We as Kubernetes developers want to create an interactive experience: where Kubernetes users can get their questions answered by experts in real time, or at least referred to the best known documentation or code example.
Having discussed a few broad ideas, we eventually decided to make [Kubernetes Office Hours][7] a live stream where we take user questions from the audience and present them to our panel of contributors and expert users. We run two sessions: one for European time zones, and one for the Americas. These [streaming setup guidelines][8] make office hours extensible—for example, if someone wants to run office hours for Asia/Pacific timezones, or for another CNCF project.
To give you an idea of what Kubernetes office hours are like, here's Josh Berkus answering a question on running databases on Kubernetes. Despite the popularity of this topic, it's still difficult for a new user to get a constructive answer. Here's an excellent response from Josh:
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