Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 23:23:50 +0000
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/alexellisuk">Alex Ellis</a> created serverless framework <a href="https://openfaas.com">OpenFaaS</a> while working a day job. It’s used by some big companies, but he’s resisted the temptation to join one. Instead, he’s offering consulting and seeking sponsorships, building a business from the ground up. He explains the pros and cons of independence to <a href="https://kubernetespodcast.com/about">Craig and Adam</a>.</p> <p>Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know:</p> <ul> <li>web: <a href="https://kubernetespodcast.com">kubernetespodcast.com</a></li> <li>mail: <a href="mailto:kubernetespodcast@google.com">kubernetespodcast@google.com</a></li> <li>twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kubernetespod">@kubernetespod</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="news-of-the-week">News of the week</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://openservicemesh.io/blog/introducing-open-service-mesh/">Microsoft launches OpenServiceMesh</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/tomkrazit/status/1291425155504209922">Including a bit from Linkerd</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://konghq.com/blog/kong-mesh-1-0-released/">Kong releases Kong Mesh</a></li> <li><a href="https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/vmware-tanzu-application-service-2-10-adds-a-new-cli-and-eases-upgrades-with-a-more-flexible-control-plane"> Tanzu Application Service 2.10</a>, formerly known as Pivotal Cloud Foundry</li> <li><a href="https://www.kubermatic.com/blog/announcing-our-brand-new-open-source-project-kubecarrier/"> KubeCarrier</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/portal_/screenshots/gameShotId,285870/"> Cube carrier</a></li> <li><a href="https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/109-kubermatic/">Episode 109, with Sebastian Scheele</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24084758">Nestybox releaases Sysbox</a> (<a href="https://github.com/nestybox/sysbox">GitHub</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.blackhat.com/us-20/briefings/schedule/#escaping-virtualized-containers-20514"> Palo Alto Networks discloses and fixes fault in KataContainers</a></li> <li><a href="https://jenkins-x.io/blog/2020/08/06/octant-jx/">JenkinsX plugin for Octant</a></li> <li><a href="https://banzaicloud.com/blog/istio-fips/">Backyards gets FIPS compliant</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.openstack.org/news/view/460/starlingx-open-source-community-delivers-40-release-enhancing-platform-security-by-furthering-integrations-with-kata-containers-kubernetes?_lrsc=95f17438-fbe6-459a-8b96-14e1830e00df"> StarlingX 4.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/Azure/AKS/releases/tag/2020-08-03">New AKS features</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cncf.io/blog/2020/08/05/etcd-security-audit/">etcd security audit</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/095-etcd/">Episode 95, with Xiang Li</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/steering/c/ZIaAxg7yLTI/m/nJ0Ohxm1AQAJ?pli=1"> New Code of Conduct Committee Members</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="links-from-the-interview">Links from the interview</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.alexellis.io/">Alex Ellis</a></li> <li><a href="https://uk.adp.com/">ADP Payroll</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.docker.com/community/captains">Docker Captains program</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Birt,_Baron_Birt">Lord Birt</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/4/4c/Ernie_as_Old_King_Cole.jpg"> Lord Ernie</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/dockercon-2016-speaker-notes/">DockerCon 2016</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/bfirsh">Ben Firshman</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/bfirsh/funker">funker</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/alexellis/funker-dispatch">funker-dispatch</a> by Alex Ellis</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/functions-as-a-service/">FaaS</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/openfaas/faas">OpenFaaS</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/dockercon-2017-captains-log/">Moby’s Cool Hacks - closing keynote</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/full-time-openfaas/">Joining VMware to work on OpenFaaS</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://blogs.vmware.com/opensource/2018/02/19/vmware-welcomes-alex-ellis/"> VMware blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://vmware.github.io/dispatch/">VMware Dispatch</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.vmware.com/uk/company/acquisitions/heptio.html">Acquisition of Heptio</a></li> <li><a href="https://flings.vmware.com/vmware-event-broker-appliance">VEBA</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/openfaas-bright-2019/">Leaving VMware and Alex going out on his own</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.openfaas.com/">OpenFaaS Ltd</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NevI5iKMvE8">Alex’s 2020 mission</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/the-worlds-first-managed-k3s/">The world’s first managed k3s service</a></li> <li><a href="https://gist.github.com/alexellis/4e1975f72ad145862f83d804126768ba"> First year accounts and end-of-year party</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://inlets.dev">Inlets</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://docs.inlets.dev/#/?id=inlets-pro">Inlets PRO</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://k3sup.dev/">k3sup</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sauce">Brown sauce</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://get-arkade.dev/">Arkade</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/five-years-of-raspberry-pi-clusters/"> 5 years of Raspberry Pi</a> and <a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/piwars-v2-0/">robots</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/alexellis/">Insiders Subscription</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://faasd.exit.openfaas.pro/function/trove/login/?r=">Treasure Trove</a> archive</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/the-5-pressures-of-leadership/">The Five Pressures of Leadership in OSS</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.alexellis.io/a-bit-of-istio-before-tea-time/">A bit of Istio before tea-time</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/alexellisuk/status/1292743365176500225">Cards Against Containers for Black Girls Code</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/alexellisuk">Alex Ellis</a> on Twitter</li> </ul>
