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May 2021

Untangling Network Policies on K8s

Network Policy is a critical part of building a robust developer platform, but the learning curve to address complex real-world policies is not tiny. It is painful to get the YAML syntax right. There are many subtleties in the behavior of the network policy specification (e.g., default allow/deny, wildcarding, rules combination, etc.). Even an experienced Kubernetes YAML-wrangler can still easily tie their brain in knots working through an advanced network policy use case.

Continuous delivery with Ketch, GitHub Actions, and k3d

Can we combine the simplicity of deploying applications with Ketch with GitHub Actions and accomplish a fully automated continuous delivery pipeline? Here's what we'll do. We'll create GitHub Actions that will fully automate all the tasks starting from creating a pull request all the way until a release is deployed to production.

The rise of the developer platform

I have recently seen quite a few articles and talks covering why organizations are aiming at implementing a developer platform to help speed up the adoption of microservices within their organizations but before we get started on discussing what a developer platform is, the developer experience and productivity on Kubernetes, and how different teams are working through it, let’s define some common ground.