Observability

Presenters Elizabeth Gilbert Source WasmCon NA 2025 Whamm: Unleashing the Power of Performant, Sandboxed Instrumentation ✨🚀 Ever felt the pain of fragmented tooling when trying to understand your code’s inner workings? You’re not alone! The world of instrumentation, crucial for everything from debugging to security, has historically been a tangled mess of language-specific solutions. But what if you could write a tool once and deploy it across a multitude of environments with comparable performance? Welcome to the revolutionary world of Whamm, an active research framework from Carnegie Mellon University that’s making this a reality! 🌐 ...

Presenters Kapil Agrawal Source CiliumCon NA 2025 Diving Deep into the IPv6-Only Kubernetes Frontier: ESNet’s Pioneering Journey 🚀 The world of technology is constantly evolving, and networking is no exception. As we push the boundaries of what’s possible with data and connectivity, the transition to IPv6 becomes not just an option, but a necessity. ESNet, a leading force in high-performance networking for U.S. Department of Energy research, has boldly stepped onto the IPv6-only Kubernetes frontier, sharing invaluable lessons learned from their ambitious journey. ...

Presenters Thomas Graf Source CiliumCon NA 2025 Cilium’s Decade of Dominance: From Container Conundrums to Infrastructure Language 🚀 Ten years ago, the world of tech was buzzing with the rise of containers, and with them, a new set of networking and security puzzles. Enter Cilium, a project that embarked on a mission to fundamentally revolutionize container networking. Thomas, a pivotal figure in its journey, recently shared the incredible story of Cilium’s evolution – a tale filled with challenges, breakthroughs, and a vision that continues to expand. ...

Presenters Lin Sun Eitan Yarmush Ricardo Aravena Hannah Foxwell Source OpenSource SecurityCon NA 2025 Navigating the AI Frontier: Security, Trust, and the Rise of Intelligent Agents 🚀 The world of Artificial Intelligence is exploding, and with it, a whole new set of challenges and opportunities. From generative AI to sophisticated AI agents, we’re entering an era where machines are not just processing data, but actively making decisions and interacting with our digital world. But how do we ensure this powerful technology is secure and trustworthy? A recent panel discussion dove deep into these critical questions, exploring whether our current microservices security practices are enough and what new frontiers we need to conquer. ...

Presenters Jessica Kerr Diana Montalion Source GOTO podcast Embracing the Beautifully Broken: How AI is Rewriting the Rules of Software Development 🚀 The year is 2025, and let’s be honest, our systems – both the ones we build and the ones we live within – feel a little… fragile. But here’s the secret sauce, as systems architect Diana Montalian and author Jessica Care so eloquently put it: systems have always been in flux. The real magic isn’t in preventing every single hiccup, but in mastering the art of the response. ...