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Kubernetes Basics: Kubernetes Tutorial for Beginners
Are you tired of listening to everyone in DevOps talk about "Kubernetes" while you're still struggling with how to pronounce it? Unless you started programming...
Arsh Sharma
Discover How Kubernetes Development Environments Help Accelerate Developer Velocity and Drive Cloud Application Innovation
The big day has finally arrived for your enterprise development team. The cloud application you’ve been developing for over a year is finally ready to...
Ramiro Berrelleza
Our week in Alcochete
The Okteto team relocated to Alcochete, Portugal, last month for a week of socialization, exploration, and fun. This offsite is the first time the entire company is together in the exact geographical location, so it was a big deal for all of us. And it was a fantastic experience!...
Ramiro Berrelleza
A Fly Fisherman Returns From the Wild to Develop in the Cloud
Bradley has been in the coding game since 1997 when he started bravenet.com, which he ran until 2003. The site featured simple pre-Facebook tools, such as guest books, message boards, and classified ads. At the height of success, Bravenet.com was the second largest website in Canada and 50th largest website in the world....
John Papageorge
Making Sense of Cloud Development in a Complicated Kubernetes World
Burr Sutter has been developing applications for 30 years. He started with ChUI (green screen, amber screen, DOS) applications in the early 90s. Since then, he’s rode the wave of every innovation through Windows GUI apps, client-server, dynamic web apps, SOA, ESBs, enterprise integration patterns, AJAX, and mobile apps. ...
John Papageorge
Mastering the Game of Cloud Development
Jeevanjot caught the coding bug - pardon the pun - at a young age. At 14, he started working with Visual Basic, doing game development and graphic design before jumping into full-stack web development....
John Papageorge
Okteto at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe
Last week is something we here at Okteto will cherish for a long time! It was a huge milestone for us, as this was the first time we as a company were...
Arsh Sharma
Discover How Mirroring Dev and Production Environments Improves Cloud Migration
Cloud computing has changed the world in which we live. Slack, Box, and Salesforce are just a few business applications that have made our lives easier...
John Papageorge
DevOps Renaissance Man Offers Sage Advice from the Frontlines
Clement Chang knows how to hold court. He speaks eloquently and moves fluidly from topic to topic, speaking with nights on ideas ranging from technology to psychology to global politics. With sector interests that include web 3.0, precision medicine, and AI, Clement eventually settled on a career in DevOps. ...
John Papageorge
Launching the Docker Desktop Extension for Okteto!
Docker launched in 2013 and since then has revolutionized the way we build and ship code. Docker made containers a part of the modern application development...
Arsh Sharma
Development Lessons from a Lover of Latin Jazz
Mohammad-Ali A'râbi has been writing code since 2003. The release of Docker in 2013 transformed his life as a software developer and he soon began using Docker Compose for development. Eventually, he turned to Kubernetes to have the same comfort and control in the production servers. ...
John Papageorge
Developing at the Speed of Kubernetes
Natan Yellin is the founder of robusta.dev and has developed software for over a decade. He started with open source in high school, got started on Kubernetes while at Alcide.io (now part of Rapid7), and launched his own company late last year....
John Papageorge
Announcing the Launch of Okteto CLI 2.0!
I think you'll agree that, as developers, we enjoy innovating and working on exciting new features more than anything else. We'd get some coffee and play...
Pablo Chico de Guzman
Making Your CLI More Accessible Using Fig
No matter how many times I use kubectl or docker in a day, I just can't seem to remember the exact subcommands and what they do. I often find myself using...
Arsh Sharma
Maybe It's Time To Rethink How You've Been Developing?
Cloud-Native Applications Need Cloud-Native Development Environments We've seen a tremendous change in the way applications get deployed over the last...
Arsh Sharma
Meet the Crew: Ashlynn Pericacho and John May
Over the last few months, Okteto has hit several exciting milestones. Along with recently raising Series A funding, the team has been thriving and growing...
Ashlynn Pericacho
Okteto Raises a $15M Series A To Disrupt How Software Teams Develop Modern Applications
We are excited to announce that Okteto has raised $15M in Series A financing. The round was led by Villi Iltchev from Two Sigma Ventures, with participation...
Ramiro Berrelleza
Leveraging Okteto Pipelines for Your Preview Environments
Okteto's Preview Environments allow you to browse a deployed version of each pull request made to your repository. This can be very useful for getting...
Arsh Sharma
Developing a Rasa chatbot in Okteto
Rasa is a Python framework for training and building an AI-powered chatbot integrated into various platforms. Training and building AI-powered applications...
Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Adeshina
Developing and Deploying a Helm Chart Application in Okteto
Deploying applications in Kubernetes can be complicated. Even the simplest application could require creating a series of interdependent components (e.g.,...
Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Adeshina
Building Docker Images Faster for Webpack
At Okteto we are very passionate about increasing developer productivity. We were looking for ways to improve our container build times when we came across...
Pablo Chico de Guzman
KubeCon 2021 - With Preview Environments, Everyone is Invited To the Party
In his DevxDay 2021 talk, Jacob talked about preview environments and why they are crucial for making the software development process more inclusive,...
Ramiro Berrelleza
Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto - Part 4 - Preview Environments
Welcome back to our video series - Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto. This is Part 4: Preview Environments. In this video, you’ll learn how to...
Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Adeshina
October 2021 Community Call Recap
Thanks to everyone who attended our October 2021 Community Call! This month Ramiro, Jacob, and Abdul discussed all things KubeCon: what it was like being...
Melissa Williams
Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto - Part 3 - Database
Welcome back to our video series - Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto. This is Part 3: Database. In this video, you’ll learn how to add HTTP routes...
Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Adeshina
Welcoming Teresa Romero to Okteto
Our team here at Okteto is growing quickly, and we’re excited to announce that Teresa Romero joined our engineering team this month! Today we’re going...
Melissa Williams
Okteto Deep Dive — Saiyam & Ramiro
We’re excited to share the conversation that I had with my good friend Saiyam (CNCF Ambassador and Director of Evangelism at Civo Cloud) on the past, present,...
Ramiro Berrelleza
What's New in Okteto CLI and Enterprise October 2021
Fall is here, and with it, we have some cool new features that we hope will help you have a better developer experience while using Okteto. Here’s what’s...
Melissa Williams
How a Hackathon Helps You Become a Better Developer
It’s Hacktober and that means you might have the opportunity to participate in some hackathons either virtually or in person this month. Here at Okteto,...
Melissa Williams
Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto - Part 1 - Getting Started
Welcome back to our video series - Building a FastAPI Application with Okteto. This is Part 1: Getting Started. In this video, we'll be setting up our...
Abdulazeez Abdulazeez Adeshina