We who work in Cloud Native organisations have largely solved the problem of the increased complexity in setting up a Kubernetes platform. But there’s something we have not solved: how to make Kubernetes simple for developers to use.

More than a year after the last post of our series regarding the Cloud Native Computing Foundation’s official Kubernetes Certified Administrator program, one might be surprised to see that Kelsey Hightower’s tutorial, Kubernetes the Hard Way, remains one of the main sources to prepare for the exam. But it has earned that distinction. It indeed provides a comprehensive and extensive way of practicing what you will need to know to earn.