Community
Cloud Native Tampa Bay
Official CNCF Community Chapter
Tampa Bay’s home for cloud native practitioners, where Kubernetes users, platform engineers, and enterprise AI leaders come together to share knowledge, solve real problems, and grow at every experience level.
Join the Community
CNCF Community Platform (Primary)
The official Cloud Native Computing Foundation community platform for Tampa Bay. This is where we organize events, share updates, and coordinate meetups.
How to join:
- Visit community.cncf.io/cloud-native-tampa-bay
- Click the “Join” button
- Create a free CNCF account (or sign in if you have one)
- You’ll receive notifications about upcoming events
LinkedIn Group: Cloud Native Tampa Bay
Connect with members, share articles, and participate in discussions between meetups.
How to join:
- Visit the LinkedIn Group
- Click “Request to join”
- Answer the membership questions (helps us keep quality high)
- You’ll be approved within 24 hours
Slack: CNCF Tampa
Real-time discussions with the Tampa Bay cloud native community. Ask questions, share resources, and connect with local practitioners.
How to join:
- Get an invite link from a community organizer or at a meetup
- Visit cncf-tampa.slack.com
- Create your account with the invite link
- Introduce yourself in #general
What We Cover
- Kubernetes fundamentals through advanced production patterns
- Cloud native AI infrastructure and deployment strategies
- Hybrid and multi-cloud architectures
- Enterprise governance, compliance, and security (HIPAA, SOX, PCI, EU AI Act)
- GPU resource optimization and cost management
- Multi-tenant platform operations
- Strategies for regulated industries: finance, healthcare, manufacturing
Who Should Join
- Technical Practitioners: Platform Engineers, SREs, ML Engineers, and Developers
- Leadership: CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, VPs of Engineering, and Enterprise Architects
- Business & Governance: Compliance Officers, Risk Managers, and Product Managers
- Newcomers: Anyone curious about cloud native technologies
What to Expect
Hands-On Workshops
We don’t just talk about infrastructure. We deploy it. Bring your laptop, follow along, and leave with working code.
Real-World Case Studies
Learn from practitioners who’ve shipped production systems in regulated industries. What worked, what didn’t, and what they’d do differently.
No Sales Pitches
This is a practitioner community. Vendors are welcome to participate, but this isn’t a place to pitch products.
Honest Conversations
87% of AI projects fail. Let’s talk about why and how to be in the 13% that succeed.
Past Events
Fast Track AI Deployment: Master KServe in an Hour!
Production AI inference infrastructure with KServe — deploying Kubernetes, Istio, Knative, and monitoring in 60 minutes using kFabric.
Revised: Applying Lessons from the k8s Security Audit
Security best practices and lessons learned from the Kubernetes security audit.
Stateful Sets: The Last Major Frontier in Kubernetes
Deep dive into StatefulSets for managing stateful applications in Kubernetes.
Isle of Cats: Kubernetes Networking Revealed
Understanding Kubernetes networking from fundamentals to advanced patterns.
KUDO: The Kubernetes Universal Declarative Operator
Building and managing Kubernetes operators with KUDO.
Organizers
David Lapsley - Founder & CEO, Stealth Trevor Roberts Jr - Infrastructure Engineering, Capital One
Questions?
Email davidlapsleyio@gmail.com or reach out on any of our community platforms above.