Update on CNCF and Open Source Project Velocity 2020
Back in 2017, we provided insight into the top 30 highest velocity open source projects at the time and the findings were very interesting. This year, we want to look at both CNCF’s project velocity as…
The 30 highest Velocity open source projects
Open Source projects exhibit natural increasing returns to scale. That’s because most developers are interested in using and participating in the largest projects, and the projects with the most developers are more likely to quickly fix…
Good apps aren’t born, they’re guided: Building observable policy as code
As parents in tech, we’ve learned that neither children nor applications thrive without clear boundaries. There are no “good” or “bad” kids, just as there are no inherently “good” or “bad” applications, only behaviors shaped by…
Flagship event returns November 9–12 with sessions on production AI, platform engineering and cloud native security Key Highlights SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, 2026 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud…
OpenTelemetry has graduated… Now what?
In case you missed it: OpenTelemetry (OTel) has officially achieved CNCF graduated status! It now stands proudly alongside amazing open source projects such as Kubernetes and Prometheus, to name just a few. It’s been a long journey, and we’re very…
Challenge For more than ten years, HDFC Bank’s payments infrastructure reliably supported the organization’s growing digital banking ecosystem. However, the rapid acceleration of digital payment adoption and the emergence of real-time financial services created new requirements…
Challenge: Scaling Infrastructure Without Linear Team Growth Operating Kubernetes at large scale required more than deploying clusters. Manual provisioning and ad-hoc operations would not scale, and planned maintenance could not be disruptive. As internal adoption increased,…
Challenge As an authorized Payment Aggregator, Razorpay operates under the strict oversight of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The RBI PA Master Directions mandate absolute operating resilience, which introduces several highly specific, non-negotiable security requirements:…
OpenTelemetry is now the number two CNCF project by contribution velocity. CNCF CTO Chris Aniszczyk explains OTel vendor optionality and AI workload extensions.
Challenge A transformative business vision demanded an equally future-ready technology foundation. The program required carefully balancing large-scale transformation with operational continuity—supporting the organization’s immediate business priorities while establishing a scalable, cloud-native foundation for the “Next Generation…