4/17/2025 Product Thinking for Cloud Native Engineers: Aligning Value, Strategy, and Execution cloud nativeAIoperationsperformance reviewsenvironmentCNCF In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud-native technologies, the role of engineers extends beyond coding and infrastructure management. Cloud-native engineers are now expected to embody product thinking—a mindset that prioritizes user value, operational efficiency, and strategic alignment. This approach is critical for teams operating within the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) ecosystem, where tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and service meshes are foundational. By integrating product thinking into daily workflows, engineers can ensure their efforts directly contribute to business outcomes, operational stability, and innovation.
4/17/2025 Automate Maintainer Tasks With GitHub Actions: A Practical Guide GitHub ActionsOpenTelemetryautomationmaintainer tasksworkshopCNCF In the fast-paced world of open-source development, maintaining code quality and project health requires efficient automation. GitHub Actions provides a powerful platform for streamlining repetitive tasks, while tools like OpenTelemetry enable deeper observability. This guide explores how to leverage GitHub Actions to automate maintainer workflows, enhance security, and improve collaboration within projects. By integrating existing tools and custom scripts, maintainers can reduce manual effort and focus on core development.
4/17/2025 Redesigning Kubelet Probes for Enhanced Networking and Security in OpenShift and CNCF Ecosystems Kubelet ProbesOpenShiftnetworkingCNCF Kubelet Probes are critical components in Kubernetes for ensuring the health and availability of application workloads. As cloud-native ecosystems like OpenShift and CNCF continue to evolve, the limitations of existing probe mechanisms have become increasingly apparent. This article explores the challenges associated with Kubelet Probes, evaluates potential redesign strategies, and discusses their implications for networking, security, and operational efficiency.
4/17/2025 Maintaining the Maintainers: Container D's Practices and Challenges container DmaintainerdataCNCF Container D, a foundational project in the container ecosystem, has faced significant challenges in maintaining its community and governance structure. As a project that has evolved from Docker (2015) and was donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in 2017, Container D exemplifies the complexities of sustaining open-source projects. This article explores the strategies and challenges of maintaining maintainers, emphasizing the role of community engagement, role design, and governance mechanisms in ensuring the project's long-term viability.
4/17/2025 DORA Metrics in Practice: Achieving Observability through Platform Integration DORA MetricsObservabilityCloud Native Maturity ModelPlatformCNCF In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud-native development, the ability to measure and optimize software delivery processes has become critical. DORA Metrics—Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, and Mean Time to Recovery—serve as foundational indicators for assessing team performance and aligning technical practices with business outcomes. However, the fragmented nature of modern toolchains and the lack of end-to-end visibility often hinder the effective implementation of these metrics. This article explores how observability, driven by platform integration and standardized frameworks like OpenTelemetry, can transform DORA metrics from abstract concepts into actionable insights, enabling teams to deliver software faster, reliably, and with greater alignment to business goals.
4/17/2025 Customizing OpenTelemetry Collector with OCB: A CNCF Perspective CNCF The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has established OpenTelemetry as a critical tool for observability in cloud-native systems. At its core, the OpenTelemetry Collector acts as a middleware for processing telemetry data (logs, metrics, traces) from diverse sources. However, its true power lies in its extensibility, which is where the OpenTelemetry Collector Builder (OCB) comes into play. This article explores how OCB enables the creation of custom Collector distributions, emphasizing its role in optimizing performance, security, and deployment flexibility within the CNCF ecosystem.
4/17/2025 Avoiding Breaking Changes in OpenTelemetry Collector: Strategies and Best Practices breaking changesopen telemetry collectoropen senator projectgovernance committeedata ingestCNCF In the rapidly evolving world of software development, breaking changes pose significant risks to project stability and user adoption. The OpenTelemetry Collector, a core component of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) ecosystem, exemplifies how to manage these challenges effectively. This article explores strategies and best practices for avoiding breaking changes, drawing insights from the OpenTelemetry Collector’s architecture and the governance frameworks within the CNCF. By understanding these approaches, developers can ensure smoother transitions and maintain compatibility across diverse user bases.
4/17/2025 Streamline Your App Development With the Power of Cloud Native Tools Cloud Nativestreaming application developmentcloud application developmentcloud native toolsCNCF In the rapidly evolving landscape of cloud-native application development, the integration of specialized tools and frameworks has become essential for optimizing workflows, enhancing scalability, and ensuring reliability. This article explores key cloud-native tools and practices that empower developers to streamline streaming application development, focusing on the CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) ecosystem. By leveraging these tools, teams can accelerate development cycles, reduce operational complexity, and achieve greater agility in deploying and managing cloud-native applications.
4/17/2025 Proxies, Gateways, and Service Mesh: Why Are the Terms So Confusing? ProxiesGatewaysService MeshTest ContainersWeb APICNCF In modern software architecture, terms like *proxies*, *gateways*, and *service meshes* are frequently encountered. However, their overlapping functionalities and ambiguous definitions often lead to confusion. This article clarifies the distinctions between these technologies, their roles in system design, and how they interrelate within the context of cloud-native ecosystems like CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation).
4/17/2025 Kubernetes the Hard Way: A Live Journey Through Manual Cluster Setup Kubernetesclusterscriptstoolslive journeyCNCF Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for container orchestration, enabling scalable and resilient application deployments. However, understanding its inner workings requires more than just using pre-configured tools. This article explores the manual setup of a Kubernetes cluster from scratch, emphasizing the core components and their interactions without relying on automation scripts or third-party tools. The process, known as *Kubernetes the Hard Way*, is designed for educational purposes, offering insights into the architecture and operational nuances of Kubernetes. While this approach is not suitable for production environments due to its complexity and lack of redundancy, it serves as a foundational learning experience for developers and DevOps engineers.