Chad M. Crowell
@chadmcrowell.com
CNCF Ambassador | KCD Organizer | Speaker | Author | Instructor at KubeSkills.com
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Chad M. Crowell
@chadmcrowell.com
· Nov 14
Always wondered how #kubernetes works, but never got time to sit down and actually learn it? 🤔
Let's change that today 🙌 🥳
🧵👇Here's a 10-skeet Kubernetes crash course for you! 🚢
Let's change that today 🙌 🥳
🧵👇Here's a 10-skeet Kubernetes crash course for you! 🚢
On Dec 31, 2024, we moved to Valencia, Spain.
because life is short and experiences matter.
how hard would it be?
New jobs.
New systems.
A new language.
Setbacks with schools, landlords etc
made possible by the people around us.
Friends who helped, listened, and made a new country feel like home.
because life is short and experiences matter.
how hard would it be?
New jobs.
New systems.
A new language.
Setbacks with schools, landlords etc
made possible by the people around us.
Friends who helped, listened, and made a new country feel like home.
January 1, 2026 at 5:46 PM
On Dec 31, 2024, we moved to Valencia, Spain.
because life is short and experiences matter.
how hard would it be?
New jobs.
New systems.
A new language.
Setbacks with schools, landlords etc
made possible by the people around us.
Friends who helped, listened, and made a new country feel like home.
because life is short and experiences matter.
how hard would it be?
New jobs.
New systems.
A new language.
Setbacks with schools, landlords etc
made possible by the people around us.
Friends who helped, listened, and made a new country feel like home.
Today and tomorrow, everything at @manning.com is 50% off!!
That includes #AcingTheCKA
Get yours half off: acingthecka.com
That includes #AcingTheCKA
Get yours half off: acingthecka.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Today and tomorrow, everything at @manning.com is 50% off!!
That includes #AcingTheCKA
Get yours half off: acingthecka.com
That includes #AcingTheCKA
Get yours half off: acingthecka.com
Cyber Week is here! 🎉
The @linuxfoundation.org is offering 50% off the #CKAexam until December 9th!!
Grab the deal at training.linuxfoundation.org
Comment below if you're #AcingTheCKA with this sale!
The @linuxfoundation.org is offering 50% off the #CKAexam until December 9th!!
Grab the deal at training.linuxfoundation.org
Comment below if you're #AcingTheCKA with this sale!
December 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Cyber Week is here! 🎉
The @linuxfoundation.org is offering 50% off the #CKAexam until December 9th!!
Grab the deal at training.linuxfoundation.org
Comment below if you're #AcingTheCKA with this sale!
The @linuxfoundation.org is offering 50% off the #CKAexam until December 9th!!
Grab the deal at training.linuxfoundation.org
Comment below if you're #AcingTheCKA with this sale!
Giving away a few physical copies of “Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam” at tomorrow’s Cloud Native Valencia meetup!
Grab the new edition, ask your CKA questions, and hang out with the community.
RSVP: cloudnativevalencia.com
#CKA #AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CloudNative
Grab the new edition, ask your CKA questions, and hang out with the community.
RSVP: cloudnativevalencia.com
#CKA #AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CloudNative
November 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Giving away a few physical copies of “Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam” at tomorrow’s Cloud Native Valencia meetup!
Grab the new edition, ask your CKA questions, and hang out with the community.
RSVP: cloudnativevalencia.com
#CKA #AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CloudNative
Grab the new edition, ask your CKA questions, and hang out with the community.
RSVP: cloudnativevalencia.com
#CKA #AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CloudNative
Excited to share the official Kubernetes v1.35 Sneak Peek!
- Removal of cgroup v1 support
- Deprecation of kube-proxy ipvs mode
- In-place update of Pod CPU/memory now GA
- Native Pod certs for automated workload identity and mTLS
- & more
Check out the full article: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
- Removal of cgroup v1 support
- Deprecation of kube-proxy ipvs mode
- In-place update of Pod CPU/memory now GA
- Native Pod certs for automated workload identity and mTLS
- & more
Check out the full article: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
Kubernetes v1.35 Sneak Peek
As the release of Kubernetes v1.35 approaches, the Kubernetes project continues to evolve. Features may be deprecated, removed, or replaced to improve the project's overall health. This blog post outl...
kubernetes.io
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Excited to share the official Kubernetes v1.35 Sneak Peek!
- Removal of cgroup v1 support
- Deprecation of kube-proxy ipvs mode
- In-place update of Pod CPU/memory now GA
- Native Pod certs for automated workload identity and mTLS
- & more
Check out the full article: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
- Removal of cgroup v1 support
- Deprecation of kube-proxy ipvs mode
- In-place update of Pod CPU/memory now GA
- Native Pod certs for automated workload identity and mTLS
- & more
Check out the full article: kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11...
Reposted by Chad M. Crowell
Join us with @chadmcrowell.com live on Dec 4 at 12 PM EDT for a hands-on walkthrough of a traffic orchestration project for cloud native environments.
Includes service mesh, gateway features, and real-time experiments.
🔗 Register: www.linkedin.com/events/chatl...
Includes service mesh, gateway features, and real-time experiments.
🔗 Register: www.linkedin.com/events/chatl...
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Join us with @chadmcrowell.com live on Dec 4 at 12 PM EDT for a hands-on walkthrough of a traffic orchestration project for cloud native environments.
Includes service mesh, gateway features, and real-time experiments.
🔗 Register: www.linkedin.com/events/chatl...
Includes service mesh, gateway features, and real-time experiments.
🔗 Register: www.linkedin.com/events/chatl...
🔥DEAL OF THE DAY!
Learn. Practice. Pass your CKA.
👉 Tap the link to grab your copy before midnight!
acingthecka.com
#AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CKAexam #DevOps #CloudNative
Learn. Practice. Pass your CKA.
👉 Tap the link to grab your copy before midnight!
acingthecka.com
#AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CKAexam #DevOps #CloudNative
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🔥DEAL OF THE DAY!
Learn. Practice. Pass your CKA.
👉 Tap the link to grab your copy before midnight!
acingthecka.com
#AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CKAexam #DevOps #CloudNative
Learn. Practice. Pass your CKA.
👉 Tap the link to grab your copy before midnight!
acingthecka.com
#AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CKAexam #DevOps #CloudNative
🚀 The rest of the chapters for "Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam: 2nd Ed." are here!
✅ Finish reading
✅ Do the hands-on exercises
✅ Get ready to ace the #CKA
Don’t have the book yet? 👉 acingthecka.com
#Kubernetes #K8s #DevOps #CloudNative
bsky.app/profile/brit...
✅ Finish reading
✅ Do the hands-on exercises
✅ Get ready to ace the #CKA
Don’t have the book yet? 👉 acingthecka.com
#Kubernetes #K8s #DevOps #CloudNative
bsky.app/profile/brit...
August 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚀 The rest of the chapters for "Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam: 2nd Ed." are here!
✅ Finish reading
✅ Do the hands-on exercises
✅ Get ready to ace the #CKA
Don’t have the book yet? 👉 acingthecka.com
#Kubernetes #K8s #DevOps #CloudNative
bsky.app/profile/brit...
✅ Finish reading
✅ Do the hands-on exercises
✅ Get ready to ace the #CKA
Don’t have the book yet? 👉 acingthecka.com
#Kubernetes #K8s #DevOps #CloudNative
bsky.app/profile/brit...
@manning.com is having a sale! Perfect time to start #AcingTheCKA 😎
🔗 acingthecka.com
cc: @brito-rafa.bsky.social
🔗 acingthecka.com
cc: @brito-rafa.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@manning.com is having a sale! Perfect time to start #AcingTheCKA 😎
🔗 acingthecka.com
cc: @brito-rafa.bsky.social
🔗 acingthecka.com
cc: @brito-rafa.bsky.social
Thx @cristhercastro.bsky.social and KCD Colombia for the chat on low-latency in LATAM 🇨🇴
📦 Edge API demo (LKE + Envoy)
🌍 Latency-aware routing w/ Gateway API
⚡️ Powering the edge w/ Akamai CDN
▶️ www.youtube.com/live/rvVxbno...
💻 github.com/chadmcrowell...
#Kubernetes #EdgeComputing #GatewayAPI
📦 Edge API demo (LKE + Envoy)
🌍 Latency-aware routing w/ Gateway API
⚡️ Powering the edge w/ Akamai CDN
▶️ www.youtube.com/live/rvVxbno...
💻 github.com/chadmcrowell...
#Kubernetes #EdgeComputing #GatewayAPI
Beyond the Cloud: Building Low-Latency Apps with Akamai's Edge-First Architecture
YouTube video by Cloud Native Colombia
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Thx @cristhercastro.bsky.social and KCD Colombia for the chat on low-latency in LATAM 🇨🇴
📦 Edge API demo (LKE + Envoy)
🌍 Latency-aware routing w/ Gateway API
⚡️ Powering the edge w/ Akamai CDN
▶️ www.youtube.com/live/rvVxbno...
💻 github.com/chadmcrowell...
#Kubernetes #EdgeComputing #GatewayAPI
📦 Edge API demo (LKE + Envoy)
🌍 Latency-aware routing w/ Gateway API
⚡️ Powering the edge w/ Akamai CDN
▶️ www.youtube.com/live/rvVxbno...
💻 github.com/chadmcrowell...
#Kubernetes #EdgeComputing #GatewayAPI
with a free domain name! 👍
🚀 Deploy your own GitLab server with Docker Compose --> fast, secure, and step-by-step.
🔐 HTTPS + DDNS + Container Registry
🎯 Perfect for CI/CD, GitOps, or homelabs
📺 Watch: youtu.be/TwMuQwKnxhs?...
#DevOps #GitLab #DockerCompose #GitOps #SelfHosted #CI_CD
🔐 HTTPS + DDNS + Container Registry
🎯 Perfect for CI/CD, GitOps, or homelabs
📺 Watch: youtu.be/TwMuQwKnxhs?...
#DevOps #GitLab #DockerCompose #GitOps #SelfHosted #CI_CD
July 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
with a free domain name! 👍
Reposted by Chad M. Crowell
🚀 Thinking about running Kubernetes the right way in 2025?
Here's a hands-on video showing how to install a real Kubernetes cluster with kubeadm + containerd.
Perfect for #AcingTheCKA prep or getting production-ready.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/j3a2Sr2n8eQ
#Kubernetes
Here's a hands-on video showing how to install a real Kubernetes cluster with kubeadm + containerd.
Perfect for #AcingTheCKA prep or getting production-ready.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/j3a2Sr2n8eQ
#Kubernetes
July 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚀 Thinking about running Kubernetes the right way in 2025?
Here's a hands-on video showing how to install a real Kubernetes cluster with kubeadm + containerd.
Perfect for #AcingTheCKA prep or getting production-ready.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/j3a2Sr2n8eQ
#Kubernetes
Here's a hands-on video showing how to install a real Kubernetes cluster with kubeadm + containerd.
Perfect for #AcingTheCKA prep or getting production-ready.
📺 Watch: youtu.be/j3a2Sr2n8eQ
#Kubernetes
build your cloud native portfolio!
🚀 We're Introducing GROW
📘 A GitHub repo that becomes your portfolio
✅ Hands-on K8s labs
✅ Weekly reflections
✅ GitOps + Security
✅ #GitHub Pages ready
Details here 👉 blog.kubeskills.com/github-repos...
#KubeSkillsGROW #Kubernetes
📘 A GitHub repo that becomes your portfolio
✅ Hands-on K8s labs
✅ Weekly reflections
✅ GitOps + Security
✅ #GitHub Pages ready
Details here 👉 blog.kubeskills.com/github-repos...
#KubeSkillsGROW #Kubernetes
July 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
build your cloud native portfolio!
honored to be part of the #VLCTech scene here in Valencia...my talk wasn't accepted, and that's ok. Rejection doesn’t mean it’s the end, It’s just a reminder to refine, and keep showing up.
I'll be submitting the same to Cloud Native Valencia... let's keep learning and lifting each other up!
I'll be submitting the same to Cloud Native Valencia... let's keep learning and lifting each other up!
May 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
honored to be part of the #VLCTech scene here in Valencia...my talk wasn't accepted, and that's ok. Rejection doesn’t mean it’s the end, It’s just a reminder to refine, and keep showing up.
I'll be submitting the same to Cloud Native Valencia... let's keep learning and lifting each other up!
I'll be submitting the same to Cloud Native Valencia... let's keep learning and lifting each other up!
🚨Big news! The 2nd edition of Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam is out today!!😁
Honor to co-author with @brito-rafa.bsky.social & fully updated for CKA v1.32.
Use code MLCrowell3 for 50% off at Manning. Let’s get you certified!
#AcingTheCKA @manningbooks.bsky.social
Honor to co-author with @brito-rafa.bsky.social & fully updated for CKA v1.32.
Use code MLCrowell3 for 50% off at Manning. Let’s get you certified!
#AcingTheCKA @manningbooks.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
🚨Big news! The 2nd edition of Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam is out today!!😁
Honor to co-author with @brito-rafa.bsky.social & fully updated for CKA v1.32.
Use code MLCrowell3 for 50% off at Manning. Let’s get you certified!
#AcingTheCKA @manningbooks.bsky.social
Honor to co-author with @brito-rafa.bsky.social & fully updated for CKA v1.32.
Use code MLCrowell3 for 50% off at Manning. Let’s get you certified!
#AcingTheCKA @manningbooks.bsky.social
Reposted by Chad M. Crowell
🚀 New Tutorial: Hands-on with FluxCD
This beginner-friendly guide walks you through deploying a real microservices app on #Kubernetes using #FluxCD, the #CNCF graduated tool trusted by platform teams.
Read the full guide now 👉 blog.kubeskills.com/hands-on-wit...
#GitOps #DevOps
This beginner-friendly guide walks you through deploying a real microservices app on #Kubernetes using #FluxCD, the #CNCF graduated tool trusted by platform teams.
Read the full guide now 👉 blog.kubeskills.com/hands-on-wit...
#GitOps #DevOps
April 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
🚀 New Tutorial: Hands-on with FluxCD
This beginner-friendly guide walks you through deploying a real microservices app on #Kubernetes using #FluxCD, the #CNCF graduated tool trusted by platform teams.
Read the full guide now 👉 blog.kubeskills.com/hands-on-wit...
#GitOps #DevOps
This beginner-friendly guide walks you through deploying a real microservices app on #Kubernetes using #FluxCD, the #CNCF graduated tool trusted by platform teams.
Read the full guide now 👉 blog.kubeskills.com/hands-on-wit...
#GitOps #DevOps
📣 Happy to announce today's my first day at Akamai, joining the #CloudNative SRE team.
Excited to dig into production #Kubernetes environments at scale, learning from the team, contributing to open source, and growing in the cloud native space.
Let’s get started. 🚀
Excited to dig into production #Kubernetes environments at scale, learning from the team, contributing to open source, and growing in the cloud native space.
Let’s get started. 🚀
April 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📣 Happy to announce today's my first day at Akamai, joining the #CloudNative SRE team.
Excited to dig into production #Kubernetes environments at scale, learning from the team, contributing to open source, and growing in the cloud native space.
Let’s get started. 🚀
Excited to dig into production #Kubernetes environments at scale, learning from the team, contributing to open source, and growing in the cloud native space.
Let’s get started. 🚀
Can't wait to see @fabrizio-sgura.bsky.social and @gelopfalcon.bsky.social !! 🎉
🚀 Ready to build an Internal Developer Platform in minutes?
Led by Fabrizio Sgura and Gerardo Lopez Falcon, they will show you how to spin up a fully operational IDP using tools like #Kubernetes, #ArgoCD, and #Backstage.
💻 **Bring your laptop and get ready to build!**
🔗 kcdtexas.org
#CloudNative
Led by Fabrizio Sgura and Gerardo Lopez Falcon, they will show you how to spin up a fully operational IDP using tools like #Kubernetes, #ArgoCD, and #Backstage.
💻 **Bring your laptop and get ready to build!**
🔗 kcdtexas.org
#CloudNative
April 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Can't wait to see @fabrizio-sgura.bsky.social and @gelopfalcon.bsky.social !! 🎉
Reposted by Chad M. Crowell
📣 Special Message from Our Speaker, @JuliaFMorgado.bsky.social!
Julia will discuss data security in Kubernetes — a topic that’s top of mind for every modern technologist.
🎟️ Don't miss your chance to connect with great speakers like Julia! Register today: kcdtexas.org
Julia will discuss data security in Kubernetes — a topic that’s top of mind for every modern technologist.
🎟️ Don't miss your chance to connect with great speakers like Julia! Register today: kcdtexas.org
April 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📣 Special Message from Our Speaker, @JuliaFMorgado.bsky.social!
Julia will discuss data security in Kubernetes — a topic that’s top of mind for every modern technologist.
🎟️ Don't miss your chance to connect with great speakers like Julia! Register today: kcdtexas.org
Julia will discuss data security in Kubernetes — a topic that’s top of mind for every modern technologist.
🎟️ Don't miss your chance to connect with great speakers like Julia! Register today: kcdtexas.org
🎉 Tons of fun talking about #CKA at #KubeCon!! Thank you everyone for joining me and asking amazing questions 🙏 Look out for #AcingTheCKA second edition coming soon with Rafael Brito !! 🚀
🔗 AcingTheCKA.com
🔗 AcingTheCKA.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🎉 Tons of fun talking about #CKA at #KubeCon!! Thank you everyone for joining me and asking amazing questions 🙏 Look out for #AcingTheCKA second edition coming soon with Rafael Brito !! 🚀
🔗 AcingTheCKA.com
🔗 AcingTheCKA.com
🙌 Things are heating up here at Cloud Native University at #Kubecon with some really amazing talks for #CloudNative development! 🚀
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/overview/typ...
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/overview/typ...
April 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🙌 Things are heating up here at Cloud Native University at #Kubecon with some really amazing talks for #CloudNative development! 🚀
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/overview/typ...
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/overview/typ...
📍Made it to #Kubecon! Come to #CloudNative University Day tomorrow and talk to me about #AcingTheCKA 🎸😃
colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
March 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
📍Made it to #Kubecon! Come to #CloudNative University Day tomorrow and talk to me about #AcingTheCKA 🎸😃
colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
Reposted by Chad M. Crowell
If you’re going to #Kubecon in London you should probably follow the feed by @nabrahams.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
March 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If you’re going to #Kubecon in London you should probably follow the feed by @nabrahams.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
🟢 Green light for #CloudNativeUniversity Europe, 1 April in London, and Fabrizio and I are speaking! 🗣️ Don’t miss our session about how you can study effectively for #Kubernetes exams and get your certification in record time! #Kubecon #CloudNative
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
March 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🟢 Green light for #CloudNativeUniversity Europe, 1 April in London, and Fabrizio and I are speaking! 🗣️ Don’t miss our session about how you can study effectively for #Kubernetes exams and get your certification in record time! #Kubecon #CloudNative
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
🔗 colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/...
Reposted by Chad M. Crowell
👀 Check out our new #GatewayAPI scenario on Killercoda.com 🚀
Practice creating Gateway and HTTPRoute in #Kubernetes. Gateway API is becoming the preferred standard for ingress in Kubernetes. Plus, it's a new requirement for the #CKA
🔗 killercoda.com/chadmcrowell...
#AcingTheCKA #CKAexam
Practice creating Gateway and HTTPRoute in #Kubernetes. Gateway API is becoming the preferred standard for ingress in Kubernetes. Plus, it's a new requirement for the #CKA
🔗 killercoda.com/chadmcrowell...
#AcingTheCKA #CKAexam
March 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
👀 Check out our new #GatewayAPI scenario on Killercoda.com 🚀
Practice creating Gateway and HTTPRoute in #Kubernetes. Gateway API is becoming the preferred standard for ingress in Kubernetes. Plus, it's a new requirement for the #CKA
🔗 killercoda.com/chadmcrowell...
#AcingTheCKA #CKAexam
Practice creating Gateway and HTTPRoute in #Kubernetes. Gateway API is becoming the preferred standard for ingress in Kubernetes. Plus, it's a new requirement for the #CKA
🔗 killercoda.com/chadmcrowell...
#AcingTheCKA #CKAexam