The Technical Debt of Defining Kubernetes Will Finally Be Paid - 2022

Explore the journey of defining Kubernetes and the efforts to pay off its technical debt in this 18-minute conference talk by Hippie Hacker, ii. Learn about the Certified Kubernetes Conformance Program and its impact on workload interoperability across different Kubernetes installations. Discover how the CNCF focused on improving conformance test coverage of the Kubernetes API, increasing from 20% endpoint conformance testing in version 1.15 to over 80% by version 1.23. Gain insights into the dedicated work of the Kubernetes community, from early pioneering efforts to the final stages of this crucial project. Understand the significance of having a formal definition for Kubernetes and how it benefits organizations in ensuring their workloads run consistently across various cloud environments.