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Tightening Our Cloud Native Belts: OpenCost for Kubernetes Cost Monitoring

Matt Ray, the community manager for the CNCF sandbox project OpenCost, discusses their cloud and Kubernetes cost monitoring technology. He covers the capabilities of OpenCost in tracking cloud expenses and its new feature for monitoring carbon costs. Matt elaborates on the project's origin, its open source community, and the collaborative effort with other companies like Grafana and Microsoft. The conversation covers the community's growth, contribution processes, and OpenCost's goals for becoming more diverse and integrated with other technologies. Matt also reflects on the increasing interest in cost monitoring and his personal journey in the open source community.

 

00:00 Introduction to Matt Ray and OpenCost

01:09 OpenCost's Origins and CNCF Contribution

02:25 OpenCost vs. KubeCost: Defining the Boundaries

03:35 Adoption and Integration of OpenCost

04:30 Community Contributions and Project Growth

07:00 Flexibility and Use Cases of OpenCost

13:58 Becoming a Committer and Maintainer

14:47 Community Engagement and Participation

15:25 Future Plans and Focus

16:39 Carbon Cost and Plugin Architecture

17:53 Personal Journey in Open Source

 

Guest:

Matt Ray has been active in Open Source and DevOps communities for over two decades and has spoken at and helped organize many conferences and meetups. He is currently the Senior Community Manager at Kubecost for the CNCF Sandbox Project OpenCost. He has worked in and with enterprises and startups across a wide variety of industries including banking, retail, and government. He currently resides in Sydney, Australia after relocating from Austin, Texas. He co-hosts the Software Defined Talk podcast and is active on Mastodon, GitHub, and too many Slacks.

Fine-Grained Authorization with OpenFGA

Andres Aguiar joins us to discuss OpenFGA, an open source project for managing fine-grained authorization. Andres covers the challenges in implementing authorization and the importance of using precise access controls to enhance security. He outlines the project's journey, use cases, and how it can be integrated into different software environments. The conversation highlights the community's contributions, the roadmap for OpenFGA, and the potential of AI in improving security through centralized logging and anomaly detection.

00:13 Meet Andres and OpenFGA
01:48 Project Maturity and Community
02:55 Adoption and Use Cases
04:43 Contributions and Integrations
05:59 Understanding Relationship-Based Access Control
16:13 Future Roadmap and AI Potential

Guest:

Andres Aguiar has spent his 20+ year career building tools for developers, wearing different hats. He’s been working on the identity space for the last 6 years, and is currently the Product Manager for OpenFGA.

How to Make Your First Open Source Contributions

We spoke with Edoardo Dusi from Sparkfabrik about Edoardo's career path from a backend software engineer specializing in Drupal to his current role in Developer Relations (DevRel). He shared his experiences and the importance of community involvement when working with open source software. He highlighted the supportive nature of open source communities and provided advice for newcomers. We also covered the work of the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) and the significance of security in open source projects.

00:00 Welcome and Introduction 01:03 Sparkfabrik and Drupal
02:01 Exploring KubeCon
02:56 Getting Involved in Open Source
06:10 Challenges in Modern Open Source
08:37 Joining OpenSSF
11:21 Importance of Security in Open Source
13:01 European Perspectives on Security
14:14 The Role of Big Tech in Open Source
14:36 Community Contributions and Impact
16:34 Navigating the Contribution Process
21:24 Advice for New Open Source Contributors
25:47 The Human Side of Software Development

Guest:

Edoardo Dusi is a Developer Relations Engineer at SparkFabrik, a company that helps organisations build digital products with open source technologies. He has a strong software developer and team leader background, working on various projects and platforms. He is passionate about creating and sharing content that educates and inspires other developers, such as tech talks, videos, podcasts, conferences, and more. He enjoys connecting with the developer community and promoting the benefits of open source software.

Building Better Open Source Projects

Divya Mohan of SUSE discusses her role in in the open source community, highlighting the significance of documentation in software development, drawing from her experiences in the Kubernetes SIG Documentation group and her previous roles. The discussion spans topics like the impact of poorly documented code, the challenges of maintaining comprehensive documentation in open source projects, and advice for fledgling project maintainers. Divya shares her enthusiasm for WebAssembly and its potential to revolutionize software development through inclusivity and standardization, challenging the traditional write-once-run-anywhere paradigm. We conclude with insights on the formation and mission of the Bytecode Alliance and the future prospects of WebAssembly.

 

00:00 Introduction

01:26 Role and Responsibilities at SUSE

04:25 Importance of Documentation

08:19 Challenges in Documentation and Code Commenting

12:21 Single Maintainer Projects and Documentation Advice

14:47 Challenges in Maintaining Documentation

17:53 Introduction to Bytecode Alliance

18:12 WebAssembly: Beyond the Web

19:00 The Role of Standards in WebAssembly

21:55 The Future of WebAssembly

28:34 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

 

Guest:

Divya Mohan is a Senior Technical Evangelist at SUSE, where she contributes to Rancher’s cloud native open source projects. She co-chairs the documentation for the Kubernetes & LitmusChaos projects & has previously worked extensively in the systems engineering space during her tenure with HSBC & IGate Global Solutions Pvt Ltd. A co-creator of the KCNA exam & a CNCF ambassador, she is invested in making technical communities & technologies more accessible & inclusive.

 

 

Empowering Developers with AI Tools

In this episode, we dive into Codium, an AI-powered coding platform designed to assist developers throughout the software development lifecycle, especially in testing, code review, and documentation. Dedy Kredo, one of Codium's co-founders, explains the unique features and benefits of the platform, comparing it to other tools like GitHub Copilot. The discussion also touches on Codium's adaptability for test-driven development and its flexible deployment options, highlighting the importance of security and configuration. Additionally, the significance of the Intel Ignite startup program and the impact of AI hype on Codium's rapid growth are discussed. Listeners will gain insights into Codium's open-core model and open-source projects, including the Alpha Codium research project.

00:00 Introduction
00:13 What is Codium?
01:35 Comparison with Other AI Coding Tools
03:01 Test-Driven Development and Codium
05:40 Customization and Configuration
08:17 Deployment Options and Security
11:11 Intel Ignite Program Experience
13:45 Impact of AI Hype on Business
17:02 AI-Assisted Development and Semi-Automation
17:43 Improving Code Quality and Productivity
18:33 Challenges and Opportunities in AI for Software Development
20:27 Adopting AI Tools in Development Teams
24:07 Open Source Projects and Community Engagement
28:11 Conclusion and Future Prospects

Guest:

Dedy Kredo is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of CodiumAI, leading the product and engineering teams to empower developers to build software faster and more accurately through the use of artificial and human intelligence. Before founding CodiumAI, he served as VP of Customer Facing Data Science at Explorium, where he built and led a talented data science team and played a key role in the company's growth from seed to series C. Previously, he was the founder of an online marketing startup, growing it from a bootstrapped venture to millions in revenue. Before that, he spent seven years in Colorado and California as a product line manager at VMware's management business unit. During this time, he worked closely with Fortune 500 companies and successfully launched several new products to market.

The Kubernetes Effect: Abdel Sghiouar on Modernizing Infrastructure and Communities

We had a fun chat with Abdel Sghiouar of Google about his work in the Kubernetes world, being a cloud native road warrior, and his thoughts on where the ecosystem goes from here. Abdel shares his transition from a data center role at Google to consulting and finally into developer relations, emphasizing the importance of in-person interactions and learning from community engagements. He reflects on Kubernetes' evolution, its application beyond traditional computing environments, and the shift towards more developer-friendly infrastructure management tools. We also explore the cultural and technological shifts within the tech community, stressing the perpetual relevance of foundational computing skills, the potential of emerging technologies like WASM, and the critical nature of security in development practices. 

00:00 Welcome and Intro
01:45 From Data Centers to Kubernetes
04:25 The Evolution and Impact of Kubernetes
07:40 Navigating the Kubernetes Ecosystem and Community Growth
13:52 Addressing the Complexity of Kubernetes for Newcomers
15:20 Fundamentals to Cloud Transition
17:29 The Never-Ending Journey of Learning and Adaptation
20:49 The Future of Tech: Kubernetes, AI, and Beyond
24:51 The Simplicity Behind Complex Tech Solutions
26:19 Looking Ahead

Guest:

Abdel Sghiouar is a Cloud Developer Advocate @Google Cloud. His focus areas are GKE/Kubernetes, Service Mesh and Serverless. Abdel started his career in datacenters and infrastructure in Morocco before moving to Google's largest EU datacenter in Belgium. Then in Sweden he joined Google Cloud Professional Services and spent 5 years working with Google Cloud customers on architecting and designing large scale distributed systems before turning to advocacy and community work. You can follow him at @boredabdel.

 

Conversations on Community, Cloud Infrastructure, and Sustainability

Niki Manoledaki and Stephanie Hingtgen from Grafana discuss their open source community roles and contributions toward environmental sustainability. Niki serves as a co-chair of the Green Reviews Working Group within the CNCF Environmental Sustainability Technical Advisory Group, focusing on promoting energy and carbon efficiency. Stephanie works on both the open source Grafana project and Grafana Cloud, emphasizing the value of contributing to open source. We discuss the importance of energy consumption metrics in technology, the use of Kubernetes for event-driven auto-scaling through KEDA, and efforts to enhance operational and environmental efficiency. Niki and Stephanie share insights on scaling applications, the relationship between cost reduction and environmental sustainability, and introduce several projects like Karpenter and Kepler.

00:00 Introduction to Grafana's Community Engagement
01:40 Exploring Environmental Sustainability in Tech
04:30 Diving into Open Source Contributions and Projects
05:26 Scaling and Autoscaling: Insights and Challenges
12:56 Cost vs. Environmental Sustainability
19:06 Personal Journeys into Open Source Software
21:24 Closing Thoughts on Open Source and Sustainability

Resources

How Grafana Labs switched to Karpenter to reduce costs and complexities in Amazon EKS

Guests

	Niki Manoledaki is a software engineer, environmental sustainability advocate, keynote speaker, meetup organiser, and community facilitator. She advocates for environmental sustainability in the CNCF as a Lead of the CNCF Environmental Sustainability TAG where she co-chairs the Green Reviews WG.
	Stephanie Hingtgen is a Senior Software Engineer II at Grafana Labs. As a member of the Grafana as a Service team, her focus has been on orchestrating thousands of Grafana instances in Kubernetes for Grafana Cloud. Her previous experience includes developing a private cloud platform to provision Kubernetes resources for engineers at Comcast.

Authorization with SpiceDB

We spoke with Jimmy Zelinskie, Co-founder of AuthZed, about his significant history in the cloud native ecosystem and open source community. We learn about his start writing BitTorrent software in college and his eventual startups including AuthZed, which develops SpiceDB. SpiceDB, inspired by Google's internal Zanzibar system, aims to democratize complex authorization solutions for various applications. The discussion also covers the evolution of Kubernetes, the role of open source in fostering innovation, and the significance of community collaboration in addressing common challenges in authorization and secure system design. Jimmy's experience showcases the benefits of open source for solving intricate problems and his commitment to making sophisticated technology accessible to a broader audience.

00:00 Introduction
00:14 The Buzz of KubeCon
00:50 Introducing Jimmy: From BitTorrent to Kubernetes Pioneer
03:41 The Journey of SpiceDB: From Concept to Adoption
06:43 Navigating the Authorization Ecosystem
11:55 The Future of Authorization: Innovations and Roadmap
14:32 Personal Insights: Open Source Journey and Product Management
19:08 KubeCon Highlights and Kubernetes API Proxy Announcement

 

Guest:

Jimmy Zelinskie is a software engineer and product leader with the goal of empowering the world through the democratization of software through open source development. He's currently the CPO and cofounder of authzed where he's focused on bringing hyperscaler best-practices in authorization software to the industry at large. At CoreOS, he helped pioneer the cloud-native ecosystem by starting and contributing to many of its foundational open source projects. After being acquired by Red Hat, his focus shifted to the enablement and adoption of cloud-native technologies by mature enterprise stakeholders. To this day, he still contributes to cloud-native ecosystem by building the future on top of these technologies and maintaining standards such as Open Container Initiative (OCI).