Find Your K8s Happy Path with RawKode Academy

I talk with David Flanagan, aka Rawkode, about his new opinionated Tech Matrix that helps you navigate the overwhelming CNCF landscape. 🙌 The Agentic DevOps Guild has launched! It's a training + community + mentorship program for engineers wanting to learn the latest CI/CD automation and dive into Agentic DevOps. Meetups are happening now, with new course videos dropping every few weeks. Join the Guild and become your team's leader in AI for infrastructure automation 🍾 ★Show Links★ RawKode Academy website David's Discord David's LinkedIn David on social media: @rawkode everywhere Check out the video podcast version here: Creators & Guests Cristi Cotovan - Editor Bret Fisher - Host Beth Fisher - Producer David Flanagan - Guest You can also support this podcast by subscribing to my YouTube channel and my weekly newsletter at bret.news ! Grab the best coupons for my Docker and Kubernetes courses . Join my cloud native DevOps community on Discord . Grab some merch at Bret's Loot Box Homepage bretfisher.com (00:00) - Intro (04:46) - Opinions on HashiCorp (09:34) - The CNCF Landscape (11:03) - Opinionated Tech Matrix (18:28) - Tech Matrix in Detail (28:51) - The Advocate List (29:35) - Cloud Events and CUE (30:52) - SpiceDB and Teleport (32:18) - Service Meshes: Linkerd vs. Istio (33:03) - Kubernetes and CNI (33:58) - Observability Tools (34:39) - WebAssembly and Rust (35:25) - Learning Paths and DevOps (43:12) - Key Takeaways (46:10) - Database Fundamentals

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Find Your K8s Happy Path with RawKode Academy is an episode from DevOps and Docker Talk by Bret Fisher.

This episode is 53:29 long.

This episode was published on Jan 23, 2026.

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