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I noticed they call their groups "pods" and I thought that was poor naming because that's what Kubernetes calls their groups. Then it hit me and I looked up what a gathering of whales is called, and sure enough, it's a "pod". It gave me a little chuckle.


Kubernetes is Greek for the "helmsman" of a ship. The seafaring theme runs deep in the ecosystem




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