In this episode of Kubernetes Bytes, Ryan and Bhavin sit down with John Dietz and Jared Edwards - the co-founders of Kubefirst and talk about how users can accelerate their Kubernetes adoption by using Kubefirst. They talk about how Kubefirst allows users to leverage open-source tools and the GitOps principle to start writing code, without having to worrying about deploying CI, CD, Authentication tools manually. They talk about how tools like Kubefirst can reduce the complexity and speed up SDLC for organizations that are just getting started with Kubernetes. Try Nom Nom today, go to https://trynom.com/kubernetesbytes and get 50% off your first order plus free shipping. 00:30 Introduction 04:55 Cloud Native News 12:00 Interview with John and Jared 56:25 TakeawaysNews:  https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/06/21/smartx-fast-and-available-iomesh-kubernetes-native-storage-software/ https://thenewstack.io/kelsey-hightower-predicts-how-the-kubernetes-community-will-evolve/ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/aws-extends-kubecost-alliance-to-rein-in-k8s-costs/ https://www.infoq.com/news/2023/06/aws-eks-kubernetes-chill-vibes/ https://www.newswire.com/news/fairwinds-launches-open-source-tool-for-base-image-detection-22060270 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virtana-acquires-cloud-and-kubernetes-observability-solution-powered-by-advanced-ai-and-open-source-telemetry-collection-opscruise-301852142.html https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/journeys/118 https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-operators-the-real-reason-your-boss-is-smiling/Show links: https://kubefirst.io/ https://ngrok.com/ https://docs.kubefirst.io/aws/faq https://kubefirst.io/slack