Navigating the Kubernetes Odyssey: Lessons from Early Adoption and Sustained Modernization

Embark on a 35-minute conference talk from SREcon24 Americas that chronicles the journey of migrating from legacy systems to a global Kubernetes infrastructure. Explore the challenges and lessons learned in modernizing outdated systems, managing baremetal and self-managed Kubernetes clusters, and transitioning to a managed installation using a service mesh. Gain valuable insights into balancing resources with operational efficiency as speaker Raul Benencia from ThousandEyes shares experiences from their cloud-native evolution. Discover how to navigate the complexities of infrastructure modernization, including self-healing systems, seamless feature rollouts, and automatic rollbacks. Learn from real-world trade-offs and strategies that will resonate with SREs facing similar challenges in today's rapidly changing ecosystem.