Application configuration, including feature flags, is a surprisingly thorny topic for declarative configuration, because there are so many different ways to do it. If I missed some, let me know. link.medium.com/f465gZRrQIb

A deeper dive into an important area: On using the Kubernetes Resource Model for Declarative Configuration link.medium.com/NkNZOflOLIb

For the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes, I was asked by a current Steering Committee member what I thought the project’s most significant achievements were. This made me think about its ecosystem, and whether it is too big, complex, and fragmented. WDYT? link.medium.com/uHPASZd0JIb

Since the git repo post seemed to have struck a chord, here's another non-Kubernetes, non-IaC topic: Why are email notifications for approval requests so inefficient? link.medium.com/p54iyjuoDIb

Since I've been at Google 17 years and I worked on Kubernetes, which has a huge repo on GitHub, I must love monorepos, right? I'm seeking greener grass, unfortunately. Monorepos vs. many repos: is there a good answer? link.medium.com/nGY2D21mAIb

Ok, Jonathan Gonzalez V.🌳 and David Flanagan, I just wrote The tension between flexibility and simplicity in Infrastructure as Code link.medium.com/pD6XFjXeAIb

I noticed a recurring design decision in multiple of my previous posts, so I thought I'd write a post specifically about automation using control planes vs. command-line tools link.medium.com/mD4mMXwZzIb

Another common platform engineering topic: template catalogs. link.medium.com/Wvx1tfoJwIb

There are a number of available mechanisms for enforcing policies regarding what people and programs can and can't do in Kubernetes / clouds. What are state-based policy constraints, such as those implemented by OPA Gatekeeper or Kyverno, good for? link.medium.com/4fCaooUqwIb

I have been asked a number of times how GitOps is different and/or better than CI/CD, and questioned whether it's useful. I think it can be valuable, though some use cases are more obvious than others. More explanation in this post: link.medium.com/SLpjtDcZuIb

Did any company whose primary product was an app PaaS, CI/CD tool, Infra as Code tool/platform, or Cloud Management Platform (e.g. Rightscale) ever reach $1B in annual revenue? I was looking for examples and didn't find one, but revenue estimates of private companies vary widely.

Following my work on declarative configuration for Kubernetes, I've been working on Infrastructure as Code for Google Cloud. I wrote up some reflections on declarative configuration, as a tool/system builder in that area: link.medium.com/zdKbhhyijIb

Since my last blog post was copy/pasted from Twitter posts from 2019, I thought I’d follow with a perspective on a topic that has grown in awareness since then: platform engineering. link.medium.com/JiGPQ8IIdIb

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of #Kubernetes and #KubeconEU this week, I just posted my first medium post, composed of my previous threads here on the topic: The Technical History of Kubernetes link.medium.com/u3XIep62aIb

Cloud UX is light years behind other kinds of software. Does it matter? I'm curious how cloud users feel about it. IDP = internal developer platform / platform engineering. If you think UX is fine or as good as it can be, choose #4. Thanks.

If you care about Kubernetes cluster reliability, please take the time to fill out the project's prod readiness survey, run by K8s SIG Architecture. Thanks.

Impressive GCP platform automation at scale built by Spotify on top of Config as Data, KRM, GitOps, kpt, Config Connector, and OPA Gatekeeper.

Container images are becoming a more common means of deploying configuration packages.

kpt.dev automating Kubernetes configuration in more places!

The videos for the Nephio summit are available. My talk, which includes a kpt.dev demo, is here: youtube.com/watch?v=UHr3fB…