6 articles that week
Cloud Native Now, Friday, January 9th, 2026
Every year when we host Predict, we ask what the coming year will demand of technology leaders. For 2026, the answer is unavoidable. AI is the story. But for the cloud native community, the real story is what AI is forcing us to confront about platforms, infrastructure, and operational maturity.
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Cloud Native Now, Wednesday, January 7th, 2026
Induprakas 'Indu' Keri explores why organizations are increasingly shifting from a cloud-first mindset to a cloud-fit strategy as containerized applications mature.
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CI/CD pipelines are a core part of modern cloud-native systems. They help teams build, test and deploy software quickly. In the past, CI/CD was mainly about automation and speed. Today, it is also about security, reliability and governance.
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Kubernetes environments face constant threats from failures, spikes and hidden anomalies that spike downtime and mean time to recovery (MTTR).
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Kubernetes has become the de facto platform for running containerized workloads at scale. While spinning up a cluster is relatively straightforward, operating Kubernetes reliably in production is far more challenging. Teams often encounter issues related to scalability, security, observability and day-two operations that are rarely discussed in quick-start guides.
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If you're tired of wrestling with AI development workflows, here's some refreshing news: Docker has introduced an open-source framework called cagent that transforms how AI agents are built and orchestrated. Think of it as an AI development Swiss Army Knife that eliminates the headaches of managing Python setups, juggling between different SDK versions and writing endless orchestration code.
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