Our technical team highlights the most important points of this new Kubernetes version, 1.31

CTO
João Brito

We have reached the moment expected by some and the cause of anxiety for others, a new version of Kubernetes is released!
We gathered part of the Getup technical team to highlight the most important points of version 1.31 and how they can affect your operation and your environments.
For those who do not yet know our crew members, below are their social networks:
Mateus Caruccio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mateus-caruccio/
Flavio Lemes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fhlemes/
Marcelo Melo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelomarquesmelo/
Adonai Costa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adonaicosta/
And of course your favorite host João Brito: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juniorjbn/
Some of the highlights of this episode are:
Resource definition by containers (link)
Removal of cloud provider code from within the API (link)
Deprecation of Kustomize from within kubectl (link)
Traffic distribution within the service (link)
Expanding the use of CEL in Kubernetes Mutating Policy (link)
Fixing PV deletion (link)
Using swap in Kubernetes (link)
Adding advanced options in PV (link)
Removal of kubectl run flags (link)
Choosing numbers for statefulset replicas (link)
Custom kubectl configurations (link)
You can check all the updates for this version here.
To finish, here are the links to the recommendations of this episode:
Adonai: After Cooking & Nope
Marcelo: Flowers for Algernon
Flavio: Classic rock, a good IPA with barbecue and pizza.
João: Masters of the Air (AppleTV+)
We hope you enjoyed this episode and the additions of this version, don't forget to share with everyone you know to spread the knowledge and also send us your feedback and opinions.
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