KubeCon 2021 Los Angeles Wrapup

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2021 was held October 13-15 in Los Angeles, California. It was a hybrid event, meaning people attended both in person and virtually.

Oct 21, 2021  ·  17 min read

Checklist for Platform Engineers

The way we do business has drastically changed over the past few decades as more industries go digital. More fault-tolerant and highly scalable systems, quicker responses to defects, and frequent upgrades call for accelerated delivery and increased productivity from our development teams.

Oct 12, 2021  ·  6 min read

Meet the Loft Labs Team at KubeCon LA

We’re happy to be attending KubeCon North America 2021 this week in Los Angeles. There are two ways to meet us if you’d like to say hello and chat about Kubernetes.

Oct 12, 2021  ·  1 min read

Kubernetes Cost Monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana

Regardless of the infrastructure you are running, it is always important to keep an eye on your costs. There have been enough horror stories of cloud billing getting out of control that teams should have some measures in place to keep an eye on the usage of these resources to avoid surprises.

Oct 6, 2021  ·  8 min read

Kubernetes CRDs: Custom Resource Definitions

Kubernetes is a powerful tool with a lot of functionality, but sometimes you might need to extend that functionality to suit your use case better.

Oct 5, 2021  ·  8 min read

Checklist for Kubernetes-Based Development

There is no denying the fact that Kubernetes has experienced widespread adoption in the last few years. Its automated deployment and scaling capabilities have made it easier and more convenient for developers to manage and develop advanced applications and services.

Oct 4, 2021  ·  8 min read

Multi-Tenant Kubernetes Clusters: Challenges and Useful Tooling

Multi-tenancy in Kubernetes can seem like an appealing solution to many problems. Maybe it’s to give your developers their own space and save costs by doing it inside a single cluster.

Sep 30, 2021  ·  6 min read

Python: Flask Development on Kubernetes with DevSpace

Kubernetes brings some challenges to developers. They need to learn some new concepts, how they connect to each other, and most importantly, how to develop applications using a Kubernetes cluster.

Sep 29, 2021  ·  14 min read

Developer Platforms for Kubernetes—A Comparison

Kubernetes is the third most loved platform by developers, according to the Stack Overflow 2020 Developer Survey, but it’s still quite complex to use. That complexity can impede workflow.

Sep 28, 2021  ·  6 min read

Loft Labs Raises $4.6 Million Seed Funding to Scale Up Self-Service Access To Kubernetes For Engineering Teams

San Francisco - Loft Labs, which enables platform teams in large enterprises to give engineers self-service access to Kubernetes, today announced that the company raised $4.

Sep 22, 2021  ·  4 min read

Hands-on Introduction to jsPolicy with Rawkode

Recently I had the chance to appear on another episode of Rawkode Live with Loft Labs CEO Lukas Gentele, talking about jsPolicy. If you’re not familiar with it, jsPolicy is a policy framework for Kubernetes that allows you to write policies using JavaScript or TypeScript.

Sep 21, 2021  ·  1 min read

Kubernetes Admission Controllers: What They Are and Why They Matter

With Kubernetes becoming the gold standard for advanced container orchestration, it’s also become necessary to use extensions that work alongside Kubernetes to provide security and modularity.

Sep 20, 2021  ·  8 min read

Python: Django Development on Kubernetes with DevSpace

The possibilities that Kubernetes has brought to the container orchestration space are vast. Kubernetes simplifies the deployment and operation of such systems. However, from a developer’s point of view, it may not be as simple as their previous workflows; there are some nuances of the system to be learned.

Sep 15, 2021  ·  12 min read

Why a Good Developer Experience Matters

Applying the notion of user experience (UX) to software engineering, developer experience takes place on the other side of the product. The concept of developer experience describes how developers feel about working with or within a system.

Sep 14, 2021  ·  6 min read

Let's Learn jsPolicy

I was recently on a YouTube stream explaining jsPolicy, an open source project for managing policies in Kubernetes clusters that we maintain at Loft Labs. CEO Lukas Gentele joined me, and our host was Saiyam Pathak.

Sep 9, 2021  ·  1 min read

Kubernetes Network Policies: A Practitioner's Guide

Providing security for our infrastructure and applications is a never-ending continuous process. This article will talk about security in Kubernetes clusters, traffic incoming and outgoing to/from the cluster, and the traffic within the cluster.

Sep 8, 2021  ·  9 min read

Docker Compose Alternatives for Kubernetes: DevSpace

In this series, we’re looking at alternatives to using Docker Compose for building apps that run in Kubernetes clusters. While Compose is a handy way to stand up apps locally, there are advantages to running your apps in a Kubernetes environment while you develop.

Sep 7, 2021  ·  7 min read

Skaffold vs Tilt vs DevSpace

As more developers use Kubernetes, a variety of deployment tools are emerging to help them. Three interesting examples are Skaffold, Tilt, and DevSpace. While they all assist in building and deploying on Kubernetes clusters, their approaches are noticeably different.

Aug 30, 2021  ·  7 min read