Behind designing Kubernetes' APIs | Brian Grant (Google)

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As the original architect and API design lead of Kubernetes, Brian joins the show to chat about why "APIs are forever", the keys to evangelizing impactful projects, and being an Uber Tech at Google, and more.

Segments:
00:00:00 - Highlights
00:03:01 - Internship with Mark Ewing
00:07:10 - “Mark and Brian's Excellent Environment” manual
00:11:58 - Poker on VT100 terminals
00:14:46 - Grad school and research
00:17:23 - The value of studying computer science
00:21:07 - Intuition and learning
00:24:06 - Reflecting on career patterns
00:26:37 - Hypergrowth and learning at Transmeta
00:28:37 - Debugging at the atomic level
00:34:27 - Evangelizing multithreading at Google
00:39:56 - The humble beginnings of Borg and Kubernetes
00:47:10 - The concept of inertia in system design
00:50:07 - The genesis of Kubernetes
00:53:45 - The open-source proposal
00:57:25 - The Unified Compute Working Group
01:02:16 - Designing the Kubernetes API
01:05:03 - AIP.dev and API design conventions
01:08:02 - The vision for a declarative model in Kubernetes
01:17:25 - Kubernetes as a DIY platform
01:19:07 - The evolution of Kubernetes
01:21:40 - The complexity of building a platform
01:25:11 - Style guides?
01:28:23 - Gotchas in Kubernetes workload APIs
01:32:02 - Understanding your thinking style
01:35:37 - Reflections on Kubernetes design choices
01:44:08 - The importance of getting it right the first time
01:48:13 - Designing for flexibility
01:51:16 - Collaboration and leadership
01:52:21 - The role of an Uber tech lead at Google
01:56:33 - “Giving away the Legos”
02:02:29 - Picking the right person to hand off
02:06:41 - Overcoming writer's block

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