Alex Ellis created serverless framework OpenFaaS while working a day job. It’s used by some big companies, but he’s resisted the temptation to join one. Instead, he’s offering consulting and seeking sponsorships, building a business from the ground up. He explains the pros and cons of independence to Craig and Adam.

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News of the week

Microsoft launches OpenServiceMesh
- Including a bit from Linkerd
Kong releases Kong Mesh
Tanzu Application Service 2.10, formerly known as Pivotal Cloud Foundry
KubeCarrier
- Cube carrier
- Episode 109, with Sebastian Scheele
Nestybox releaases Sysbox (GitHub)
Palo Alto Networks discloses and fixes fault in KataContainers
JenkinsX plugin for Octant
Backyards gets FIPS compliant
StarlingX 4.0
New AKS features
etcd security audit
- Episode 95, with Xiang Li
New Code of Conduct Committee Members

Links from the interview

Independent Open Source, with Alex Ellis

Kubernetes Podcast from Google

Independent Open Source, with Alex Ellis