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Runtime Visibility & AI-powered Security in Cloud-Native Environments

Kubernetes and cloud-native platforms have transformed software delivery — but also redefined the attack surface. As threats shift to runtime, visibility and real-time response have become the new security frontline. AI-driven anomaly ...

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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 ...

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Service Mesh Evolution: Ambient Mode, Gateways & The Return of Simpler Architectures

Service mesh is evolving beyond sidecars. Ambient mode and Gateway APIs deliver security, observability, and traffic control with less overhead. Teams benefit from leaner, more flexible architectures ...

Alan Shimel | October 1, 2025 | Alan, ambient mode, cloud native security, container networking, devops, gateway API, Istio, Kubernetes networking, microservices, observability, OpenShift Service Mesh, platform engineering, service mesh, sidecar alternatives, SRE, traffic management, waypoints, ztunnel

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Stateful Microservice Migration & the Live-State Challenge in Kubernetes

Alan argues that Kubernetes can’t ignore state any longer. While stateless apps fit the original vision, real-world workloads — from databases to AI pipelines — demand continuity. A new research framework, MS2M ...

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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 ...

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Shimmy’s Early Look: Can’t-Miss Sessions at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025

CNCF turns 10 as KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 heads to Atlanta this November. With 300+ sessions on Kubernetes, AI, platform engineering, security, and observability, the event showcases the next decade ...

Alan Shimel | September 9, 2025 | AI workloads on Kubernetes, cloud native AI, cloud native events, CloudNativeCon 2025, CNCF community, DevOps conferences 2025, KubeCon 2025, KubeCon keynotes, Kubernetes conference Atlanta, Kubernetes security, multi-cluster orchestration, observability Kubernetes, platform engineering, supply chain security

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? ...

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 | September 5, 2025 | 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

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GitOps Under Fire: Resilience Lessons from GitProtect’s Mid-Year 2025 Incident Report

GitOps may power cloud-native delivery, but rising outages and breaches across GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and Azure DevOps expose just how fragile today’s pipelines really are ...