Podcasts

Stefan Prodan on Flux, Flagger, and the Operator Pattern Applied to Non-Clustered Resources

In this podcast, Wesley Reisz talks to Stefan Prodan about Flux and Flagger–two tools built on top of Flux CD’s GitOps Toolkit. After discussing some of the architectural differences between Flux v1 and v2 and discussing some of the GitOps toolkit use cases, the two discuss the operator pattern on Kubernetes.

Liz Rice on Programming the Linux Kernel with eBPF, Cilium and Service Meshes

Charles Humble and Liz Rice discuss eBPF, a way of making the Linux kernel programmable. They talk about why it exists, how it works under the hood, and what you can and can’t do with it. They also talk about Cilium, an open source library for observing network connectivity between container workloads, and the new Cilium-based service mesh currently in beta.

API Showdown: REST vs. GraphQL vs. gRPC – Which Should You Use?

What is the single best API technology you should always use? Thomas Betts moderated the discussion, with the goal to understand some of the high-level features and capabilities of three popular technologies for implementing APIs. The discussion covers some of the pros and cons of GraphQL and gRPC, and why you might use them instead of a RESTful API.

Software Architecture and Design InfoQ Trends Report 2021

Here is an overview of how the InfoQ editorial team sees the Software Architecture and Design topic evolving in 2021, with a focus on what architects are designing for today.

API Lifecycles, Specifications, and Standards with Kin Lane

On this episode of the podcast, Thomas Betts talks with Kin Lane about managing your API lifecycle using standards and specifications, including OpenAPI, AsyncAPI, and JSON Schema. These specifications and the tooling based on them can help reduce communication problems, by creating documentation, generating code, and automating testing.