Explore high availability strategies in Kubernetes using Vitess in this conference talk by PlanetScale's cofounder and CEO, Jiten Vaidya. Learn how to handle infrastructure failures in cloud-native environments, focusing on Vitess features like vtgate-as-proxy and data recovery through duplication. Discover the integration of third-party tools such as Prometheus for enhanced monitoring and observability. Through a live demonstration, understand how to design for high availability, prepare for risks, avert disasters, and recover from catastrophic failures in cloud infrastructures.