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Kelsey Hightower

What Kelsey Hightower thinks about design

@kelsey-hightower · 28 positions · On ppll ↗

Self-taught software engineer, formerly a distinguished engineer at Google Cloud and one of the most visible voices in the Kubernetes community; retired from full-time work in 2023 and now advises and invests.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Kelsey Hightower has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingSeven API calls to get a virtual machine was never an intention, it was a procedure — most of our APIs were designed wrong even for humans.

    the cloud

    Their wordsYou have to call like seven APIs to get a VM in the cloud. Create a VM, a network, a storage device connected to a VPC and then attach credentials. Like that's not intent based. I want a VM.

    ↗Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightoweryoutube.com 22nd of 28 in this recording

  3. Our readingMCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago.

    MCP

    Their wordsSo I'm looking at this like guys the fundamentals of this isn't like everything is going to change because of MCP. What the hell? A whole conference guys? This is just API design.

    ↗Kubernetes and retiring at the top with Kelsey Hightoweryoutube.com 23rd of 28 in this recording