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Kubefirst Live

50+ Episodes Covering Cloud Native Topics

Kubefirst Live is a podcast and video series I co-host, featuring deep dives into cloud native technologies, interviews with community members, and educational content about the Kubernetes ecosystem.

About the Show​

Kubefirst Live brings together the cloud native community for:

  • Technical Deep Dives: Detailed explorations of CNCF tools and patterns
  • Community Conversations: Interviews with maintainers and practitioners
  • Live Demonstrations: Hands-on walkthroughs of platform engineering concepts
  • Ecosystem Updates: News and developments in the cloud native space

Episode Highlights​

Architecture Deep Dives​

  • Kubefirst Architecture: How the platform provisions complete GitOps environments
  • GitOps Patterns: Best practices for ArgoCD and infrastructure management
  • Multi-Cloud Strategies: Running Kubernetes across cloud providers

Tool Spotlights​

  • Argo Workflows: CI/CD pipeline automation with Argo
  • ArgoCD: Application delivery and GitOps synchronization
  • HashiCorp Vault: Secrets management in Kubernetes
  • Terraform & Atlantis: GitOps-driven infrastructure as code

Cloud Provider Integrations​

  • Azure Integration: Running Kubefirst on Azure Kubernetes Service
  • DigitalOcean: DOKS deployments and marketplace integration
  • Akamai: Edge and cloud Kubernetes deployments
  • Civo: Native integration with Civo Cloud

Community Episodes​

  • Interviews with CNCF project maintainers
  • User stories and adoption experiences
  • Ecosystem partner spotlights

Format​

Schedule: Regular episodes throughout 2023-2024

Format: Live streaming with audience interaction, followed by edited video/audio releases

Platforms:

  • YouTube (primary video)
  • Podcast platforms (audio)
  • Kubefirst community channels

Why Kubefirst Live?​

The cloud native ecosystem is vast and constantly evolving. Kubefirst Live serves as:

  1. Education: Helping teams understand the tools Kubefirst integrates
  2. Community: Creating connections between practitioners
  3. Transparency: Showing how we think about platform engineering
  4. Feedback: Learning from the community what matters most

Notable Episodes​

50 Episode Milestone​

Reaching 50 episodes represents hundreds of hours of cloud native education, featuring dozens of guests and covering the breadth of the CNCF landscape.

KubeCon Coverage​

Special episodes covering KubeCon announcements, new projects, and community developments.

Product Launches​

Episodes covering Kubefirst releases, new cloud provider support, and feature announcements.

Watch & Subscribe​

Become a Guest​

Interested in appearing on Kubefirst Live?

We welcome guests who work on:

  • CNCF projects and cloud native tools
  • Platform engineering at their organizations
  • Open source in the Kubernetes ecosystem
  • DevOps and SRE practices

Contact: john@konstruct.io