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March 2, 2022 Rudy McComb

Last Week in Kubernetes

The official Kubernetes Documentary Part 1 & 2

Inspired by the open source success of Docker in 2013 and seeing the need for innovation in the area of large-scale cloud computing, a handful of forward-thinking Google engineers set to work on the container orchestrator that would come to be known as Kubernetes– this new tool would forever change the way the internet is built.

These engineers overcome technical challenges, resistance to open source from within, naysayers, and intense competition from other big players in the industry.

Most engineers know about “The Container Orchestrator Wars’’ but most people would not be able to explain exactly what happened, and why it was Kubernetes that ultimately came out on top.

Bonus Content

Kubernetes Superpower, Sarah Novotny, Google

Cloud native projects & team culture power Allianz Direct’s CI/CD capabilities

In 2019, 132-year old European financial services company Allianz SE founded Allianz Direct in response to disruption in the insurance space. To keep up with digital-first competitors, like the big four (GAFA), Allianz Direct developed digital models for selling insurance direct to consumers via its website. Today, it sells auto, home and travel insurance in four markets: Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain.

Borg, Omega, and Kubernetes

Brendan Burns, Eric Brewer, and Brian Grant co wrote this deep dive on container management

I’m Tim Hockin, a top-level Kubernetes maintainer. AMA

Kubernetes at 5: Joe Beda, Brendan Burns, and Craig McLuckie on its past, future, and the true value of open source

Kubernetes is Moving on From Dockershim: Commitments and Next Steps

To compete in the changing insurance space, Allianz Direct knew it required advanced technologies built for agility, elasticity and high uptime. This led it first to the public cloud, then to cloud native tools and methods like GitOps and infrastructure as code. By May 2021, however, one critical element of its IT environment remained unchanged: The CI/CD pipeline.