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Episode 70 - The Helmsman of Kubernetes with JFrog's Rimas Mocevicius

Episode Summary

"Imagine Kubernetes as an Operating System (OS), Helm is the apt or yum for it." In this episode we have one of the co-creators of Helm JFrog's Rimas Mocevicius. Rimas discusses his journey along with the history of Helm (, its impact, and its usage. Rimas also has a book out called Command-Line Kubernetes in a Nutshell (link below) for some very useful tips on command line Kubernetes. Rimas provided insight on Jfrog Chart Center, JFrog ChartCenter is a free Helm chart central repository that was built to help the Helm community find immutable, secure, and reliable charts and have a single source of truth to proxy all the charts from one location. We even discuss Lithuanian basketball...?!! a fun show with a true icon of our space. Today's Sponsor's (Please support the show by checking them out!) ***Styra*** The Creators Of Open Policy Agent https://www.styra.com/

Episode Notes

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Timeline/Topic

00:00 -- Styra Opener

00:06 -- POPCAST INTRO!    

00:14 -- Introduction to Rimas  

00:59 -- Rimas' Journey

05:15 -- Early Kubernetes / Docker / CoreOS

07:24 -- Deis and the beginnings of Helm

11:47 -- Why Rimas loves Open Source  

13:06 -- Working at Jfrog  

14:08 -- Jfrog Chart Center and why do i need it.

17:42 -- Kubectl Command Line in a nutshell,  Rimas' Book.    

21:34 -- What work is Rimas most proud of?  

Episode Links

https://www.cncf.io/blog/2018/08/07/helm-the-package-manager-for-kubernetes/

Jfrog Chart Center - https://github.com/jfrog/chartcenter/blob/master/docs/README.md

CoreOS Essentials Book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YSILCUM/ref=dbs\_a\_def\_rwt\_bibl\_vppi\_i1

Book - https://www.amazon.com/kubectl-Command-Line-Kubernetes-container-workloads-ebook/dp/B08L85H3LD/ref=tmm\_kin\_swatch\_0?\_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

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