Kubernetes turns 10: How it steered cloud-native computing for the last decade - and what's next

If you did away with Linux, the cloud, containers, or Kubernetes, you wouldn't recognize today's technology world. Linux is the operating system foundation for all of it; the cloud gives us access to all its applications and resources; containers are where those apps live; and Kubernetes orchestrates all the containers. Remove any one of them, and we're living and working in a more primitive realm.  

Few technologies have had as profound an impact on the ever-evolving landscape of cloud-native computing as Kubernetes. As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, Kubernetes stands as a testament to the power of open-source collaboration and innovation. From its humble beginnings at Google to becoming the de facto standard for container orchestration, Kubernetes has transformed how we deploy, manage, and scale applications. 

You don't have to take my word for it. In Pure Storage's recently released The Voice of Kubernetes Experts Report 2024, the company found that "over the next five years, 80% of new applications will be built in cloud-native platforms." I'm surprised it's that low.  

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