Brian GrantinITNEXTComplexity and toil in Infrastructure as CodeIn this post I walk through a simple example of using a Helm chart to illustrate complexity and toil in Infrastructure as Code.5d ago15d ago1
Brian GrantinITNEXTWhy are so many companies working to improve Infrastructure as Code?In my previous post in my Infrastructure as Code and Declarative Configuration series, I enumerated quite a few companies, products, and…Jun 301Jun 301
Brian GrantinITNEXTInfrastructure as Code Landscape Overview 2024After my previous post in my Infrastructure as Code and Declarative Configuration series, I thought I’d take a look at the Infrastructure…Jun 243Jun 243
Brian GrantInfrastructure as Code reminds me of “make run-all”As I was preparing to move on from my 17 years at Google and thinking about what I wanted to do next, I reflected on my career.Jun 173Jun 173
Brian GrantWhy does Cloud UX lag behind other software products?There’s actually both a what and a why to this story. I’ll start with the what. What do I mean?Jun 10Jun 10
Brian GrantinITNEXTKubernetes: The Road to 1.0I spoke about the journey to Kubernetes 1.0 at the Kubernetes 1.0 celebration last night across a creek from where I sat when the project…Jun 71Jun 71
Brian GrantKubernetes Configuration in 2024I wrote an overview of the declarative configuration problem space and available tools in 2017 when I was ideating around kustomize. There…May 20May 20
Brian GrantApplication configuration and feature flagsI’ve been writing about the configuration of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes resources. But what about configuration consumed by server…Apr 16Apr 16
Brian GrantOn using the Kubernetes Resource Model for Declarative ConfigurationKubernetes is far from perfect (we had to build it really fast!), but one of the ancillary design decisions in Kubernetes that worked out…Apr 13Apr 13
Brian GrantIs the Kubernetes / CNCF ecosystem too big, complex, and fragmented?For the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes, I was asked by a Kubernetes Steering Committee member what I thought the project’s most significant…Apr 122Apr 122
