DiscoverOpen Source Startup PodcastE180: Why Kubernetes Still Needs Simplifying: The Nadrama Story
E180: Why Kubernetes Still Needs Simplifying: The Nadrama Story

E180: Why Kubernetes Still Needs Simplifying: The Nadrama Story

Update: 2025-08-24
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Ryan Djurovich is the Founder & CEO of Nadrama, the open source infrastructure automation platform that deploys containers instantly.

In this episode, we dig into:

  • Kubernetes challenges that still exist today – setup and operations are notoriously hard and complex.

  • What great developer experience means to him – focused on making deployments super simple by streamlining infrastructure and common tasks.

  • Core value of Nadrama – developers just want to deploy apps; Nadrama abstracts away infrastructure pain.

  • His view on what being truly open source means (including using the Apache 2.0 license)

  • Ryan's user discovery process - talking directly with as many users as possible, mining his network / folks he's worked with in the past, community events & meetups.

  • Navigating the earliest days of Nadrama

  • Security philosophy – believes in baseline security for all accounts (not just enterprise), informed by a Cloudflare background.

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E180: Why Kubernetes Still Needs Simplifying: The Nadrama Story

E180: Why Kubernetes Still Needs Simplifying: The Nadrama Story

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