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Kubernetes Bytes

Kubernetes Bytes

Ryan Wallner & Bhavin Shah 96 Episodes Oct 2, 2026

Kubernetes Bytes is a podcast focused on the latest developments in cloud native data management. Hosts Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah, based in Boston, Massachusetts, bring their experience in cloud-native technology to each episode. They share their perspectives on recent cloud native news and interview industry experts about the challenges of managing data in today's cloud-native ecosystem.

Episodes

What if Kubernetes Could Resume Instead of Restart? | Checkpoint / Restore Explained
What if Kubernetes Could Resume Instead of Restart? | Checkpoint / Restore Explained Oct 2, 2026 2933 Kubernetes usually handles failures and rescheduling by restarting workloads. But what if Kubernetes could save the exact running state of a workload, move it somewhere else, and resume from where it stopped?  In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin sits down with Radostin Stoyanov, maintainer of CRIU (Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace) and a contributor helping lead the Kubernetes Checkpoi
Your AI Agent Has Too Much Access | Fixing Agent Identity
Your AI Agent Has Too Much Access | Fixing Agent Identity Sep 15, 2026 2964 AI agents can do far more than answer questions — they can call tools, access data, execute actions, and act on behalf of users. But once agents start taking actions, an important question emerges: who is the agent actually acting as, and what should it be allowed to do?In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Bhavin sits down with Maia Iyer, Research Software Engineer at IBM Research, to explore iden
Your CI Tool is NOT a CD Tool!
Your CI Tool is NOT a CD Tool! Aug 28, 2026 2985 In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin talks to Pushkar, Staff Software Engineer at Snap Inc. The discussion starts by talking about how platform teams support developers by building internal developer platforms, what are the capabilities developers expect in an IDP. They then talk about how reusing a Continuous Integration tool for Continuous Deployment led to issues and pagerdut
Optimizing AI spend with Cast AI
Optimizing AI spend with Cast AI Aug 14, 2026 3329 In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin talks to Phil Andrews, Global Field CTO at Cast AI about all things AI. The discussion starts by talking about why you don't need an Opus class or Fable/Mythos class model for each task, and how Kimchi from Cast AI can help manage the quality of your output with the cost associated with routing between different models. They also talk about O
Securing Kubernetes for the Mythos Era
Securing Kubernetes for the Mythos Era Jul 2, 2026 3531 In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin talks to Alex Zenla, Founder and CTO of Edera. The discussion starts by talking about why Alex and team decided to start Edera, where in the stack does it fit in, and how can it work with existing Kubernetes clusters. They also talk about GPU security, what Kubernetes DRA is, and how to plan for the new era of Mythos-class models. Listen to l
More Code, More Problems: Software Delivery in the Agentic Era
More Code, More Problems: Software Delivery in the Agentic Era Jun 18, 2026 3716 In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin talks to Rob Zuber, CTO at CircleCI about all things Software Delivery. The discussion starts by talking about the evolution of Software Delivery over the last decade, but then dives into how Vibe coding impacts CI pipelines. Rob also shares his insights about running an AI-first engineering organization at CircleCI. Listen to learn more!&nbs
Building Grafana Labs and the Future of Observability with Anthony Woods
Building Grafana Labs and the Future of Observability with Anthony Woods May 29, 2026 3140 In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Bhavin talks to Anthony Woods about all things Grafana Labs, Observability, Telemetry, and how AI impacts both of these ecosystems. The discussion starts off by talking about the early days of Grafana Labs, what is Adaptive Telemetry, and how AI plays a role both in building Observability capabilities in applications, and how it helps perform root c
Kubernetes for VMware Admins: Understanding KubeVirt
Kubernetes for VMware Admins: Understanding KubeVirt Mar 6, 2026 3485 In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin talk to Janakiram MSV about all things KubeVirt. The discussion starts off by talking about the need for KubeVirt and then dives into the details of the KubeVirt architecture, and what you need to do when deploying virtual machines on Kubernetes, including commercial solutions like Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and SUSE Virtualiza
Secure your Kubernetes applications with Chainguard
Secure your Kubernetes applications with Chainguard Feb 9, 2026 2461 Join Ryan Wallner and Bhavin Shah for season 6 of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast. In this episode Bhavin talks to Adrian Mouat, Dev Rel at Chainguard about all things Kubernetes Security. They discuss CVEs, the different vulnerability databases, and how platform engineers can use Chainguard images to protect against CVEs.    Links:  https://www.chainguard.dev/ https://www.linke
Diving Into Kubernetes: The Developer's First Steps with New Relic
Diving Into Kubernetes: The Developer's First Steps with New Relic Mar 25, 2025 3140 Join Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner as they speak with Jemiah Sius, Senior Director of Developer Relations at New Relic to talk about how to get started with learning about Kubernetes. They hosts and Jemiah explore how this has changed within the last 10 years as well as explore what are some good resources for learning and diving in.   Links   https://www.linkedin.com/in/jemiahsius/
Database as a service with Percona Everest
Database as a service with Percona Everest Mar 3, 2025 3764 In this episode of the Kubernetes Bytes podcast, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with Edith (Edi) Puclla, Technology Evangelist at Percona to talk about Percona Everest. The conversation focuses on Percona's investment in the Open-source ecosystem, and how they keep innovating with Percona Monitoring and Management and Percona Everest. The discussion also dives into how the community is expanding and sup
KubeCon NA 2024 News Recap
KubeCon NA 2024 News Recap Dec 18, 2024 3504 Join Bhavin Shah and Ryan Wallner for a recap of announcements and news from KubeCon North America 2024.  Check out our website at https://kubernetesbytes.com/  https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241119538933/en/Spectro-Cloud-Closes-75m-Series-C-Led-by-Growth-Equity-at-Goldman-Sachs-Alternatives https://northflank.com/blog/northflank-raises-22m-to-make-kubernetes-work-for-your-de

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