All Posts About: Cloud Native Development

Kubernetes: Why Boring Clusters Are Better Clusters

The Kubernetes and cloud-native ecosystem has become very complex over time. The best illustration for this is probably the CNCF Landscape that currently contains about 1,500 cards.

Nov 11, 2020  ·  7 min read

Kubernetes Sandboxes – Easy Development in a Realistic Environment

Using sandbox environments is very common for software developers because it allows them to work, test, and experiment in an environment that is isolated from the production system but still provides a realistic experience.

Sep 30, 2020  ·  8 min read

Kubernetes Development Environments – A Comparison

Kubernetes has left the state when it was mostly an ops technology behind and now is also very relevant for many developers. As I wrote in my blog post about the Kubernetes workflow, the first step for every developer who starts to directly work with Kubernetes is to set up/get access to a Kubernetes development environment.

Sep 23, 2020  ·  17 min read

Self-Service Kubernetes Namespaces Are A Game-Changer

Many companies have adopted Kubernetes recently. However, most of them still do not realize its full potential because the actual Kubernetes usage in these organizations is very limited.

Sep 16, 2020  ·  8 min read

The Kubernetes Development Workflow – 3 Critical Steps

More developers than ever before are now working with Kubernetes. This means that also their workflows have to change to account for this technology that originally was not made for developers.

Sep 14, 2020  ·  7 min read

Kubernetes: Virtual Clusters As Development Environments

Kubernetes has matured so much recently that it even expanded beyond its original space as operations technology. So, also at least 1.7 million developers are already using Kubernetes as “The State of Cloud Native Development” by the CNCF stated for Q2 2019.

Aug 31, 2020  ·  8 min read

Virtual Clusters For Kubernetes - Benefits & Use Cases

Virtual Kubernetes Clusters (vClusters) have the potential to bring Kubernetes adoption to the next level. They are running in a physical Kubernetes cluster and can be used in the same way as normal clusters, but still are just a virtual construct.

Aug 24, 2020  ·  8 min read

Virtual Clusters For Kubernetes with Loft v0.3

We’re proud to announce that loft is the first cloud-native technology that ships a stable implementation for virtualized Kubernetes clusters. With loft v0.3, users are now able to create virtual Kubernetes clusters (vClusters) in a matter of seconds either via a click on the UI, a single command with the loft CLI or by using the vCluster CRD (see the last paragraph for examples).

Aug 11, 2020  ·  6 min read

How to Save More Than 2/3 of Engineers’ Kubernetes Cost

The Cost of the Cloud Using the cloud is not cheap. If you are using a public cloud, you will get a monthly bill for computing resources, traffic, and for any additional services.

Jul 7, 2020  ·  14 min read

The Journey of Adopting Cloud-Native Development

Adopting Kubernetes is a process that many companies are currently going through. The introduction of Kubernetes as infrastructure technology can take some time. (It took almost 2 years for Tinder to complete its migration to Kubernetes.

Jul 2, 2020  ·  11 min read

Individual Kubernetes Clusters vs. Shared Kubernetes Clusters for Development

If you are on a higher level of cloud-native development (level 2 or higher according to this article about the typical cloud-native journey of companies), the developers in your team need to have a direct access to Kubernetes.

Jun 30, 2020  ·  14 min read

Local Cluster vs. Remote Cluster for Kubernetes-Based Development

If you are one of the many companies using Kubernetes as an infrastructure technology, you might now ask yourself how to guide your engineers to use Kubernetes in the development phase of the software.

Jun 17, 2020  ·  11 min read