About us
A group for people interested in talking about and hacking on Kubernetes, Google’s solution for scheduling and orchestrating containers at scale. We’re excited about microservices, containers, the distributions that run them and the solutions that deploy, manage, and extend them. Any skill level is welcome; we’re all new to Kubernetes and we want to create an open, welcoming environment for other Kubernauts. Contact us if you are interested in speaking at or sponsoring the meet-up. We welcome content and demos.
Upcoming events
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Oct: cloud-native testing + platform agents + K8s updates
90 Broadway, Cambridge, MA, USF5 is sponsoring food and bev this time around. Thanks F5!
As usual:
- RSVP's close 48 hrs before the event. Please make it easy on us by RSVP'ing only if you intend to show up.
- Don't be late! You'll get locked out, and that's no fun!
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Agenda
6:00 pm: food / drinks / networking
6:20 pm: Talk #1: AI & Identity-Native Access Control with Boris Kurktchiev from Teleport
Testing in the Age of AI and Cloud-Native with Dmitry Fonarev of Testkube
7:00 pm: Who is hiring? Who is looking?
7:10 pm: Talk #2: Platform agents with Sameera Jayasoma from WSO2
7:50 pm: Talk #3: K8s updates with GKE Product Mgmt team
8:30 pm: FinishSpeakers & topics
1. AI & Identity-Native Access Control and Zero Trust Governance for Modern Kubernetes Platforms with Boris Kurktchiev from Teleport
As Kubernetes AI deployments grow across multi-cloud and hybrid environments, traditional perimeter security and static credential management are no longer sufficient. Managing access for developers, automated pipelines, and emerging workloads across distributed clusters creates operational friction, compliance gaps, and expanded blast radiuses.
In this session, Boris Kurktchiev demonstrates how adopting an identity-native approach to Zero Trust simplifies and strengthens Kubernetes infrastructure security.
2. Testing in the Age of AI and Cloud-Native with Dmitry Fonarev of Testkube
Cloud-native development and AI-generated code make continuous testing both harder and more critical, with challenges such as inconsistent results, scattered observability, unclear release quality gates, infrastructure validation, and testing pipelines becoming a bottleneck as AI produces more code and tests. What lies ahead - autonomous AI testing agents, from locally invoked today to collaborating teams managed by dedicated platforms, and how responsibilities will shift between QA and platform engineering.
3. Platform agents with Sameera Jayasoma from WSO2
Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) have revolutionized developer self-service, but managing infrastructure, troubleshooting deployment failures, and navigating complex cloud-native architectures still introduce significant cognitive load. In this talk, Sameera Jayasoma explores how AI-driven Platform Agents are shifting platform engineering from static portals to dynamic, context-aware digital platform assistants.
3. K8s updates
The PM team behind GKE have organized talk topics to keep you up to date with the latest updates to K8s.
About our sponsors
F5 is sponsoring this time around! Thanks F5!!
Hybrid/Remote option
Sorry, this event is in-person only, so please join us in Cambridge!
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Past events
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