In this episode of KubernetesBytes, Bhavin and Ryan interview Viktor Farcic, a Developer Advocate from Upbound, the company behind Crossplane. Crossplane extends Kubernetes into becoming a universal control plane for more than what runs in Kubernetes, however, you get to manage everything in a Kubernetes-native way. Hear what Viktor has to say about Crossplane and what hes been up to.   * 01:35 Introduction  * 08:29 Cloud Native News  * 16:15 Crossplane with Viktor  Cloud Native News  * https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/series-b-funding   * https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/introducing-honeycomb-for-kubernetes?hss_channel=lcp-12957659  * https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/18/microsoft-launches-radius-an-open-source-application-platform-for-the-cloud/  * https://docs.radapp.io/  * https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/urgent-new-security-flaws-discovered-in.html  * https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatabackup/news/366557752/CloudCasa-now-offers-self-hosted-Kubernetes-backup-service  * https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kubecost-launches-cloud-cost-optimization-080000850.html    Links  * https://youtube.com/@UCfz8x0lVzJpb_dgWm9kPVrw * https://docs.crossplane.io/  * https://www.crossplane.io/community