Today Google Cloud introduced GKE Autopilot, a new mode of operation where you no longer manage or configure nodes, and you pay per-pod, per-second. Craig talks Autopilot with GKE product manager Yochay Kiriaty.

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Chatter of the week

• Episode 86, with Lin Sun
• Istio boat meetup at KubeCon NA 2019
• IstioCon 2021
  • Craig and Lin’s session
• Jeff from Coupling
  • Separated at birth?

News of the week

• Google Cloud launches GKE Autopilot
• Dapr 1.0
• Calico Cloud
• Gloo Mesh Enterprise goes GA
  • Distroless FIPS-compliant Istio
• Red Hat closes acquisition of Stackrox
• Real load-aware scheduling in Kubernetes with Trimaran
• Kubernetes overlay networks with IPv6

Links from the interview

• Last week’s Star Wars show
• A selection of presentations wearing Darth Vader shirts
• Windows 7
• Red Dog
• Google South Lake Union
  • Seaplanes
• GKE Autopilot
  • Launch blog
• Episode 49, wth Eric Brewer
• Virtual Kubelet
• Datadog Container Report
  • Episode 137, with Michael Gerstenhaber