Bart Farrell
@birthmarkbart
Host of @k8sfm, CNCF Ambassador, Freelance Content Creator. I help brands engage with and grow their audiences. http://calendly.com/bartfarrell
How can you show gratitude to someone who's selflessly loved/cared for you your entire life? I embrace this challenge my mom has given me with open arms. I thank my dad for willingly suffering 17 of the hardest days of his life while she was visiting me here in Spain😂 ❤️you mom!

What a week. What a team. What a community. Huge thanks to everyone who came out for Leapter at #WeAreDevelopers. Your energy, questions, and support made it real. And yes, we really all wore the shirts. 🐸 📸 by @birthmarkbart
We didn’t pitch a dream. We showed a working product. Trust starts with honesty. On stage and in software. No smoke. No mirrors. Just real systems solving real problems. We are Leapter. 🎥 Video by @birthmarkbart #AI #SoftwareDevelopment #Leapter
Running stateful workloads on Kubernetes? You need to hear this 👇 At KubeCon India 2024, I asked @birthmarkbart to share the top challenges companies face with stateful workloads in production. Here are the two biggest ones he called out: 1️⃣ Limited in-house experience Many…
Not another code generator. Leapter creates executable blueprints: visual, auditable systems your whole team can understand and ship. 🧠 Built for trust. ⚙️ Built for enterprise. 🚀 Backed by €2M in funding. 🔗 leapter.com/leapter-raises…
How trustworthy is AI-generated code? Leapter just came out of stealth with €2M to tackle that — bringing clarity, transparency & trust to AI dev workflows. Serious team. Real product. No hype. I'll be recording with them in Berlin next week. 🔗 leapter.com/leapter-raises…

Earlier this year, I got to record Ear Care Nepal in Kathmandu: Dr. Milan’s all women team brings pop-up ear clinics to remote schools—150k kids, 1k+ surgeries. Donate & share! More info at earcarenepal.org.
Running stateful workloads on Kubernetes? Don’t overlook data observability. 😲 At KubeCon India 2024, I asked @birthmarkbart about common challenges companies face when running stateful workloads on Kubernetes, especially from the lens of observability and cost awareness. One…
Dropped into Prato 🇮🇹 with no plans, just a message to @_GBartolini_ . Within hours, I was picked up, fed, and welcomed like family by the @CloudNativePg team. No agenda—just people who care. This is what real community looks like!
Mac examines why developers often underestimate the complexity of running modern applications and end up rebuilding Kubernetes from scratch ku.bz/9nFPmG85f 🌟 @learnk8s 🎙 @birthmarkbart
Más de 200 personas se reunieron en Antigua 🇬🇹 (¡rodeada de 3 volcanes!) para KCD. 35 charlas, comunidad viva, networking 🔥 Gracias a @sergioarmgpl por liderar esto, a Jackie por narrar, y a los sponsors por hacerlo posible. 🎥 ¡Más videos pronto! Etiqueta a quien veas 👇
Being a champion isn’t about belts. It’s about getting up, again and again. This isn’t a video about easy wins—it’s about respect, grit, and showing up.
KCD Antigua fue un eventazo. 🔥 ¡Tecnología, comunidad y un ambiente chilero de principio a fin! Gracias a tod@s los que lo hicieron posible. 🇬🇹💻 #KCDGuatemala #CloudNative
Marc breaks down the cost implications, technical constraints, and operational trade-offs between Kubernetes containers and AWS Lambda functions ku.bz/5gMTkzLhV 🌟 @learnk8s 🎙 @birthmarkbart
This Thursday, I'm going live with Andrew to tackle one of Kubernetes' most persistent challenges: resource management We'll explore how algorithms can make better resource decisions than manual configuration 🧵👇
🗣️ @onigoetz reflects on the trade-offs of running nested Docker containers (DinD) and the problematic effect on image caching During their test, he mentioned that building a new environment with 60 images took 45 minutes on a large instance Watch: ku.bz/Rg42-LLvQ
Guatemala and I just met, and sparks are flying! Dinner with @sergioarmgpl & Juan Pablo to prep for #KCDAntigua🔥 Marimba music, Pepián stew, and tech talk—only 7 hrs in and I’m hooked. Join us June 14th 👉 community.cncf.io/events/details…
¿Te interesa Backstage y Cloud Native? No te pierdas la charla de Jorge Andrade en #KCDGuatemala este 14 de junio en Antigua. Gratis, para todos los niveles 💡 👉 community.cncf.io/events/details… #Kubernetes #Backstage
🗣️ Miguel Luna discusses the complexities of observability in bare metal environments He explains that managing physical hardware requires expanding observability further down the stack, including monitoring physical components Full episode: ku.bz/WwS04jYvv