Are you a seasoned Java software engineer, who knows all the JVM tricks but feels lost on the whole DevOps movement? Sure, you've been using Docker for years now but Kubernetes seems overwhelming… And what's this "edge" all about, isn't it just rebranded cloud? Don't worry, I’ve been there, so let me guide you through all this “dark Ops side” with a software engineering mindset.
Specifically, I’ll explain how programming principles like immutability or functional programming can be used to manage the infrastructure and lifecycle of the Kubernetes clusters, both managed in the cloud and on-prem at the edge, using Linode and my homelab clusters as an example. 
If you how to deploy applications on managed Kubernetes in AWS, GCP, or Azure but you’re curious how GitOps and immutable operating systems can be used to build your own Kubernetes clusters, please join as well.