The Road to KubeCon

Bill Doerrfeld | September 8, 2026

My weekly series for The New Stack will give you everything you need to know on the Road To KubeCon

Cool update: I'm writing a weekly series for The New Stack this fall covering Kubernetes, cloud native, and everything happening on the road to KubeCon in November.


The first edition drops this Friday. 🚀


Think of "Road to KubeCon" as a slightly gossip-column-ish weekly digest of what's stirring in the world of Kubernetes.


Each week, I'll be digging through what happened over the previous days and what's coming next. 


That'll probably include: new releases, Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announcements, Kubernetes updates, KubeCon event updates, new open source projects, and things related to platform engineering, AI infrastructure, networking, hybrid cloud, and observability.


So: send me things!


PRs. Releases. Studies. Interesting open source updates. KubeCon news. Strong opinions. Weird trends you're noticing. People doing cool things with Kubernetes or CNCF projects.


I'll have a friendly AI helping me gather research each week, but the human take isn't all that bad either.


If you work anywhere around Kubernetes/cloud native and have something I should know about, my inbox is open.


Big thanks to Nick Lucchesi for the opportunity. Road to KubeCon begins Friday. Let's get cloud native. ☁️

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Road To KubeCon


This series has begun! Here are links to the editions published so far. The most recent is on top:

Edition #6: AI agents turn one request into about 20. Kubernetes is evolving to handle it. Edition #5: Kubernetes on cgroup v1 is dead. Here’s what comes next. Edition #4: What Kubernetes’ “monolith” lesson means for AI agent harnesses Edition #3: OpenTelemetry and Prometheus are getting along. What’s still missing? Edition #2: Kubernetes can run AI inference. But can it count the real cost? Edition #1: Kubernetes v1.37 brings 67 enhancements. Which matter for operators?

You can also view the archive on The New Stack:

Road to KubeCon Archive

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