Recap: KubeCon Europe 2022 - Back to In-Person Events
Just got back from KubeCon Europe 2022 in Valencia, Spain. First major in-person event after the pandemic, and it was good to be back. Here’s what stood out.
Getting there
Traveling to Valencia came with some COVID-related concerns, but reconnecting with the Kubernetes community made it worthwhile. KubeCon was my first major Kubernetes event years ago, so I was curious to see how things have evolved.
The event was held at Valencia Fairgrounds with record attendance. Valencia’s public transport (bus, train, tram) made getting around straightforward even without a metro.
Talks
Some sessions worth mentioning:
- Mercedes-Benz’s Kubernetes journey — seven-year retrospective covering team structures and scaling challenges
- Le Thran on open source — contributing to CNCF projects, from someone at Kasten.io
- Ephemeral containers by Aaron Alpar — practical session on debugging Kubernetes pods using ephemeral containers
- Disaster recovery — Rick Spencer and Wojciech Kocjan from InfluxData shared lessons from accidentally deleting a production cluster
- Developer experience — Thomas Vitale and Mauricio Salatino on simplifying Kubernetes for developers
Some popular talks like the one on exploiting Kubernetes clusters via Prometheus were too packed to get into.
Wrap-up
Valencia was a solid location with good food, architecture, and culture outside the conference hours. Looking forward to the next one.