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The New Stack: “CNCF Dragonfly Speeds Container, Model Sharing with P2P”
The New Stack: “CNCF Dragonfly Speeds Container, Model Sharing with P2P” January 16, 2026
Dragonfly project has graduated from CNCF, proving its maturity as a high-scale peer-to-peer system for distributing container images and massive AI models across thousands of nodes.

The New Stack: “Can OpenTelemetry Save Observability in 2026?”
The New Stack: “Can OpenTelemetry Save Observability in 2026?” January 1, 2026
Cost and complexity hobbled observablity in 2025. Is OpenTelemetry part of the solution for 2026?

TFIR: “Kubernetes 1.35 Brings In-Place Pod Updates and Native Identity to Production | Drew Hagen”
TFIR: “Kubernetes 1.35 Brings In-Place Pod Updates and Native Identity to Production | Drew Hagen” December 27, 2025
Kubernetes 1.35 brings in-place pod updates, native workload identity, and AI-optimized scheduling to production. Drew Hagen explains what’s new and why it matters.

TFIR: “How Kubernetes AI Conformance Bridges the Gap Between Cloud Native and AI Workloads”
TFIR: “How Kubernetes AI Conformance Bridges the Gap Between Cloud Native and AI Workloads” December 23, 2025
Alex Chircop explains how Kubernetes AI conformance bridges cloud-native and AI ecosystems, enabling portable AI workloads across major cloud providers including Akamai.

Kubernetes Podcast: “Kubernetes 1.35 Timbernetes, with Drew Hagen”
Kubernetes Podcast: “Kubernetes 1.35 Timbernetes, with Drew Hagen” December 22, 2025
Drew Hagen, the release lead for Kubernetes 1.35, discusses the theme of the release, Timbernetes, which symbolizes resilience and diversity in the Kubernetes community. 

TFIR: “Crossplane Graduates: How Declarative Control Is Reshaping Cloud Infrastructure and AI Ops”
TFIR: “Crossplane Graduates: How Declarative Control Is Reshaping Cloud Infrastructure and AI Ops” December 19, 2025
Crossplane Co-Creator Bassam Tabbara discusses the project’s CNCF graduation, its evolution into a platform engineering foundation, and why AI agents need strong APIs to move beyond code generation.

TFIR: “How CNCF Is Preparing Cloud-Native Projects for AI-First Developers | Alex Chircop”
TFIR: “How CNCF Is Preparing Cloud-Native Projects for AI-First Developers | Alex Chircop” December 19, 2025
Alex Chircop from Akamai explains how CNCF projects are evolving to support AI workloads, from Kubernetes GPU orchestration to open source infrastructure tooling.

The New Stack: “Kubernetes 1.35 “Timbernetes” Introduces Vertical Scaling”
The New Stack: “Kubernetes 1.35 “Timbernetes” Introduces Vertical Scaling” December 17, 2025
This release also features 60 enhancements, including a specialized KYAML format and gang scheduling for AI workloads, while phasing out legacy components like Ingress Nginx and cgroup v1.

Network World: “Kubernetes 1.35 enables zero-downtime resource scaling for production cloud workloads”
Network World: “Kubernetes 1.35 enables zero-downtime resource scaling for production cloud workloads” December 17, 2025
Kubernetes 1.35, dubbed ‘Treenetes,’ delivers in-place pod resource adjustments, a capability that benefits AI training workloads and edge computing deployments.

Help Net Security: “Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services”
Help Net Security: “Prometheus: Open-source metrics and monitoring systems and services” December 15, 2025
Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting system built for environments where services change often and failures can spread fast. For security teams and DevOps engineers, it has become a common way to track system behavior, spot early...