KubeCon EU: Cloud Native Developers Now an Army 6.5 Million Strong

The field of cloud native computing continues to grow at a rapid clip. A recent survey commissioned by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) had found that there are now 6.5 million “cloud native” developers worldwide, up by 1.9 million developers from the same time a year ago.

The CNCF’s “2020 State of the Cloud Native Report” also reported that 2.7 million of these cloud native developers are using Kubernetes, and 4 million are using serverless architectures/cloud functions. And, about 60% of backend developers now use containers. The numbers were crunched by analyst firm SlashData, and first released in May.

Overall, the CNCF hosts more than 50 projects, with 97,000 contributors, representing 177 countries. Collectively, they have written over 1.3 billion lines of code. They are backed by more than 550 corporate members, and 144 end-user organizations, making it “the largest end-user community enjoyed by any open source community,” said Priyanka Sharma, CNCF general manager, in the keynote at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, taking place this week virtually.

The KubeCon event itself attracted nearly 18,000 registrations, and the CNCF expects more than 20,000 to attend by the end of the week. 

The next edition of KubeCon, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2020 will be held November 17 – 20, virtually.

Check The New Stack’s Twitter Feed for real-time coverage from our reporters all this week:

“Start small and integrate graciously”–@AmericanExpress‘ @k_gamanji on integrating #security in the development process, #KubeCon press conference… #DevSecOps pic.twitter.com/FCFFzJMJy7

— Joab Jackson (@Joab_Jackson) August 18, 2020

How are the #CNCF projects going to adapt in their structure to allow for better representation of small companies so it’s a deeper, more inclusive community? What role do project maintainers play in preserving the status quo in its current form? #Kubernetes

— ahw: we are home (@alexwilliams) August 18, 2020

The @CloudNativeFdn builds on #OpenGovernance, where each project chooses its own governance, as opposed to one set by the org (i.e. Apache, Eclipse). It is community-based: “One company’s point of view is not going to change the direction entire project.”–@pritianka #KubeCon

— Joab Jackson (@Joab_Jackson) August 18, 2020

When 17, @oicheryl recalled how she should try Linux. She downloaded Ubuntu, burned it on a CD and wrote on the CD: LUNIX. Pretty awesome to have the courage and tell a group of geeks that she could not even spell Linux when she first got started. Awesome. #Kubernetes

— ahw: we are home (@alexwilliams) August 18, 2020

“The language we use is important” when the TOC makes a decision on why a project is or isn’t important for cloud native engineering says @lizrice @AquaSecTeam #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

— Libby Clark (@LibbyMClark) August 18, 2020

It’s not enough to just have detection says @shaneplawrence at @Shopify who has security advice on migrating to the cloud. You also need: defense in depth, external audits and a security bug bounty. They turned to Falco to scale security on K8s. #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

— Libby Clark (@LibbyMClark) August 18, 2020

Open source “It’s about sharing what you learn,” even if that is as simple as “use Linux” it can help a 17-year-old start a career in tech. @oicheryl reminds everyone to participate at #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon and in the projects.

— Libby Clark (@LibbyMClark) August 18, 2020

“We will help beat corona with a competitive rush” with a focus on end user open source, diversity and inclusion @pritianka says what we all want to hear at #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

— Libby Clark (@LibbyMClark) August 18, 2020

“End user driven open source” seems to be a new tagline for CNCF #kubecon #cloudnativecon https://t.co/v8HL6bEqbw

— Libby Clark (@LibbyMClark) August 18, 2020

Cloud-native ubiquity is the goal, says @lizrice in keynote about the Technical Oversight Committee for the #CNCF. pic.twitter.com/SiNcPzrtx6

— ahw: we are home (@alexwilliams) August 18, 2020

Are TOC members the kingmakers of cloud native? Well, yes. And here’s why… says @lizrice #kubecon #CloudNativeCon The alternative is way too many projects to help end users choose their options and grow the ecosystem.

— Libby Clark (@LibbyMClark) August 18, 2020

The keynote about Falco by @krisnova of @sysdig and @shaneplawrence of @shopift pretty clearly articulates the use for #eBPF to detect unexpected activity…like coin mining. #kubecon pic.twitter.com/7WcioPEftk

— ahw: we are home (@alexwilliams) August 18, 2020

“Falco is a feature for uncovering future security policy” — your cloud native security system, says @krisnova @sysdig #KubeCon #CloudNativeCon

— Libby Clark (@LibbyMClark) August 18, 2020

.@CloudNativeFdn project updates on #Jaeger, #Contour, #Argo, #Tikv — @ccaramanolis #kubeCon pic.twitter.com/Sh7UKmvLh9

— The New Stack (@thenewstack) August 18, 2020

SPD Bank from China joins end-user community, according to @pritianka in #kubecon keynote. The CNCF is putting an emphasis on end-users, pointing to projects they have developed such as Envoy from Lyft and Backstage from Spotify.

— ahw: we are home (@alexwilliams) August 18, 2020

Sharing #GPUs across multiple #containers is possible (w/ a 30x potential costs savings) but with limitations, noted @samdeguener at #KubeConEU: Limits of Virtual RAM management, no insight into GPU scheduling, resource fragmentation, inability to use #K8s scheduling @nvidia @SAP pic.twitter.com/Hi2xWATnJo

— Joab Jackson (@Joab_Jackson) August 18, 2020

<50mb, #k3S is a stripped down #Kubernetes distro built for #ARM. It runs as a single process, & has built-in support of #Containerd (no need to install #Docker!). It is not built for developers but for production, notably #edge — @saiyampathak @iteration1 #KubeCon #KubeConEU pic.twitter.com/bMUZeinI5W

— Joab Jackson (@Joab_Jackson) August 18, 2020

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