Managing Data at Scale: Best Practices and Evolution of SIG-Apps - Maciej Szulik & Janet Kuo
Maciej Szulik, Janet Kuo
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 · Session
In this comprehensive KubeCon EU presentation, Maciej Szulik, a lead for the Kubernetes Special Interest Group (SIG) for Applications (SIG-Apps), provided an in-depth look into the group's recent achievements, ongoing projects, and future roadmap. While co-leads Janet Kuo and Ken were unable to join, Szulik adeptly guided the audience through the crucial role SIG-Apps plays in defining and evolving the core workload controllers that underpin nearly all applications running on Kubernetes.
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Maciej Szulik, a SIG-Apps lead, delivered an absolutely critical update on the evolution of core Kubernetes workload controllers. This wasn't marketing fluff; it was a deep dive into stable features like refined Pod Disruption Budgets, granular StatefulSet PVC retention policies, and significant enhancements to Job management driven by the Working Group Batch, including Elastic Index Jobs and per-pod backoff limits. For anyone serious about operating or developing applications on Kubernetes, particularly stateful or high-performance computing workloads, this presentation offers…