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2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
Staff Post 2024 year in review of CNCF and top 30 open source project velocity 
By Chris Aniszczyk  By consistently tracking open source project velocity, we are able to see the trends and technologies resonating with developers and end users. We have been tracking these trends since 2017; all previous blogs...
January 29, 2025
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Newbie No More: Lessons from My First KubeCon + CloudNativeCon as a Speaker
Ambassador Post Newbie No More: Lessons from My First KubeCon + CloudNativeCon as a Speaker
Introduction April in London has never felt so electric. From the first footstep in the ExCeL halls to the hallway conversations, KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 was a whirlwind of new ideas, familiar faces, and those...
June 10, 2025 | Sandipan Panda

GitOps in 2025: From Old-School Updates to the Modern Way
Ambassador Post GitOps in 2025: From Old-School Updates to the Modern Way
1. Introduction: Why Everyone’s Talking About GitOps in 2025 It’s 2025, and building software is more cloud-driven than ever. Cloud computing offers incredible speed and flexibility, but it also brings complexity. Companies are expected to ship...
June 9, 2025 | Gerardo Lopez and Saloni Narang

Cloud Native Bangkok launched as the official chapter for Thailand
Ambassador Post Cloud Native Bangkok launched as the official chapter for Thailand
We’re happy to announce that, following the growing interest in and adoption of Cloud Native technologies in Thailand, an official chapter was just launched within the CNCF platform: Cloud Native Bangkok. Local enthusiasts from various companies...
May 16, 2025

How to install and run Minikube with Rootless Podman on ARM-based MacBooks
Ambassador Post How to install and run Minikube with Rootless Podman on ARM-based MacBooks
minikube provides a local Kubernetes cluster on macOS, Linux, and Windows. minikube’s primary goals are to be the best tool for local Kubernetes application development and to support all Kubernetes features that fit into that environment....
May 13, 2025 | Gerald Venzl

Tea & Peaches: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon London Recap, Atlanta Sneak-Peek
Ambassador Post Tea & Peaches: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon London Recap, Atlanta Sneak-Peek
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 in London was nothing short of historic. As the biggest KubeCon to date — with 12,418 attendees, including 46% first-timers — it was a moment of celebration, reflection, and connection for...
May 9, 2025 | CNCF Ambassadors Faseela K., Kasper Borg Nissen, Abby Bangser, & Joseph Sandoval

Technology Where I Belong
Ambassador Post Technology Where I Belong
When I first started working with technology, it felt like a promise. A promise that we could change the world for the better. As a young developer building Java applications, I was fascinated by how code...
May 7, 2025 | Sergio Canales

The CNCF TOC @ KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
Ambassador Post The CNCF TOC @ KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
The Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) provides technical leadership to the cloud native community. Strong TOC participation at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in London enabled in-person discussions and strategic planning for CNCF project technical priorities...
April 16, 2025 | Faseela K

Components vs. Containers: Fight?
Ambassador Post Components vs. Containers: Fight?
WebAssembly components offer a new way to deploy microservices and other applications in cloud native environments. This naturally raises the question: is the upstart component out to replace containers? Or is this one of those situations...
April 9, 2025 | Taylor Thomas, CNCF Ambassador

Cloud Native Telco Culminating in London the Week of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
Ambassador Post Cloud Native Telco Culminating in London the Week of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
The first week of April, from March 31st to April 4th will be a huge week for cloud native and Telco in London, and it will be a great opportunity to highlight how much telecom is...
March 20, 2025 | Philippe Ensarguet (VP Software Engineering, Orange), Fassela K. (CNCF TOC | Cloud Native Developer, Ericsson), Tom Kivlin (Principal Telco Cloud Architect, Vodafone), and Joel Studler (System Architect, Swisscom)

Scaling Platform Building: Balancing What is Unique to Your Org and Common Across Teams
Ambassador Post Scaling Platform Building: Balancing What is Unique to Your Org and Common Across Teams
In today’s fast-paced tech landscape, platform engineering has become a strategic priority for organisations seeking to streamline development, enhance operational efficiency, and maintain a competitive edge. Building an internal platform that serves your organisation’s unique needs...
March 18, 2025 | Abby Bangser

Dapr in Two Minutes: Simplifying Distributed Application Development
Ambassador Post Dapr in Two Minutes: Simplifying Distributed Application Development
Dapr (Distributed Application Runtime) takes the pain out of building distributed applications by offering developers simple “building block” APIs to manage the challenges of connecting with complex infrastructure. Developers can use these APIs to interact with...
March 11, 2025 | Whitney Lee

Exploring multi-cluster fault tolerance with k8gb
Ambassador Post Exploring multi-cluster fault tolerance with k8gb
Ambassador post by Gerardo Lopez (The Spanish version of this post is below.) As a CNCF Ambassador and proud Kubestronaut, I am always eager to explore innovative tools that enhance the resilience and scalability of cloud-native...
February 19, 2025

Demo an Automated Canary Deployment on Kubernetes with Argo Rollouts, Istio, and Prometheus
Ambassador Post Demo an Automated Canary Deployment on Kubernetes with Argo Rollouts, Istio, and Prometheus
Building stuff is fun! Let’s use Argo Rollouts, Istio, and Prometheus to automate a canary deployment on Kubernetes! The application we’ll run is the Argo Rollouts Demo Application which does a great job of visualizing how...
February 18, 2025 | Whitney Lee

What is GitLab Runner?
Ambassador Post What is GitLab Runner?
Ambassador post by Natalia Granato, CNCF Ambassador GitLab Runner is an open-source application that runs jobs defined in your GitLab CI/CD pipelines. It can be installed on different platforms, including virtual machines, bare-metal servers, and Kubernetes....
January 17, 2025

Observing and monitoring Large Language Model workloads with Ray
Ambassador Post Observing and monitoring Large Language Model workloads with Ray
Ambassador post by Swastik Gour Introduction The emergence of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT-4, PHI2, BERT, and T5 revolutionized natural language processing, with these models empowering high-end applications, including chatbots, recommendation systems, and analytics....
January 16, 2025

Platform engineering at KubeCon + CloudNative NA 2024 in Salt Lake City
Ambassador Post Platform engineering at KubeCon + CloudNative NA 2024 in Salt Lake City
Ambassador post originally published on Medium by Mathieu Benoit, CNCF Ambassador KubeCon NA 2024 in Salt Lake City was a blast! Like always, I met with old friends, I made new friends and I had deep...
January 15, 2025

RustCoder: AI-assisted Rust learning
Ambassador Post RustCoder: AI-assisted Rust learning
Member post originally published on Second State’s blog by CNCF Ambassadors Vivian Hu, Product Manager at Second State, and Miley Fu, DevRel at Second State Rust has been voted the most beloved programming language by StackOverflow...
January 10, 2025

Unlocking cloud native security with Cilium and eBPF
Ambassador Post Unlocking cloud native security with Cilium and eBPF
Ambassador post originally published on Dev.to by Syed Asad Raza Introduction 🌐🔒🚀 As cloud-native applications scale, securing workloads while maintaining performance becomes critical. This is where Cilium, an open-source networking, observability, and security tool, shines. Backed...
January 2, 2025

Running a production-ready Raspbery Pi Kubernetes cluster at home
Ambassador Post Running a production-ready Raspbery Pi Kubernetes cluster at home
Ambassador post originally published on Gerald on IT by Gerald Venzl In this guide, I’ll cover how to run a production-ready Raspberry Pi Kubernetes Cluster using K3s. Background If you are like me, you probably have...
December 27, 2024

Navigating Platform Engineering pitfalls with WebAssembly components
Ambassador Post Navigating Platform Engineering pitfalls with WebAssembly components
Ambassador post by Liam Randall, CNCF Ambassador and CEO, Cosmonic We recently had the opportunity to reflect on the state of platform engineering within large companies—and the role WebAssembly has to play in the discipline’s future....
December 23, 2024