KubeCon is only a few years old, but the conference dedicated to Kubernetes’ open-source platform for better managing containerized software applications has grown exponentially. According to a 2018 survey, more than 8,000 people attended last year’s event, which has become the flagship conference hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, with the majority being first-time attendees. This year, that number is expected to be higher as more developers and even big-name companies focus on Kubernetes and cloud-native computing architectures.