Kubernetes

"Move fast and break things" - an oft-cited Mark Zuckerberg quote - is seen as the catchcry of modern software deployment practises. To be competitive in fast-moving industries where software is central to a companies success, developers and software engineers have had to find ways to push their software faster, while at the same time de-risking the process of doing so.
We were recently tasked with delivering a proof of concept for a large retailer to help them easily scale their Virtual Machines (VMs) and Docker containers in the Azure cloud. This meant we had to familiarise ourselves with Azure’s Kubernetes Service and we thought it would be a good opportunity to share our findings.