A week ago, I attended Kubecon 2023 in Chicago. I read a few blogs and attended some 101 tutorials at the conference, but still didn’t have a goo...
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To the people reading, I just want to say how clever I felt, when drawing out the title image, that "Kubernetes" already had the word "Uber" in it.
What a funny coincidence :)
This was pretty neat actually!
Thanks for writing this beautiful article. I had been reading about and working with some practical kubernetes for a while now and this article just humbles me to my core about how simplified yet complete one can write. Great Read
Great concept for an article! I appreciate the humility.
I have a suggestion to enrich the restaurant metaphor. First some nomenclature:
The head chef is the visionary behind the food. The Sous-chef is second in command to the head chef, and manages the kitchen on their behalf.
Kubernetes is Greek for helmsman. In sailing, the helmsman carries out the captains orders in navigating the ship.
In the sailing metaphor, Kubernetes is the helmsman and you are the captain. Extending the same metaphor to the kitchen, Kubernetes would be the Sous-chef and you are the head chef.
The idea here would be Kubernetes handles the gritty details of container orchestration, and provides a higher-level abstraction for you to orchestrate your containers. Put another way, you tell Kubernetes what actions to carry out and it does so, handling the complex details of how.
Unique and brilliant explanation of what Kubernetes is. This is how we ought to explain complex ideas in relatable paradigms. 👏
This is the best explanation of kubernetes I’ve found. Thank you!
Nice explanatory post in a funny way thanks!
Awesome write-up 👌👍
This is fantastic. One of the best articles I've consumed on here.
wow :O
This is such a creative and awesome post.
Fantastic analogy... and now I'm hungry, haha! 😋
Tutorial completed, and my mind is buzzing with new knowledge! 🚀🧠 It's incredible how learning something new can expand your horizons. Now, it's time to put these skills into action and build something amazing. Thanks to the fantastic creators of this tutorial for lighting the way! 💡✨
Love the handwritten style drawing :D
Thank you so much! It took a long time for me (struggling with Adobe Photoshop for the first time), so this comment means a lot.
This is SO funny (and cute—and I mean that respectfully, from the “kid at heart” inside me)! Best of all, it’s actually VERY effective, re: explaining Kubernetes! Good job, author [ @therubberduckiee ]!
😂👍👏
Drawings make it an 11/10 read for sure 🔥
I've enjoyed reading this fun article about K8! This kitchen analogy works well to give a basic explanation of the main concepts.
Well done @therubberduckiee for this great article and illustrations :)
Thank you for this beautiful and insightful article. I am a beginner right now, learning about Kubernetes and Docker. This article gave me a good idea of how Kubernetes works. The analogy was on point...!!🙌🏻
awesome explanation, loved it, im a noob in devops btw
Same, TBH
nah ur not a noob xd u explained it so nicely.
BTW i checked out your app its pretty cool, i myself am a java backend dev lmk if you need a java dev in your team
Our product is actually built fully in Rust!
ah npp
Rust, bestest language ever. tokios everywhere
I love this blog post! Congrats and thank you so much!
That the title caught my eye, and your writing style awesome! :-)
cool👌👍
Awesome, nicely explained ❤❤
Thanks Jessica! This is by far the best explanation of K8s.
me and my colleague have a problem to understand about docker and kubernetes, and this article show up, it's fun to read, easy to understand, great !! thanks !!
Nice post!
Was fun to read😇
Thanks for sharing!
Great explanation! Thanks for making it relatable.
brilliant, Thanks for this
Beautiful explanation! Great job!
Thank you
very informative
SUPER CREATIVE!!! Thank you! 😁
Short 2cents:
Chef = worker node/kubelet
Plate = container
Tray = pod
Awersome! Thanks for making it simple.
You have talent, for real!
In my entire life I always faced difficulties when learning new things/concepts/buzzwords in the IT field. Every time, an analogy helped me with my struggles.
Till this day, Kubernetes was like rocket science for me. After reading your article, things are clearer now. Of course, I still have a lot to learn, especially when it comes to practice it. The diagrams and drawings style are super cool. They made the reading easier, lightened and pleasant. I really encourage you to stick with them and with the "Explaining X to my Uber Driver" approach in the next posts!!
I wanna thank you deeply. You have no idea how you made my day!
aw man. THIS made my day. seriously, thank you
excellent review!!😎👍
This is a nice way of explaining it!
Amei!!! Parabens por compartilhar de forma tão ludica esse assunto.
Nice explanation. Just amazing! My concept is clear, now time to deep dive into this. Thanks for sharing.
you are a champ honestly @therubberduckiee
aww man. Thank you so much <3
Really nice post. Thanks.
Feel like an uber driver! Thanks for sharing.
Really fresh approach to explaining this topic, loved it :)
Really cool post. It could be nice to change Docker by containerd in the last picture as it is the standard for K8S.
Right! Good point. I wanted to do a bit of a deeper dive to understand Docker myself (my background is as a frontend developer, so I'm not currently as familiar with it as I'd like to be) before including it in my article. Maybe good fodder for a future blog.
Simple, engaging and to the point explanation. Although it's not it but still a wonderful explanation to get started with how Master-Slave cluster in Kubern8s works. Great job!
Great article.
The approach in explaining the concept of Kubernetes was superb, I can not believe I struggled to understand Kubernetes before now.
Thank you.
This is an amazing explanation, but I can't believe your driver actually understood this. People who never programmed don't usually understand how programs work.
To be clear, this is a reimagined conversation of what I would have liked to said to my Uber driver if I could go back in time. Probably would never get the chance to chat with that particular fellow again :-)
Thanks for for share this topic! love it! good for beginner!
That means a lot to me! I really hope this helps people with what I struggled to learn a week ago.
you are wonderful tech storyteller 😁. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much :-) !
This was my first day on Dev.to and I landed into this article and the article made me understand how kubernetes actually works. Thanks for sharing this article.
You are welcome.
wow
Great article.
The pods make perfect sense. Under no circumstances should my salad and ice-cream be eaten together.
But soup and salad are a perfect pair 8-).
Good stuff
Awesome. Thanks for explaining in the simple words
There should be a regular series generally explaining topics like this in such an accessible manner. Great job and a big thanks! Motivated me to take a deeper dive into Kubernetes.
Like actually. I really enjoyed writing on a complicated topic from the perspective of "what would an Uber driver understand". I'd like to do more around this concept.
Intresting post
This post reminded me of the good old "Head First" series. Nice work.
Fantastic! I'm a Lyft driver learning Kubernetes! Now I can explain container orchestration to my passengers while they explain their relationship drama to me!
Amazing explanation, Very useful for me as a beginner. Keep up publishing more articles like this, highly appreciate it, Jessica.
That's the motivation I need!
Thanks for Sharing, may I know as a beginner what data does Ens users can consume, any other realtime examples other than Spotify ? Happy to learn and thanks in advance
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Realy informative and simple explanation. Did get familiar with kubernates before this article.
This article was very easy to follow and built upon each section of the story telling. I will reference this in the future to better understand Kubernetes. Thanks so much for putting this together!
Thanks Chuck! I'm glad you see this as something you can reference in the future.
thanks for sharing this concept in simple terms
Very nice post! 🚀
Great article