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Simplifying Kubernetes Adoption Challenges

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What You'll Learn

  1. Identify why Kubernetes teams stumble when Linux, containers, and core platform fundamentals are skipped.
  2. Compare managed Kubernetes services with self-hosted clusters based on team size, control, and compliance realities.
  3. Evaluate practical tool selection for GitOps and policy stacks, including Flux, Argo CD, OPA, and Kyverno.

Koray Oksay (Kubermatic, CNCF Ambassador) joins David to discuss why Kubernetes adoption still trips up teams: skipping container fundamentals, picking between managed services and self-hosted clusters, navigating tooling choices like Flux vs Argo CD, and structuring multi-cluster environments.

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