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@brendandburns

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Kubernetes co-founder. Distinguished Engineer @Azure . Board member @Wellspring_FS . My teams do APIs, Containers, Linux, Hybrid and DevOps. Opinions mine, alone.

Seattle, WA
Joined May 2008
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How is it that I can build reliable distributed systems and I still don't understand even the basics of CSS?
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Designing distributed systems: My recent @OReillyMedia book, available for free download from Microsoft @Azure Enjoy (and send me feedback!)
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This is literally the coolest thing. Local dev experience across SSH, WSL or containers from @code Life changing.
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Looking to get started in @kubernetesio and don't know where to turn? I'm really excited about the free online learning path we just released: Enjoy! (and send us feedback to make it even better :)
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Look what came in the mail today! Thanks @OReillyMedia !! cc @jbeda @kelseyhightower
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So excited to see @satyanadella announce that App Services, Azure Functions and Logic Apps are coming to Kubernetes anywhere via @Azure Arc! Choosing the right programming model for each app, with consistent policy & identity in k8s it's a huge win!
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Big news: The open source Azure Functions now supports @Ku bernetes anywhere!!! (and virtual kubelet too!) Run the same functions on-premise (or cross-cloud) via Kubernetes, and natively on @Azure Functions The perfect solution for hybrid FaaS!
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Kubernetes 1.19 was released 1 month ago. Today it's available in @Azure Kubernetes Service. (and has been for ~1 week!) Test your apps on the latest Kubernetes, available only in @Azure ! If you're on some other cloud, I guess be patient, they'll get there eventually...
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Laptop fan is spinning, CPU pegged. I think "It's probably the Kubernetes cluster I'm running via kind on my laptop" Nope. Electron. It's always electron.
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Fully private clusters are now public preview on @Azure Kubernetes Service! Managed Kubernetes from Azure with an IP address only available from your private network. Many thanks and congrats to Azure Kubernetes and Networking teams! Awesome work!
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I can barely contain my excitement! @azure container instances now can run behind the firewall in your private virtual network!!! Check it out!
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Note to anyone who was wondering: I don't schedule 50 minute meetings so that you could squeeze in a 10 minute meeting.
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I realize that public radio probably needs to take whatever sponsors they get but @Marketplace airing sponsorship adverts from a crypto IRA startup is at least questionable, bordering on financial malpractice. Pro tip: Don't put your retirement in crypto... cc @kairyssdal
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fast follow after @kubernetesio book w/ @kelseyhightower and @jbeda , My new early release @OReillyMedia book
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Microsoft Buys Github: The Linux Foundation’s Reaction
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Excited that @Azure releases an Open Policy Agent controller for Kubernetes! Declarative configuration of policy like "only pull from this registry" It works with Kubernetes anywhere. Come help build awesome policy for k8s with us!
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Windows containers are now in public preview in @Azure Kubernetes Service!!! Many, many thanks to Patrick Lang, Michael^2 and the folks in SIG-Windows and AKS team for helping us achieve this milestone! Get started here:
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Today @Azure is launching Dapr a Open Source portable runtime for building applications in cloud and edge: Dapr is a a collection of really useful side-cars to make your distributed app development easier! More info here:
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"Azure is the best at Kubernetes. There are great tools in [other clouds] However, if speed to deploy and respond to user traffic is the most significant decision, then AKS is the winner (specifically with k8s)."
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The @kubernetesio extension for @code now supports creating/integrating minikube clusters from the editor! (and a pretty icon :) ctrl-shift-p 'kubernetes: create cluster' ftw! :)
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PSA for all of you out in container land. Running random binaries from the internet (even inside a container) is still a bad idea, no matter how easy that Dockerfile makes it :)
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Incredibly excited to welcome @gvanrossum to Microsoft! Really looking forward to advancing the state of developer productivity in the cloud!
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Are you interested in helping shape the future of @Azure Resource Manager templates? Want to just geek out about configuration languages (I mean who doesn't) Come check out the OSS @BicepLang project: We look forward to seeing you there! #BicepLang
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Imagine installing a complete distributed application from a USB stick: Cloud Native Application Bundles (CNAB), are a new open spec for managing distributed apps. Developed with @docker and supported by @bitnami , @hashicorp Congratulations to the team.
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Interested in working on Kubernetes upstream? Azure Kubernetes Service? APIs and Azure at Cloud scale? We're still hiring! bburns [at] microsoft
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How many @kubernetesio t-shirts is too many? Asking for a friend.
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Thank you @github ! Now if you could just mail me a home office to hang it up in :) j/k I like my basement just fine.
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Look what came in the mail, it's always great to see it in person. Thanks @oreillymedia !!
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Windows Server Containers are now generally available (GA) in the @Azure Kubernetes Service! Many, many congratulations to all of the teams, it's been a cross-Microsoft effort!
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My blog reflecting on the history of Kubernetes and the community behind is published: Thanks again to everyone who helped build this amazing community that was recognized at OSCON this week.
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@kantrn An interesting thread, but as a leader who has gotten numerous people promoted to very senior levels at Microsoft based on their OSS work, I can say that it is not representative of my org (nor MSFT imho)
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Big changes for me! Tomorrow I start at Microsoft Azure. Continuing to work on Kubernetes and helping with Azure Resource Manager and more.
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@solomonstre Everyone in the Kubernetes community owes a debt of gratitude to Solomon. Were it not for his vision, design sensibilities and inspiration everything that we are doing today simply would not exist. All I can say is "thank you!" And I'm looking forward to what you do next.
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Got a chance to get back to the lightboard recently. Covered Kubernetes storage, secrets, confguration, RBAC and more. Series of 5-7 minute videos drawn backwards left-handed on a clear board :) j/k it's a camera trick. hint: I'm really right handed.
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I'm loving the new native GUI for Kubernetes objects in the Azure portal. Congratulations (and thanks) to the awesome Azure UX team! [when can I get this in the Azure mobile app :)]
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Get ready for nodeless @kubernetesio ! Microsoft donates Virtual Kubelet to @cloudnativefdn Virtual nodes now in preview in @Azure kubernetes service #MSFTConnect
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Excited that @Azure Kubernetes Service just added support for Kubernetes 1.12! Support for virtual machine scale sets and the upstream open source cluster autoscaler. Congrats to the team!
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Super, super excited to welcome @jessfraz to the MSFT @Azure team. Looking forward to the awesome-ness we'll build together.
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This administrations immigration policy is so mind-blowingly short sighted. The history of how the US lost it's innovation edge is going to start the story with moments like this. If you value the US tech industry, even a little, we have to stop this stupidity.
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My recent Hashiconf talk has been posted: "Infrastructure as Code in the real world" Enjoy!
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Windows containers in beta on Kubernetes 1.9, courtesy of @Apprenda and @Microsoft Many congratulations to all
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I collected all of my recent light boards talks into one playlist: From intro to containers and kubernetes through serverless and CI/CD @azure has you covered for your kubernetes learning needs.
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Super excited: Latest iteration 4 @azure container service (aks): managed Kubernetes for all Congrats to the team!
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This is an important read wrt crypto and web3: cc @kelseyhightower h/t @markrussinovich for the pointer
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Yet again, feeling a sense of obligation to write a unit test, "even though I know my code is correct" led me to find a bug in said code.
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@kelseyhightower @tomkrazit There is no doubt in my mind that Kubernetes would never have achieved success without you Kelsey. It's been a real honor and pleasure to work with you over the years.
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I'm really proud to work for a cloud that has the morals and resources to stand up to bullies. I'm pretty sure other clouds got similar letters from the US govt, but aren't willing to respond in public. Where you buy your cloud from matters.
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A sign that Seattle might become a little tech. heavy: My barista this morning recognized the Arch Linux logo....
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Congratulations to the @Azure security center team on GA-ing image vulnerability scanning So much cool stuff there and even more to come!
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New to Kubernetes? Want to learn what it's all about? If you are looking to get up and running with Kubernetes, I hosted a recent webinar for people just getting started. Check it out! And please share with anyone else who's starting out.
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Just realized I spent 4 hours building a dynamic web page to visualize some data that I could have done in 15 minutes in @grafana 🤦
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Graphical web based editing goes live in the @azure console, just type 'code' in the cloud shell...
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I couldn't be more excited to welcome the team to the adventure. I'm endlessly grateful to the leadership at Microsoft and @azure building an environment where the best of open source and cloud-native can thrive.
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Over the holidays, I build a new approach to configuration management. It's inspired by JSX, but instead of blending Javascript and HTML it blends YAML and Python. Check it out here: Comments, issues, code, feedback very very welcome!
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I'm pretty disappointed to see Knative forgo open governance. The growth and user focus of Kubernetes, Helm and many others show that CNCF is a great home for open communities. OSS is better if we work together in neutral spaces
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Three important take aways from this week's @azure kubernetes service release: * K8s 1.10.x is deprecated * ScaleSet cluster are GA * Standard Load Balancer is GA Details: Congrats to the team!!!
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Many thanks @OReillyMedia for the framed cover from Kubernetes up and running!!!
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Look what just came in the mail! Thank you @OReillyMedia !!!
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2 more chapts (one on functions as a service) available now in my @OReillyMedia book Designing Distributed Systems
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VS Code Extension for kubernetes now a featured extension!! Major congrats to the azure k8s oss team!!! And thanks to vs code for the awesome platform to build on!
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ARM ( @Azure Resource Manager) support in VS Code now includes a language server for even more intelligent awesomeness! Many congrats to the team, this is a great milestone!
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Excited to announce my new open source project: Metaparticle - A standard library for distributed system development on Kubernetes Join the fun: And if you're in #KubeCon come to my keynote this evening!
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Look what came in the mail! Thank you @OReillyMedia
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What are we going to do tonight, Brain? Same thing we do every night, Pinky, re-image the SD-Cards in our Raspberry Pi Kubernetes Cluster....
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Periscope, from AKS Pretty cool new OSS project from the AKS team to help detect/debug kubernetes cluster problems. It's @Azure specific for now, but could easily be adapted for other environments...
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Once again, @Microsoft leads the way with 7700 (!!) employees contributing to a project on Github. Thanks to everyone (at MSFT and everywhere else) who contributed to the projects I work on, or any open source project for that matter.
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Normally I don't comment on articles but this article is so totally wrong I feel the need to call it out. AKS is (and always will be) 100% open source kubernetes.
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Looking for an easy way to learn @HashiCorp terraform for @Azure ? You can automagically generate terraform scripts from existing Azure resources using the OSS 'az2tf' tool! Super cool stuff! Please test and send features/bugs. cc @mitchellh
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