What if you could package, distribute, and secure Agent Skills like you do with your container images, configuration, and libraries? This is my proposal for an open specification for managing Skills as OCI Artifacts, re-using the same tools and infra you already have today, and addressing the challenges of the current Git-based approach.

https://www.thomasvitale.com/agent-skills-as-oci-artifacts/

#AgentSkills #AI #OCI #CloudNative

Agent Skills as OCI Artifacts

I'm proposing a specification for packaging and distributing Agent Skills as OCI Artifacts for skills discovery, full portability, provenance, integrity, and enterprise features.

Thomas Vitale
Hands-on workshop @fluentbit updated to use the latest 5.0 release series! Get your skills updated today with this free online #workshop with 10 labs for you to explore. #cloudnative #observability #o11y https://bit.ly/fluentbit-workshop
Are you ready for some fun with @fluentbit v5.0? I've pushed out an update for the Fluent Bit Install project and next up will be updates to the Fluent Bit workshop series! #cloudnative #observability #o11y https://gitlab.com/o11y-workshops/fluentbit-install-demo

Week Ending March 29: etcd patch, Ingress issue, patch releases, GH repository changes, NodeLogQuery, and Partitionable Devices

https://lwkd.info/2026/20260401

#kubernetes #containers #CloudNative

Week Ending March 29, 2026

Developer News

Last Week in Kubernetes Development
From @fluentbit docs HQ: our community ask for visual support of event types for each input, filter, and output plugin. Below image shows @opentelemetry input plugin doc: #logs, #metrics, and #traces supported! #cloudnative #observability #o11y https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/data-pipeline/inputs/opentelemetry

Speed. Immediacy. Traceability.

That’s where #EventDrivenArchitecture shines in banking: decoupled systems, scalable services & clear activity trails.

But … EDA also introduces new complexity, failure modes & operational challenges.

In this #InfoQ article, Chris Tacey-Green breaks down where EDA actually adds value in banking systems - and the practical patterns needed to make it reliable.

📰 Read now: https://bit.ly/48asPCL

#SoftwareArchitecture #EDA #CloudNative #FinancialApplications

Case Study: Moving Orbx to a unified #GoogleCloud stack.

Before: 3 cloud providers + on-prem = massive operational overhead.
After: Unified architecture, automated pipelines, and 30% cost savings.

Read the case study on the Google blog:

https://cloud.google.com/customers/orbx?hl=en

#CloudNative #DevOps

Orbx case study

Orbx unifies data on Google Cloud to power real-time immersive simulations while cutting cloud spend by 30%.

Google Cloud

Bring Kubernetes to Air-Gapped environments? Here’s how Cytrence Kiwi makes it simple!

Kubernetes-driven workflows offer huge advantages beyond Cloud, especially for enterprises. However, air-gapped environments are still everywhere, with security leading the way.

Checkout the demo and learn more at cytrence.com

#AirGapped #Kubernetes #CloudNative #DevOps #CyberSecurity #EnterpriseIT #kvm #crashcart #k8s #k3s

https://youtube.com/shorts/Jrjc7fhZcNQ

Air-Gapped K3s w/Cytrence Kiwi+ Drive #kvm #k8s #k3s #kubernetes #devops

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We're currently in the release process of #heptapod 18.10.0rc1, planning to deploy on foss.heptapod.net tomorrow 2026-04-01 starting around 15:00 UTC+2.

This is a small #gitlab version jump, from 18.8 to 18.10. We recommend checking GitLab's announcements about the underlying changes.

Also this will be the first Heptapod release with the full remote HGitaly feature (disabled by default of course), formulti-system deployments and eventually #CloudNative.

Distributed inference is becoming a standard cloud native workload.
#llmd has joined the #CNCF Sandbox, bringing Kubernetes-native routing, orchestration, and disaggregated serving to AI inference.

Learn more: https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/03/24/welcome-llm-d-to-the-cncf-evolving-kubernetes-into-sota-ai-infrastructure/
#Kubernetes #AI #CloudNative #CNCF

Welcome llm-d to the CNCF: Evolving Kubernetes into SOTA AI infrastructure

We are thrilled to announce that llm-d has officially been accepted as a Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox project! As generative AI transitions from research labs to production…

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