Why Ephemeral Environments Are a Game-Changer for Testing with Ramiro Berrelleza

04/02/25 • 30 min

In this episode, Ole sits down with Ramiro Berrelleza, CEO and co-founder of Okteto, to explore the evolution and impact of ephemeral environments in cloud-native development. They discuss the challenges of testing in traditional setups, how Kubernetes enables ephemeral environments, and their growing role beyond testing—spanning customer research, support, and more. The conversation also dives into data management strategies and the seamless integration of ephemeral environments into the development lifecycle, emphasizing faster feedback loops and enhanced collaboration between developers and QA teams.

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Cloud Native Testing Podcast - Why Ephemeral Environments Are a Game-Changer for Testing with Ramiro Berrelleza

Transcript

Ole Lensmar (00:01.08)
Hello and welcome to this episode of the Cloud Native Testing Podcast. I am super honored and thrilled and amazed and happy to be joined today by Ramiro Berrelleza who is the CEO and co-founder of Okteto one of the first players in the ephemeral environment provisioning space for communities and Cloud Native, which is obviously super interesting from a testing perspective. Ramiro, welcome. Tell us about yourself.
Ramiro Berrelleza (00:25.583)
Hi, Ole Thank you.