
Kubernetes v1.26 Electrifying, with Leonard Pahlke
About this episode
Leonard Pahlke is not only the Release Lead for Kubernetes v1.26, he's also a co-chair of the CNCF TAG for Environmental Sustainability and a student working toward a Master's Degree in Computer Science at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. In this episode, Leonard talks with us about Open Source contribution, environmental sustainability, and Kubernetes v1.26.
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Chatter of the week
The 1.23 Release team (where Kaslin was a comms shadow)
Shoutout to Kunal Kushwaha, another Kubernetes contributor who started out as a student, and who advocates for students in the community via his YouTube channel & more.
KubeCon EU 2023 (which will have a student track as part of the schedule)
KubeCon Diversity and Inclusion Scholarships
News of the week
Kubernetes Removals, Deprecations, and Major Changes in 1.26
Control Plane Logs added for GKE
Gateway Controller for Single Clusters reaches GA for GKE
Prometheus Documentary by HoneyPot
Links from the interview
Leonard Pahlke blog about contribution: Start Contributing to Open Source Projects
Leonard Pahlke CNCF WG Environmental Sustainablity Blog Post
TAG Environmental Sustainability GitHub
Specific 1.26 changes mentioned:
- Kubernetes 1.26: We're now signing our binary release artifacts!
- Kubernetes 1.26: Windows HostProcess Containers Are Generally Available
- CEL for Admission Control KEP
- In-tree Storage Plugin to CSI Migration - Azurefile
- In-tree Storage Plugin to CSI Migration - vSphere
- In-tree storage plugin removals for GlusterFS and OpenStack, and more, are outlined in the "Kubernetes Removals, Deprecations, and Major Changes in 1.26" blog
Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEPs)
Kubernetes v1.26 Electrifying Release Blog
Links from the post-interview chat
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