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LLMs & Kubernetes Configuration: Automating Hardening, Drift Detection and Policy Enforcement
Kubernetes misconfigurations remain the top security risk. AI copilots promise automated hardening, drift detection, and policy enforcement to make clusters safer ...
Alan Shimel | | admission controllers, AI copilots, AI in Kubernetes, cloud native security, cncf, drift detection, GitOps, KubeGuard, kubernetes, Kubernetes governance, kubernetes hardening, Kubernetes misconfiguration, Kubernetes security, Kyverno, large language models, LLMs, OPA, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering, RBAC, YAML Jenga

Bridging Observability & Security in Kubernetes: Beyond Just Metrics
Kubernetes has expanded agility but also the attack surface. Alan argues that observability and security can no longer live in silos — metrics, logs, and traces already hold critical security signals, while ...
Alan Shimel | | anomaly detection, C2 traffic, cloud native security, convergence, cross-training, crypto-mining, devops, kubernetes, lateral movement, logs, metrics, observability, observability-driven security, OpenTelemetry, organizational silos, platform engineering, runtime security, security, SRE, tool sprawl, traces

GitOps at Fleet Scale: Decentralization vs. Control
Alan unpacks Red Hat’s agent-based GitOps architecture for OpenShift and what it means for scaling GitOps across fleets of Kubernetes clusters. From central control to decentralized agents, discover how balance drives the ...

The Corrupt Algorithm: Securing the AI Supply Chain with Containers
The pipelines are green. The dashboards are clear. Commits are flowing without a hitch. For most DevOps teams, that’s the definition of success: smooth builds, tested deployments, automation firing on all cylinders ...

Runtime Visibility: The Missing Layer in Cloud-Native Security
Cloud-native security can’t rely on old perimeter defenses. With workloads spinning up in seconds, runtime visibility is now the missing layer leaders must prioritize. Learn why observability is security, how tools like ...

Most Cloud-Native Roles are Software Engineers
Cloud-native job market 2025: Software Engineers dominate at 47%, followed by DevOps, Platform Engineers, and SREs. See role trends and insights ...

eBPF: The Silent Power Behind Cloud Native’s Next Phase
eBPF is quietly reshaping cloud native computing, powering service meshes, observability, networking, and security directly in the Linux kernel. By reducing sidecar overhead, enabling zero-instrumentation telemetry, and enhancing runtime protection, eBPF is ...
Alan Shimel | | Cilium eBPF, cloud native 2.0, eBPF, eBPF in DevOps, eBPF networking, eBPF performance monitoring, eBPF security, extended Berkeley Packet Filter, Falco eBPF, Istio Ambient Mesh eBPF, kernel-level programmability, Kubernetes eBPF, Linux kernel observability, Pixie observability, service mesh without sidecars, Tetragon runtime security, zero-instrumentation observability

Fitting Square Kubernetes Into the Round AI-Native Apps
Kubernetes tamed cloud-native workloads, but AI-native apps push its limits. Can it evolve for GPU-first, data-intensive AI — or is it time for new control planes? ...
Alan Shimel | | AI control plane, AI infrastructure, AI pipelines Kubernetes, AI-native applications, cloud-native vs AI-native, container orchestration AI, distributed training orchestration, GPU scheduling, inference at scale, internal developer platforms, Kubeflow, KubeRay, kubernetes, Kubernetes AI workloads, Kubernetes future, Kubernetes limitations, Kubernetes vs AI, platform engineering, Ray on Kubernetes, Volcano scheduler

Best Practices for Monitoring Your Kubernetes Applications
Kubernetes has become the backbone of modern cloud-native applications, offering unique flexibility and scalability. However, with its complexity, there are significant challenges in maintaining visibility of the health and performance of Kubernetes ...

From Observability to Actionability: Why Metrics Alone Aren’t Enough
Observability has plateaued. The next step is actionable observability—using AI, automation, and SLOs to turn telemetry into reliable outcomes ...
Alan Shimel | | actionable observability, AIOps, anomaly detection, auto-remediation, cloud native, continuous verification, devops, ELK stack, golden paths, internal developer platforms, metrics logs traces, observability, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering, SLO-driven operations, SRE, telemetry automation