platform engineering
Why Your Kubernetes Network is Still a Black Box — And How to Fix It
Kubernetes networking failures are hard to diagnose. Learn how eBPF and Microsoft Retina provide real-time network observability across your cluster ...
Pod Requests Are the Input to Every Kubernetes Cost Control Loop
Pod CPU and memory requests drive Kubernetes scheduling, autoscaling and cost allocation. Learn why rightsizing them improves cost control ...
What to Expect From Kubernetes 1.36
Kubernetes 1.36 launches April 22, 2026, marking a major shift in networking as Ingress-Nginx retires in favor of the more scalable Gateway API. Key updates include bolstered Linux User Namespaces for better ...
Adrian Bridgwater | | admission control config, CloudNativeCon, cluster security, container isolation, Deployment Stability, DRA, Dynamic Resource Allocation, EKS, fat image anti-pattern, gateway API, ingress-nginx retirement, Karpenter, KubeCon Europe, Kubernetes 1.36, Linux user namespaces, LLM weights, manifest-based admission control, OCI artifacts, platform engineering, security patches, specialized hardware, taints and tolerations, upgrade risk, VolumeSource, WatchCache
Why Kubernetes Reliability Is Now a Machine-Speed Problem
Kubernetes incidents now unfold at machine speed. AI-driven systems help SRE teams identify root causes faster ...
Software Supply Chain Security: Why 99% of Your Container is Mystery Code
In a recent talk, the disparity between developers and platform engineers in container security was highlighted, revealing how a single line of code can pull in thousands of vulnerabilities. This article discusses ...
Jeroen van Erp | | Attestation, container security, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Dependency Management, Developer Relations, GitOps, Kubewarden, platform engineering, Provenance, Secure Base Images, SLSA compliance, Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), software supply chain security, Trust in Software Development., vulnerabilities
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 | | 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
Why Service Mesh is Poised for a Dramatic Comeback in 2026
Sidecarless service mesh architectures like Istio Ambient Mode are reducing complexity and reigniting enterprise adoption in 2026 ...
Promotion Across Kubernetes and Hybrid Environments
In 2026, multi- and hybrid environments are increasingly the norm. For platform engineering, DevOps and application developers, this adds complexity to the software delivery lifecycle. For cloud-native teams, Kubernetes may anchor application ...
Hybrid Cloud at Enterprise Scale: Private Kubernetes for Portability and Control
Private Kubernetes is the missing abstraction layer for enterprise hybrid cloud. Learn how a private Kubernetes platform enables portability, security, governance, and freedom from vendor lock-in across on-prem, private cloud, and public ...
Shravani Gunturu | | AKS, cloud abstraction layer, cloud portability, EKS, enterprise cloud strategy, enterprise Kubernetes, GitOps, GKE, hybrid cloud, hybrid cloud architecture, Kubernetes governance, Kubernetes platform, Kubernetes security, multicloud strategy, Openshift, openstack, platform engineering, private cloud Kubernetes, private Kubernetes, vendor lock-in
The Rise of Context-Aware Platforms in Cloud-Native Engineering
Context-aware platforms are reshaping cloud-native engineering by unifying metadata, governance and delivery signals to boost developer flow and operational intelligence ...

