Nathan Eddy, Author at Cloud Native Now

Why IDPs are the Only Way to Scale Kubernetes Beyond Experts

Kubernetes is the default control plane for infrastructure but poses challenges for developers managing its complexities. Internal developer platforms (IDPs) are emerging to create abstraction layers, reducing operational burdens through standardized APIs ...

Nathan Eddy | March 10, 2026 | application teams, control plane, DORA metrics, feature development, golden paths, infrastructure operations, infrastructure orchestration, internal developer platforms, kubernetes, operational complexity, platform engineering, productivity, scalability, self-service, service catalogs

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AI Agents Power Cloud-Native Transformation

AI agents are redefining cloud-native development by embedding intelligence into DevOps workflows — optimizing pipelines, automating debugging, and accelerating release cycles. Experts like Promevo CTO John Pettit explain how these autonomous systems ...

Nathan Eddy | October 30, 2025 | AI agents, AI code reviewer, AI in DevOps, AI in software engineering, AI observability, AI-powered debugging, autonomous systems, CI/CD optimization, cloud infrastructure management, cloud-native transformation, DevOps automation, intelligent automation, platform engineering, shift left security, software delivery lifecycle (SDLC)

Kubernetes or Chaos: The Risks of Running AI Workloads Without Orchestration

When AI environments aren’t orchestrated, the result is GPU waste, job starvation, dependency conflicts, and runaway cloud bills. It’s like running a data center without a traffic controller—everything eventually collides. Most organizations ...

Nathan Eddy | October 17, 2025 | AI Workloads, gpu, kubernetes, orchestration

Why Docker Matters for Data Science

Docker containers make data science projects portable and reliable, eliminating version conflicts and missing libraries and making it easy for teams to share and run data science projects in the exact same ...

Nathan Eddy | October 17, 2025 | data science, docker, ML, VMs

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CNCF, Docker Partnership Streamlines Container Security, Operations

CNCF and Docker partner to boost open source projects with security, scalability and trusted container delivery through Docker’s DSOS program ...

Nathan Eddy | September 25, 2025 | cloud native security, CNCF Docker partnership, CNCF projects Kubernetes Prometheus Envoy OpenTelemetry, container image provenance, container registry scalability, container security, DevSecOps open source, Docker Hub trusted images, Docker Hub usage insights, Docker Scout vulnerability scanning, Docker Sponsored Open Source, DSOS program, open source maintainers, open source software supply chain security

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Why Dapr is the Productivity Boost Every Cloud-Native Team Needs

A new CNCF survey shows 96% of developers using Dapr report faster development cycles, with many citing 30%+ productivity gains. Adoption of the open-source runtime is accelerating as enterprises expand AI-driven applications, ...