Knative
Knative is an open-source platform built on Kubernetes for deploying, running, and managing serverless and event-driven applications. It provides a set of middleware components that simplify the development of cloud-native applications by abstracting away the underlying infrastructure complexities. Key features include automatic scaling, eventing for building event-driven architectures, and serving for request-driven workloads.
Developers should learn Knative when building serverless applications on Kubernetes, as it offers a higher-level abstraction that reduces operational overhead and enables faster deployment cycles. It is particularly useful for microservices, event-driven systems, and applications requiring auto-scaling based on demand, such as APIs, web services, or data processing pipelines in cloud-native environments.