As one of the world’s largest open-source projects, Kubernetes expands the possibilities for enterprise app development, deployment and management.

One of the key highlights at the recent KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event this year was the breadth and scope of new projects currently being built within Kubernetes. While already large, the community is still growing.

“It’s literally us building on top of where we are,” said Maciej Szulik (pictured, left), senior principal software engineer at Red Hat Inc. “At the same time, it’s also building on top of what we care about the most with regard to community building. We are welcoming and opening our gates to engage more folks and introduce them to what it looks like to work on Kubernetes.”

Szulik and David Eads (right), senior principal software engineer at Red Hat, spoke with theCUBE industry analyst Savannah Peterson and guest analyst Rob Strechay, at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed the Kubernetes community and how companies like Red Hat approach their gatekeeper role. (* Disclosure below.)

Expanding Kubernetes’ success by bringing more hands on deck

As long-time stakeholders of the Kubernetes project, both Szulik and Eads represent several of its interest groups. Their job focuses on helping companies and development teams reach their set objectives with K8s, according to Eads.

“I spend a lot of time working on the core platform, talking to other people about what their projects need,” he explained. “We can then figure out what we as the core Kubernetes community need to build for them to be successful and to create more value on top.”

Another central theme at the event was simplicity. But with so many simultaneous products, projects and moving parts, imbuing that simplicity into Kubernetes’ mechanism has to be a conscientious effort.

“I gave a talk yesterday about how we need to make this simple enough for someone to use and succeed operationally,” Eads said. “We’re continuing to invest in core concepts in the Kube product itself to make that easier so that, operationally, it does what you expect when you run it.”

 Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s coverage of the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe event:

(* Disclosure: Red Hat Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Red Hat nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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