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CRDs have a lot of traps for new operator authors; this is a different talk about developing for Kubernetes! If you're building Kubernetes resource types, let's talk about how to make them satisfying and enjoyable for your users. Using examples from multiple popular projects, Evan will provide 10 tips on how to make your APIs friendly to Kubernetes beginners and experts alike.
* Use status for humans and machines * Condition super-powers with one simple rule! * How to avoid needing to build a CLI * When to build one anyway * Day-1 RBAC for everyone * Supporting GitOps gracefully * Status-free objects: Policies and Classes * The beauty of zero * Borrowing is best: embedding known types * Operating someone else's CRD: labels and annotations
Evan has been extending and operating Kubernetes for the last 6 years. The above patterns will be illustrated with examples from his experience with ArgoCD, Cert-Manager, Gateway-API, Knative, and Kubernetes, among others.
Founder and maintainer on Knative serverless project. Currently at Stacklok working on supply chain security, previously at Google and VMware; recovering SRE.
