You Don’t Need Kubernetes to Be Cloud Native
summary
Argues that cloud native predates Kubernetes and demonstrates VMware Tanzu Application Service (Cloud Foundry) running a Spring Music app with cf push, buildpacks and a MySQL backing service, showing scaling and persistence working end to end. Describes platform tools: BOSH for multi‑cloud VM automation, Diego scheduler, Marketplace service brokers, an App Auto Scaler, and a Backstage-based developer portal. Claims millions of app instances in production, 24 of the Fortune 100 customers, ~800,000 public cloud instances, and platform engineer ratios around 1:190 (some >500).
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and agenda
- 1:04What is cloud native?
- 3:51Platform as a Service focus
- 7:23VMware Tanzu Application Service intro
- 11:59Developer experience with CF push
- 14:21Live demo of Tanzu Application Service
- 28:19Platform engineering outcomes
- 33:14Resources and support
- 36:07Q&A session
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