Cloud Native Compass

Mauro Morales and Dimitris Karakasilis explain how Kairos turns any Linux distribution into an immutable, A/B-upgradeable OS shipped as an OCI image, and where it fits alongside bootc and other immutable system efforts.

Flatcar maintainers Thilo, Mathieu, and Chewy explain the immutable A/B partition layout, Ignition provisioning, systemd-sysext for Kubernetes, LUKS/TPM disk encryption, and how Nebraska coordinates monthly fleet updates without SSH.

Evelyn Osman joins David and Laura to defend AWK and Bash, argue platform engineering must start by asking "why", and pick apart whether every workload really belongs on Kubernetes. Also covers decoupling CI from CD.

Laura quizzes David on how he uses Claude as a CLI coding partner across the Rawkode Academy monorepo, why he calls it smart coding rather than vibe coding, and the trade-offs around productivity, skill atrophy, and the environmental cost of AI tools.

Adriana Villela explains why developers, not observability teams, should instrument their own code. We cover OpenTelemetry's auto vs manual instrumentation, sampling and cost trade-offs, single-pane-of-glass backends, and the environmental impact of telemetry.