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Building a Time Series Database in the Cloud with Steven Sklar from QuestDB (video + interview)
Steven Sklar from QuestDB talks about how they implemented the Kubernetes orchestration and storage layer for their QuestDB cloud offering.

Chris Engelbert
Apr 12, 202413 min read


Kubernetes: Future or Fad?
After a decade of Kubernetes and knowing that every technology will disappear eventually. Will Kubernetes become obsolete soon, or is it her

Chris Engelbert
Apr 10, 20246 min read


Production-grade PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with Álvaro Hernández Tortosa from OnGres (interview)
Alvaro Hernandez talks about how to design a production-grade PostgreSQL environment for Kubernetes and the future of dynamic containers.

Chris Engelbert
Apr 5, 202418 min read


What is a Kubernetes Persistent Volume?
A persistent volume is a slice of storage, provisioned by an Kubernetes administrator, that can be attached and mounted to pods. Like...

Chris Engelbert
Apr 3, 20245 min read


How the CSI (Container Storage Interface) Works
A deep dive into what the CSI (Container Storage Interface) is and how it works in Kubernetes (k8s).

Steven Sklar (Guest Author, QuestDB)
Mar 29, 202410 min read


AWS Cost Optimization with Cristian Magherusan-Stanciu from AutoSpotting (interview)
AutoSpotting, a company helping to cost-optimize their AWS EC2 spent by automatically supplying matching workloads with spot instances.

Chris Engelbert
Mar 28, 20243 min read


Kubernetes CSI: Container Attached Storage and Container Storage Interface
Running stateful container workloads comes with ephemeral or persistent container attached storage. In Kubernetes this includes CSI drivers.

Chris Engelbert
Mar 27, 20245 min read


Kubernetes for AI, GKE, and serverless with Abdellfetah Sghiouar from Google (interview)
Abdel Sghiouar from Google talks to us about GKE, Kubernetes, CNCF, serverless and the future of containerization.

Chris Engelbert
Mar 22, 202418 min read


What is Kubernetes: The Components and The Beast
Kubernetes is an orchestration platform for modern, modularized, and containerized applications. Learn what Kubernetes is and how it works.

Chris Engelbert
Mar 20, 20243 min read


Confidential Computing with Moritz Eckert from Edgeless Systems (interview)
Confidential computing, always-encrypted on the wire, at-rest, and while processing. Interview with Moritz Eckert from Edgeless Systems.

Chris Engelbert
Mar 15, 202414 min read
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