# Kubernetes Podcast from Google: Kubecost, with Webb Brown

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-podcast-from-google-kubecost-with-webb-brown/13157>\
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**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-podcast-from-google-kubecost-with-webb-brown/13157 "2020-10-06T19:18:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-podcast-from-google-kubecost-with-webb-brown/13157/1 "2020-10-06T19:18:40Z")

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When your infrastructure is effectively infinite, you may have to keep an eye on your credit card. [Webb Brown](https://twitter.com/webb_brown) started a project that does exactly that - Kubecost, which aims to reduce spend and prevent resource-based outages. He talks to [Craig and Adam](https://kubernetespodcast.com/about) about the project and the company behind it.

Do you have something cool to share? Some questions? Let us know:

- web: [kubernetespodcast.com](https://kubernetespodcast.com)
- mail: [kubernetespodcast@google.com](mailto:kubernetespodcast@google.com)
- twitter: [@kubernetespod](https://twitter.com/kubernetespod)

### Chatter of the week

- [Kiwis abroad: please meddle in the election](https://youtu.be/8UCoxthkc5s)
  - [Clarke Gayford tweet](https://twitter.com/NZClarke/status/1311920133690986496)

- [Killer Queen Black](https://store.steampowered.com/app/663670/Killer_Queen_Black/)
  - [Killer Queen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM)

### News of the week

- [VMworld announcements](https://www.vmware.com/company/news/updates/2020/vmworld-2020-news-announcement-summary.html)
  - [Bryan Liles’ promotion](https://twitter.com/bryanl/status/1311375649920241664)
  - [Episode 54, with Bryan Liles](https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/054-tech-life-and-kubecon-eu/)

- [Pixie Labs](https://pixielabs.ai/)
  - [TechCrunch coverage](https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/01/pixie-labs-raises-9-15m-series-a-round-for-its-kubernetes-observability-platform/)

- [Cicada](https://medium.com/@jeremyaherzog/cicada-an-integration-testing-framework-for-docker-and-kubernetes-7eee5624cc55), by Jeremy Herzog
- [Announcing Java support for cdk8s](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/announcing-java-support-for-cdk8s/)
- [Good: Envoy on Windows](https://blog.envoyproxy.io/announcing-alpha-support-for-envoy-on-windows-d2c53c51de7b)
- [Not so good: Envoy CVE-2020-25017](https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-2v25-cjjq-5f4w)
- [Kubenav 3.0.0 announced](https://www.reddit.com/r/kubernetes/comments/j1yy07/kubenav_3_a_mobile_dekstop_and_web_app_for/)
- [Cisco acquires Portshift](https://blogs.cisco.com/news/cisco-announces-corporate-news-october-1-2020)
- [Veeam acquires Kasten](https://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/data/veeam-acquires-kasten-for-kubernetes-backup.html)
- [Solo.io acquires $23m](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/10/01/2102230/0/en/Solo-io-Bolsters-Company-Product-and-Cloud-Native-Community-Innovation-with-New-Funding-Round.html)
  - [Episode 55, with Idit Levine](https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/055-solo-io/)

### Links from the interview

- [Kubecost](http://kubecost.com/)
  - [Kubecost blog](https://medium.com/kubecost)
  - [Cluster turndown](https://github.com/kubecost/cluster-turndown)
  - [Cost model](https://github.com/kubecost/cost-model)

- [Spot instances](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/spot/) (AWS) and [preemptible VMs](https://cloud.google.com/preemptible-vms) (Google Cloud)
- [DeepMind AI Reduces Google Data Centre Cooling Bill by 40%](https://deepmind.com/blog/article/deepmind-ai-reduces-google-data-centre-cooling-bill-40)
- [Managing your costs on Kubernetes](https://karlstoney.com/2018/07/07/managing-your-costs-on-kubernetes/) by Karl Stoney at Autotrader
  - [Episode 52, with Russell Warman and Karl Stoney](https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/052-autotrader/)

- [FinOps](https://www.finops.org/what-is-finops/) and [the FinOps Foundation](https://www.finops.org/)
- [Shifting left](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift-left_testing)
- [Stackwatch](https://angel.co/company/stackwatch-1)
- [Glacier National Park](https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm) and [Going-to-the-Sun Road](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going-to-the-Sun_Road)
- [Webb Brown](https://twitter.com/webb_brown) on Twitter

Original Source: [https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/124-kubecost/](https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/124-kubecost/)