{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"12: Kubernetes Maturity, Cost Optimization, Automation &amp; AI with Viktor Farcic","description":"Welcome to another episode of Densify Talks! Andrew Hillier has a fun and informative conversation with Viktor Farcic. Viktor considers himself a technology critic (think of the old muppet critics on the balcony) and rapscallion. We think he\u2019s also quite the thought leader and author, with some very bold insights on technology that are worth hearing! See Viktor\u2019s biography below for more information about him. Andrew and Viktor dive into the maturing landscape of Kubernetes, asking the question \u201cis Kubernetes now \u201cboring\u201d?\u201d It\u2019s a good question and Viktor and Andrew have great thoughts on it!&amp;nbsp; They also tackle AI and where it\u2019s currently at (including Viktor\u2019s experiences with AI recently). Andrew and Viktor talk about their experiences with KubeCon over the years and where it might be going in the future. They discuss optimization, cloud costs, automation, GitOps, VPA, Densify\u2019s new Mutating Admission Controller, and what\u2019s likely to come in the near future. For fun, we also get to hear Viktor\u2019s strong opinions on Helm! We hope you get as much out of this episode as we did! ABOUT OUR GUEST Viktor Farcic Viktor Farcic is a lead rapscallion at Upbound (https:\/\/upbound.io), a member of the CNCF Ambassadors, Google Developer Experts, CDF Ambassadors, and GitHub Stars groups, and a published author. He is a host of the YouTube channel DevOps Toolkit (https:\/\/youtube.com\/@devopstoolkit) and a co-host of DevOps Paradox (https:\/\/youtube.com\/@devopsparadox). ABOUT DENSIFY TALKS Densify Talks is a podcast hosted by Andrew Hillier, Co-Founder and CTO of Densify, a cloud optimization software company. The podcast focuses on interviews with IT and technical leaders and innovators who have experience in delivering cloud and Kubernetes-based infrastructure within large enterprises. LINKS  densify.com upbound.io youtube.com\/@devopstoolkit youtube.com\/@devopsparadox  ","author_name":"Kubex Talks","author_url":"https:\/\/kubex.ai\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36457905\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/187980000"}