Conference Talks

Optimizing Knowledge Distillation Training With Volcano

Explore knowledge distillation optimization using Volcano for efficient model compression, leveraging online GPU clusters and idle resources to enhance training throughput and flexibility.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Choose Wisely - Understanding Kubernetes Selectors

Explore Kubernetes labels and selectors for effective app deployment. Learn advanced patterns like red/black and canary through live demos, enhancing your ability to manage and route traffic in Kubernetes clusters.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How DoD Uses K8s and Flux to Achieve Compliance and Deployment Consistency

Explore DoD's journey with K8s and Flux for improved compliance, deployment consistency, and air-gapped operations in restricted environments.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

From Tweet to BadIdea - Creating an Embeddable Kubernetes Style API Server

Explore building a minimal, embeddable Kubernetes-style API server with CRD support, addressing bootstrapping issues in infrastructure management without relying on existing Kubernetes clusters.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Event Processing at Optum, the Cloud Events Way

Explore event-driven architectures with Cloud Events at Optum. Learn about specification, Go library, Knative eventing, building sources/consumers, and real-world applications in healthcare.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building a Community - How Cortex Went from a Vendor Project to a Community

Explore the journey of Cortex from a vendor-driven project to a thriving open-source community, focusing on key strategies for building user engagement and fostering collaboration in the cloud-native ecosystem.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Building the Multi-Cluster Data Layer

Explore multi-cluster data layer challenges and solutions for distributed databases. Learn about cross-cluster deployment, service mesh adoption, and addressing global consistency and scalability issues.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Writing for Developers - Take Your Project Docs to the Next Level

Enhance your project documentation skills with insights on user-centric writing, structuring content effectively, and creating impactful technical documentation for developers.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Enhancing Kubernetes with the Security Profiles Operator

Explore Kubernetes security enhancement with Security Profiles Operator. Learn to manage seccomp, AppArmor, and SELinux profiles using cloud-native APIs for improved workload security and simplified administration.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Art of Hiding Yourself

Explore hacker techniques for anonymity in Kubernetes clusters, covering audit log tampering, process concealment, unconventional file storage, and network connection masking.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Multi-Cluster Service Deployments with Operators and KubeCarrier

Explore multi-cluster service deployments using Kubernetes operators, KubeCarrier, and Submariner. Learn to interconnect clusters, enable multi-tenancy, and manage complex applications across distributed environments.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Get In Containerds, We’re Going Securing - Kubernetes SIG Security is Here

Explore Kubernetes SIG Security's initiatives, including security audits, documentation, and community building. Learn how to contribute to enhancing Kubernetes project security.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Better Scalability and More Isolation? The Cortex "Shuffle Sharding" Story

Explore Cortex's "Shuffle Sharding" technique for improved scalability and tenant isolation in Prometheus-compatible time series databases, with practical insights and a live demonstration.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Operationalizing Kubernetes Sidecars in Production at Salesforce

Explore Salesforce's approach to operationalizing Kubernetes sidecars using mutating admission webhooks, including their open-source framework and strategies for deployment and management at scale.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Compliance Beyond Security - A Cloud Native GDPR Implementation Experience

Explore GDPR implementation challenges in cloud-native environments, focusing on user data rights, data removal across the stack, and compliance strategies for modern regulatory landscapes.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk