CNCF Ambassador | KCD Organizer | Speaker | Author | Instructor at KubeSkills.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3mcwnnli6g22z🎯 Acing the CKA Exam - Live Webinar @brito-rafa.bsky.social and I are hosting a free live session on #AcingTheCKA ✅ Exam tips & time management strategies ✅ How #CloudNative concepts appear in practice ✅ Real-world application ✅ Live Q&A RSVP: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7418034352766205953/21 Jan 2026 12:17 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwnnli6g22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3mbewpjogus2eOn Dec 31, 2024, we moved to Valencia, Spain. because life is short and experiences matter. how hard would it be? New jobs. New systems. A new language. Setbacks with schools, landlords etc made possible by the people around us. Friends who helped, listened, and made a new country feel like home.01 Jan 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbewpjogus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3maqh5wuuws26Today and tomorrow, everything at @manning.com is 50% off!! That includes #AcingTheCKA Get yours half off: acingthecka.com24 Dec 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3maqh5wuuws26https://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3m6wc6ufzjs2kCyber Week is here! 🎉 The @linuxfoundation.org is offering 50% off the #CKAexam until December 9th!! Grab the deal at training.linuxfoundation.org Comment below if you're #AcingTheCKA with this sale!01 Dec 2025 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wc6ufzjs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3m6kxniygwk2iGiving away a few physical copies of “Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam” at tomorrow’s Cloud Native Valencia meetup! Grab the new edition, ask your CKA questions, and hang out with the community. RSVP: cloudnativevalencia.com #CKA #AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CloudNative26 Nov 2025 23:03 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6kxniygwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3m6jhtgbpis2mExcited to share the official Kubernetes v1.35 Sneak Peek! - Removal of cgroup v1 support - Deprecation of kube-proxy ipvs mode - In-place update of Pod CPU/memory now GA - Native Pod certs for automated workload identity and mTLS - & more Check out the full article: https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/11/26/kubernetes-v1-35-sneak-peek/26 Nov 2025 08:47 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6jhtgbpis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3m54go57lu224🔥DEAL OF THE DAY! Learn. Practice. Pass your CKA. 👉 Tap the link to grab your copy before midnight! acingthecka.com #AcingTheCKA #Kubernetes #CKAexam #DevOps #CloudNative08 Nov 2025 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54go57lu224https://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lw7jmb73wo2z🚀 The rest of the chapters for "Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam: 2nd Ed." are here! ✅ Finish reading ✅ Do the hands-on exercises ✅ Get ready to ace the #CKA Don’t have the book yet? 👉 acingthecka.com #Kubernetes #K8s #DevOps #CloudNative https://bsky.app/profile/brito-rafa.bsky.social12 Aug 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw7jmb73wo2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lvdykwq6as25@manning.com is having a sale! Perfect time to start #AcingTheCKA 😎 🔗 acingthecka.com cc: @brito-rafa.bsky.social01 Aug 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvdykwq6as25https://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lvarozn6xc2zThx @cristhercastro.bsky.social and KCD Colombia for the chat on low-latency in LATAM 🇨🇴 📦 Edge API demo (LKE + Envoy) 🌍 Latency-aware routing w/ Gateway API
 ⚡️ Powering the edge w/ Akamai CDN ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/live/rvVxbno0Pqw

 💻 https://github.com/chadmcrowell/edge-lke-gateway 
#Kubernetes #EdgeComputing #GatewayAPI31 Jul 2025 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvarozn6xc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3ltyjad6n622lwith a free domain name! 👍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jul 2025 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltyjad6n622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lt3aulira22hbuild your cloud native portfolio! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jul 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt3aulira22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lpua6s2owi2nhonored to be part of the #VLCTech scene here in Valencia...my talk wasn't accepted, and that's ok. Rejection doesn’t mean it’s the end, It’s just a reminder to refine, and keep showing up. I'll be submitting the same to Cloud Native Valencia... let's keep learning and lifting each other up!23 May 2025 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpua6s2owi2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lprylinock2w🚨Big news! The 2nd edition of Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam is out today!!😁 Honor to co-author with @brito-rafa.bsky.social & fully updated for CKA v1.32. Use code MLCrowell3 for 50% off at Manning. Let’s get you certified! #AcingTheCKA @manningbooks.bsky.social22 May 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lprylinock2whttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lmrun53dic2m📣 Happy to announce today's my first day at Akamai, joining the #CloudNative SRE team. Excited to dig into production #Kubernetes environments at scale, learning from the team, contributing to open source, and growing in the cloud native space. Let’s get started. 🚀14 Apr 2025 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrun53dic2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lmjijz5vws26Can't wait to see @fabrizio-sgura.bsky.social and @gelopfalcon.bsky.social !! 🎉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2025 07:26 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjijz5vws26https://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3llvz5lblpk2h🎉 Tons of fun talking about #CKA at #KubeCon!! Thank you everyone for joining me and asking amazing questions 🙏 Look out for #AcingTheCKA second edition coming soon with Rafael Brito !! 🚀 🔗 AcingTheCKA.com03 Apr 2025 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvz5lblpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3llqjhlwbjs2p🙌 Things are heating up here at Cloud Native University at #Kubecon with some really amazing talks for #CloudNative development! 🚀 🔗 https://colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/overview/type/Cloud+Native+University01 Apr 2025 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3llqjhlwbjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3llpeaeqjik24📍Made it to #Kubecon! Come to #CloudNative University Day tomorrow and talk to me about #AcingTheCKA 🎸😃 https://colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/cl-lightning-talk-a-launch-in-my-kubernetes-journey-how-i-became-a-kubestronaut-in-30-days-chad-crowell-kubeskills-fabrizio-sgura-veritas-automata31 Mar 2025 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3llpeaeqjik24https://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lljhxmhyak2u🟢 Green light for #CloudNativeUniversity Europe, 1 April in London, and Fabrizio and I are speaking! 🗣️ Don’t miss our session about how you can study effectively for #Kubernetes exams and get your certification in record time! #Kubecon #CloudNative 🔗 https://colocatedeventseu2025.sched.com/event/1yViU/cl-lightning-talk-a-launch-in-my-kubernetes-journey-how-i-became-a-kubestronaut-in-30-days-chad-crowell-kubeskills-fabrizio-sgura-veritas-automata29 Mar 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lljhxmhyak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3ljappxkhq225I finally migrated my ghost blog (chadcrowell.com) from AKS to LKE. My bill went from $99 to $39 per month (free Azure credits ran out). It was a good low risk migration. Good practice. Running sqlite instead of sql helped speed up the time as well. Migrated DNS as well, with only 1 hiccup...28 Feb 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljappxkhq225https://bsky.app/profile/chadmcrowell.com/post/3lj5fxq5yac2zContainers from top to bottom! Check it out and lemme know what you think! 😃👍 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2025 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:xlb5ze5c2dvk4rpbdn536mzv/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5fxq5yac2z