Between breaking down storage as it relates to data storage and persistent data, The New Stack Founder Alex Williams got an update on the Kubernetes storage SIG's progress, with later discussion focused on how to best bring vendor-agnostic storage to Kubernetes.

We also included highlights from the new book Cloud Native Infrastructure: Patterns for Scalable Infrastructure and Applications in a Dynamic Environment by Justin Garrison and Kris Nova. When asked why they wrote it, the pair were quick to offer the following reasoning:

"I think as far as the audience goes, for me personally, I really wanted to give infrastructure engineer an opportunity to swing with the application engineers," said Nova. "For me it was about giving back to the community and giving back," added Garrison.

"Software's not easy, and to be able to capture these patterns to see how the pioneers are doing things is great." noted Kitson.

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