Software Defined Talk

Episode 547: Whitney goes to KubeCon

Software Defined Talk

Show Notes

This week, Whitney Lee joins us to discuss KubeCon news, Coding Assistants, and conference tips. Plus, vegan food and note-taking recommendations.

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Rundown

Slutty Vegan

Cloud Native Rejekts

Maintainer Summit

Conference Parties

Ingress NGINX Retirement: What You Need to Know

Linkerd Forever

Migrating from Ingress Resources

Conferences

DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x, March 6th, Pasadena, CA

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Recommendations

Brandon: GE Attic Mount Digital TV Antenna

Whitney: Obsidian, Wispr Flow

Coté: MacWhisper

Photo Credits

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Special Guest: Whitney Lee.

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