eBPF + K8s cost optimization + Gateway API

Two pieces of great news!

1. Our next meeting will be hosted by Google at their fantastic office in Cambridge (read below for vaccination and first-last-name policy).
2. As promised last meeting, we've found an eBPF expert to deliver a talk on what's so exciting about eBPF.

Plus, we'll have 2 other topics from K8s experts. We'll have food and drinks again, but please RSVP so I get an accurate headcount.

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Agenda
6:00 pm: Welcome / snacks / drinks / who's hiring?
6:10 pm: Talk #1: eBPF introduction, w Rich Schofield
7:00 pm: Talk #2: Cost optimization with open source/free tools, w Andrew Dawson
7:50 pm: Talk #3: Gateway API, w Gari Singh
8:30 pm: Finish (or stick around to chat)

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Speakers & topics

eBPF introduction, w Rich Schofield

Rich Schofield is a Principle SE at Isovalent, which is behind the very popular project Cilium. Isovalent focuses on eBPF-based networking, security, and observability.

With origins in the Linux kernel, eBPF lets you run sandboxed programs within an operating system's kernel. It is used to safely and efficiently extend kernel capabilities without requiring to change source code or load kernel modules. If you aren't aware of eBPF, this is a very exciting talk to catch.

Cost optimization with open source/free tools, w Andrew Dawson

Andrew Dawson, currently a Solutions Engineer at Kubecost, which provides cost visibility into K8s workloads.

For many organizations, there is a good chance that Kubernetes resources are overprovisioned, and it’s often difficult to visualize which processes are responsible for this unnecessary spend. Andrew will share best practices for monitoring and reducing Kubernetes spend, while balancing cost, performance, and reliability

Gateway API, with Gari Singh

Gari Singh is a Product Manager at Google.

Gateway API is an open source project managed by the SIG-NETWORK community. It is a collection of resources that model service networking in Kubernetes. These resources - `GatewayClass`,`Gateway`, `HTTPRoute`, `TCPRoute`, `Service`, etc - aim to evolve Kubernetes service networking through expressive, extensible, and role-oriented interfaces that are implemented by many vendors and have broad industry support.

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Hybrid/Remote option
Sorry, this event is in-person only, so please join us in Cambridge!

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Vaccination policy and First + Last name for office access
Google requires that attendees be able to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination. I need to provide a headcount and list of attendees, so you need to let me know your first and last name, if it's not the same as your Meetup handle.