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746: Infrastructure for TS Devs: Kubernetes, WASM and Containers with David Flanagan

Mar 22, 2024 · 59 min
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Deploy your own tech stack: Wes and Scott are joined by Kubernetes expert David Flanagan to be schooled on how Kubernetes, Docker and even WASM containers work.

Show Notes
  • 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • 01:55 Should developers know how to run their own servers?
  • 04:57 What is “bare metal”?
  • 11:49 What the hell is Kubernetes?
  • 12:25 Why would somebody need Kubernetes?
  • 15:37 Using Kubernetes to spin up different instances on cloud providers.
  • etcd
  • 16:43 Kubernetes managing traffic spikes.
  • 18:46 How much downtime can you handle?
  • 22:11 What exactly is a container?
  • 24:06 What containers do you prefer?
  • Docker
  • Containerd
  • 25:28 Some additional terminology.
  • OCI Open Container Initiative
  • 26:43 What about WASM?
  • WASM WebAssembly
  • 29:31 Building a Docker container.
  • 31:11 Why would someone want to use a WebAssembly container?
  • 32:12 Are people shipping this technology?
  • 33:36 What functions would you put in WASM?
  • 36:57 How does someone make a WASM image?
  • 39:22 A little more about Spin.
  • Fermyon Spin
  • 39:56 What type of processors are used in these servers?
  • 42:27 What are home servers running on?
  • Turing Pi 2
  • Daniel Mangum
  • Universal Blue
  • 46:40 How should someone get started with Kubernetes?
  • Kubernetes.io
  • Rawkode YouTube
  • Kubesimplify
  • Learnk8s
  • 48:51 Infrastructure as code.
  • CDK for Terraform
  • GraalVM
  • 55:19 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs.
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