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It's a tale of two Michaels at the #Kubernetes NYC Meetup earlier this week! Michael Levan hosted a hands-on workshop and walked us through what AIOps can do in DevOps and platform engineering. Slides are shared with attendees and here are a few takeaways from the session: 1️⃣ Understanding data structures and graph theory puts you ahead of the AI curve 2️⃣ #AIOps is a combination of performance prediction, learning, and augmented coding 3️⃣ Put your architect hat on when using tools like Claude Code and never just accept the defaults! Our CTO Michael Guarino followed up with a demo on Plural's new DevOps co-pilot that can provide: 💡 Automatic insights and app code-level troubleshooting 💬 Natural Language ops to query infrastructure 🤖 Agentic workflow for DevOps The crew even got to hangout on the terrace for a bit before the rainstorms kicked in 🙌 A special thank you to Company Ventures, Kendall Mellana, and the team at Company You Keep Hospitality for hosting us in the gorgeous space! We'll see you all in August :) #k8s #nyctech #meetup

We have a special treat for you this month: Principal Consultant Michael Levan will be leading an "#AI in DevOps & Platform Engineering" hands-on workshop on Tuesday, 7/29 at 6pm. 🙌 Michael will guide us through enhanced monitoring and observability, bug finding, generating infrastructure & application code, and DevSecOps / AppSec. #AIOps offers real, usable advantages and you'll learn about them in this workshop. Bring a laptop 💻 and your questions! 🗓️ Schedule: 6:00pm - door opens 6:30pm - intros (please arrive by this time!) 6:40pm - programming 7:15pm - networking 👉 Space is limited, please only RSVP if you can make it: https://lu.ma/axbw5s73 Thank you to Company & Company Ventures for hosting us 🙏 #kubernetes #k8s #devops #platformengineering #nyctech #meetup

Even a heat wave can't stop us 🔥 Thank you everyone for coming to the Kubernetes NYC meetup this week! Here are some photo highlights and key insights shared by our guest speaker Dr. Marina Moore: 🗃️ Containers on their own don’t isolate workloads! 🛡️ Technologies for the foundation layer, application kernel, and virtual machines (VMs) can add isolation to containers. Examples include Linux kernel features, gVisor, hypervisors, and confidential computing. 🏆 Currently, hypervisors and confidential computing provide the strongest isolation capabilities against container breakouts. 🔒  If you’re running multi-tenant environments or handle sensitive workloads, you should be using isolation. Huge thank you to Douglas Regal, C-J. Ford, and the team at JLL & Raise for hosting us in your beautiful office 🙏 We will see you all next month! Got a #kubernetes topic you want to discuss or hear about? Let us know 👇 Until then, stay cool~ #k8s #nyctech #meetup

Thrilled to announce our guest speaker at the June #Kubernetes #NYC meetup 🥁 🥁 🥁 Dr. Marina Moore is the lead of Edera Research and co-chair of #CNCF TAG Security. She will discuss container isolation and tell us a bit about her work with CNCF. Bring your questions! If you have a topic you're interested in exploring, let us know too~ Schedule: 6:00pm - door opens 6:30pm - intros (please arrive by this time!) 6:40pm - programming 7:15pm - networking We will have drinks and bites at this event. Thank you to Raise Commercial Real Estate for generously hosting us 🙏 RSVP today at: https://lu.ma/2zzbdlqq See you soon 👋 #k8s #nyctech #meetup

We had a great time at #KCDNewYork. Our CEO Samuel Weaver gave a keynote on how AI will (and will not) impact Kubernetes, and our CTO Michael Guarino shared our approach towards scalable platform engineering. #Kubernetes #CloudNative #CNCF

We're at #KCDNewYork today! Stop by to see how Plural can streamline multi-cluster management for your team. We're doing live demos of our AI-powered Kubernetes Management Platform! If you’re here, come say hello (and grab some swag) #Kubernetes #CloudNative #CNCF

Excited to share that Plural is a Diamond Sponsor of Kubernetes Community Day New York 2025, happening next Wednesday, June 4! KCD New York is a full day of cloud-native technical talks and community connection. Our co-founders Samuel Weaver and Michael Guarino will be sharing insights on Platform Engineering, and How Kubernetes (and AI) Can Scale DevOps. RSVP at: https://lnkd.in/ejYY46CZ #Kubernetes #CloudNative #CNCF #KCDNewYork

Here are the takeaways from our panel on security & operations from the #Kubernetes #NYC meetup last week. Thank you to guest speaker David Bravo of Crane Security for sharing your knowledge!   🔍 Dependency management headaches: Teams are drowning in CVEs and third-party dependencies within their clusters. These external dependencies introduce significant risks, forcing companies to vendor dependencies and commit precious engineering time to maintenance. We discussed how platforms that improve dependency visibility and facilitate cluster upgrades can greatly ease this pain point. 🔐  Why #RBAC gets so complicated: Implementing strict access controls is often challenging because of the domain-specific language in Kubernetes and numerous services supporting clusters. David pointed out how he regularly finds unexpected paths to cluster compromise through default permissions to services like #GitHub or #ArgoCD. Multiple variables and entry points to clusters make implementing least privilege RBAC difficult. When securing clusters, you need to consider in-cluster permissions AND cloud environment permissions simultaneously. 🛠️  There were a few recommendations for security tools, including #Prowler, #Kubehound, and #Trivy. They can help to quickly surface critical issues in Kubernetes clusters. 💡  A key insight: treat services external to your cluster (and externally exposed services within your cluster) as untrusted to prevent the most significant security risks. Shout out to Michael Guarino, David Bravo, and Aaron Smallberg for the informative session! And a big thank you to our investor Primary Venture Partners for hosting us in your event space. 🙏 What Kubernetes security challenges are your team facing? Drop us a comment 👇 #kubernetes #k8s #kubernetessecurity #cloudnative #secops #platformengineering 

We are thrilled to announce our guest speaker for the #Kubernetes #NYC April meetup! 🥁 🥁 🥁 David Bravo, Founder and Principal Security Consultant at Crane Security, will be in a fireside chat with our own Aaron Smallberg. Bring your questions! Schedule: 6:00pm - door opens 6:30pm - intros (please arrive by this time!) 6:45pm - discussions 7:15pm - networking RSVP by today at the link in the comments! See you soon 👋 #k8s  #security  #cybersecurity  #nyc  #nyctech  #meetup

Join us NEXT WEDNESDAY, 4/30, for the April #Kubernetes NYC meetup! At our last meetup, we held a discussion on platform engineering and self service (details in the previous post!). This time, we will be discussing security & best practices with a guest speaker 🔐 Bring your questions and if you have a topic you're interested in exploring, let us know too 👀 We will have drinks and bites for the evening. RSVP via the link in the comments 👇 🗓️ Schedule: 6:00pm - door opens 6:30pm - intros (please arrive by this time!) 6:45pm - discussions 7:15pm - networking Thank you to Primary Venture Partners for generously hosting us in their space (and for investing in Plural!) 🙏 👋 If we haven't met before: Plural is a platform for managing the entire software development lifecycle for Kubernetes. See you there! #k8s #security #cybersecurity #nyc #nyctech #meetup