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URL:http://www.russianmix.com/events/viewevent/13366-postmates-delivers-kubernetes/ 
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SUMMARY:Postmates Delivers: Kubernetes
DESCRIPTION:migrated to Kubernetes. We’ll cover the basics of our cluster setup, introspection, the issues that we uncovered (and fixed) with DNS in Kubernetes, as well as the need to write our own configurable horizontal pod autoscaler (now open-sourced here) while enjoying great food, drinks, and company.  

AGENDA
6:00pm – 6:30pm: Check-in, food and drinks, networking
6:30pm – 7:15pm: Welcome and Kubernetes tech talks!


Lessons learned using Kubernetes, how we discovered and addressed various issues when running real production workloads on AWS.


Scaling up differently for different kinds of workloads: configurable horizontal pod autoscaler


7:15pm – 7:30pm: Q&A with panel
7:30pm – 8:00pm: Networking

SPEAKER BIO


Blake Barnett, Staff Software Engineer
Blake Barnett is a member of the Postmates Infrastructure Engineering team. Blake has spent the past 20 years working on infrastructure and cloud systems, from the very large scale at Apple, to co-founding a small startup. He currently leads all Kubernetes initiatives at Postmates, and just returned from speaking at KubeCon Europe 2019. Talk here. 
 


Ivan Glushkov, Staff Software Engineer
Ivan Glushkov is a member of the Postmates Platform Engineering team. Ivan has been working with Kubernetes since v0.12. He works mostly with distributed high-load projects, and loves to program in Erlang and Go. He is a host of a podcast (in Russian) about different CS topics. He leads an architectural redesign initiative as well as initiatives targeted at increasing the system transparency and predictability at Postmates. 

ABOUT POSTMATES
Postmates helps people unlock the best of their cities – and their lives, with an insanely reliable on-demand "anything" network. Launched in 2011, Postmates pioneered the on-demand delivery movement in the US by offering delivery from restaurants and stores previously only available offline. The company now operates in 550 US cities, as well as Mexico, and provides access to over 200,000 merchants. Postmates is headquartered in San Francisco. Learn more at Postmates website and find our most recent economic impact report here.

JOIN OUR TEAM!
At Postmates, we’re constantly challenging ourselves to think outside the box. We value collaborative spirits and creative problem solvers who want to learn and grow.
If you are interested in joining our team, please check out Postmates Careers for more information about our open roles.

FAQS
How do I get to the event?
This event will take place at 1615, 16th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404. 
The space is located next to the 17th St Expo Line, and has a few first come first serve parking spots available, in addition to plenty of street parking.  
Are there minimum age requirement to enter the event?
All guests must be 21+ since there will be alcohol served.
LOCATION:1615 16th Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90404
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