concepts, learn how to use them with the WebXR Device API, and discover how to port your existing WebVR 1.1 experience if you already have one.
Got a Need for Speed? Accelerate Your Prometheus Dashboard Using Trickster

Got a Need for Speed? Accelerate Your Prometheus Dashboard Using Trickster

December 16, 2019

We live in a world where high performance, and speed are essential. A few extra seconds of response time on a dashboard can be a deal breaker. Many dashboards request the entire time range of data fro …
Deep Dive: Service Catalog SIG

Deep Dive: Service Catalog SIG

December 15, 2019

Join us for a deep dive into how the Kubernetes Service Catalog works under the covers. Starting with a quick overview of Service Catalog and some of the challenges we faced while bridging the differe …
Offline sync for progressive web apps

Offline sync for progressive web apps

December 14, 2019

Bradley Holt demonstrates how service workers, Apache CouchDB (an open source document database), Hoodie (an open source Node.js backend for offline first apps), and PouchDB (an open source JavaScript database that syncs) can be used to build progressive web apps using an offline-first approach in order to provide fast, zero-latency access to content and data stored directly on the device.
Rebuilding a browser extension for privacy

Rebuilding a browser extension for privacy

December 14, 2019

Browser extensions built with the WebExtensions APIs are compatible with all modern browsers. Princiya Sequeira shares lessons learned migrating a legacy privacy add-on to a web extension, with performance being the key factor. Along the way, you'll explore all things web tracking.
Deep Dive: Cluster Lifecycle SIG (Cluster API)

Deep Dive: Cluster Lifecycle SIG (Cluster API)

December 13, 2019

The Cluster Lifecycle SIG is the Special Interest Group that is responsible for building the user experience for deploying and upgrading Kubernetes clusters. Our mission is examining how we should cha …
Encoding 250,000 Songs a Day with batch/v1 Jobs

Encoding 250,000 Songs a Day with batch/v1 Jobs

December 13, 2019

Tasked with rebuilding the way we deliver music to DJ's, the Beatport Infrastructure team set out to use Kubernetes to construct scalable compute for executing batch and on-demand encoding workloads i …
Web performance API deep dive

Web performance API deep dive

December 13, 2019

Performance is at the forefront of many, if not most, web development projects. Fortunately, modern browsers provide a wealth of performance-related information and services, which can be used to optimize page load speed and responsiveness. Dan Shappir offers an overview of the aptly named Web Performance API and shows how to best use it to extract detailed performance information.
A high-performance system for deep learning inference and visual inspection

A high-performance system for deep learning inference and visual inspection

December 12, 2019

Moty Fania explains how Intel implemented an AI inference platform to enable internal visual inspection use cases and shares lessons learned along the way. The platform is based on open source technologies and was designed for real-time streaming and online actuation.
Kubernetes the Database

Kubernetes the Database

December 11, 2019

In the operations world, one of the hardest problems is keeping track of your inventory: Which machines belong to which teams? Which machines are in service? How long have they been there? At New Reli …
The Life of a Kubernetes Watch Event

The Life of a Kubernetes Watch Event

December 11, 2019

The watch event is essential to the kubernetes architecture. Its the key to maintaining high availability in the kubernetes control plane. Have you ever wondered how a watch event is propagated? In t …
Fast analytics on fast data: Kudu as a storage layer for banking applications

Fast analytics on fast data: Kudu as a storage layer for banking applications

December 9, 2019

Olaf Hein explains how a large German bank relies on a Kudu-based data platform to speed up business processes. Olaf highlights key data access patterns and the system architecture and shares best practices and lessons learned using Kudu in development and operations.
Shopifys $25k Bug Report, and the Cluster Takeover That Didnt Happen

Shopifys $25k Bug Report, and the Cluster Takeover That Didnt Happen

December 9, 2019

In May, a security researcher reported a vulnerability in a Shopify microservice and demonstrated how it could be used to access keys from the Google Cloud metadata API. This could have led to a clust …
Lightning Talk: A Desktop GUI for your First Kubernetes Deployment

Lightning Talk: A Desktop GUI for your First Kubernetes Deployment

December 8, 2019

Installing Kubernetes with a GUI? What? In the age of cloud APIs and command line tools? Yes. A simple and clear user interface makes the difference between a pleasant learning experience and a frust …
Lightning Talk: Extending Istio Service Mesh with Envoy v2 APIs for Stateless and Stateful Services

Lightning Talk: Extending Istio Service Mesh with Envoy v2 APIs for Stateless and Stateful Services

December 8, 2019

Envoy v2 APIs have many new features for both stateless and stateful service balancing and discovery. This talk will focus on how to run Envoy v2 API with Kubernetes and Istio, in order to extend the …
Lightning Talk: I Got your RBAC - kube-rbac-proxy

Lightning Talk: I Got your RBAC - kube-rbac-proxy

December 8, 2019

Kubernetes RBAC is great for authorizing requests to the Kubernetes API, and is a vital component for a secure Kubernetes cluster. Wouldn't it be great to use RBAC to authorize requests to your applic …
Lightning Talk: Tips for Operating Kubernetes with OpenStack Cloud Provider

Lightning Talk: Tips for Operating Kubernetes with OpenStack Cloud Provider

December 8, 2019

OpenStack, one of popular Kubernetes cloud providers, consists of diverse components and is highly configurable, this proposal introduces some tips and tuning configurations to improve the performance …
Making Big Data Processing Portable. The Story of Apache Beam and gRPC

Making Big Data Processing Portable. The Story of Apache Beam and gRPC

December 7, 2019

Big data applications have been an almost exclusive domain of Java and Scala developers. This not only frustrates engineers who prefer other languages and their ecosystems, but also impedes companies …