We got together with Kelsey Hightower and the BambooHR team to discuss the benefits, challenges, and strategies of implementing an application platform for Kubernetes.

Resources:

• Shipa Cloud: https://apps.shipa.cloud
• Transcript: https://shipa.io/innovation/kubernetes-application-platform-bamboohr/

0:00 Intro

05:04 Build vs. buy

09:09 Working with friction

14:05 Contract between users

17:56 Dealing with lock-in

20:15 Environment at BambooHR

24:45 Starting the journey

28:05 Shipa and Kubernetes

31:15 Solving the problem at BambooHR

37:24 Friction vs. value

43:51 Implementing abstractions

46:35 What is Shipa

48:15 Wrap up