Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way

A presentation at ConFoo 2026 in in Montreal, QC, Canada by Aurélie Vache

Understanding Kubernetes can be difficult or time-consuming.

Years ago, I reimagined its core concepts—pods, deployments, services, jobs… and began explaining them visually. After two years of late-night work, I published an illustrated book covering everything from basics to debugging.

In this talk, I’ll share that journey and then I will explain Kubernetes, and its core concepts, to you … in a visual way :-).