State of CloudโNative 2026: CNCF CTOโs Insights and Predictions
CNCF CTO outlines the cloud-native state: Kubernetes, observability, AI, FinOps and security convergenceโโโ2026 predictions
The CTO of the @cncf.io, @cra.dev, gave an interesting observation about how observability and security are converging.
Check out the latest OpenObservability Talks episode:
medium.com/p/479e6bbf793c
#CNCF #observability #security #cloudnative
@horovits.bsky.social
22.02.2026 20:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
a great opening for 2026!
17.02.2026 13:59 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I was at Open Source Summit Japan when the news came out: Agentic AI Foundation #AAIF was founded under @linuxfoundation.org bringing together @anthropic.com's MCP @opensource.block.xyzโs goose and @openaidevs.bsky.social's AGENTS
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@cra.dev @openobservability.bsky.social
17.02.2026 13:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The #Dapr project gives instant #DistributedTracing and #observability to your application.
Hear from @daprdev.bsky.social co-creator Yaron Schneider in his fireside chat with @horovits.bsky.social about the project and how to build #microservices the easy way:
medium.com/p/eb2f4013d9a1
@cncf.io
09.02.2026 18:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ W00t I'm @sessionize.com 's Speaker of the Day!
I'll celebrate it with friends here @ndcconferences.com London, and @fosdem.org this weekend ๐
Huge thanks to #Sessionize and to every event organizer for giving me the stage ๐
sessionize.com/horovits/
#PublicSpeaking #DevRel
29.01.2026 11:51 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
way to go to our host ๐
You can also hear @horovits.bsky.social online at OpenObservability Talks ๐๏ธ
04.02.2026 08:47 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Great catching up with Mario Macรญas at #OTelUnplugged EU after #FOSDEM, and discussing #OpenTelemetry, #eBPF instrumentation and more.
Check out my recent @openobservability.bsky.social episode with Mario: horovits.medium.com/unveiling-op...
02.02.2026 18:54 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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More predictions in the full episode!
25.01.2026 19:43 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ถ๏ธ๐ถ๏ธ One bold prediction by @cra.dev , the CTO of the #CNCF, about the role of #AI in #opensource
Chris and I will be @fosdem.org , if you want to debate this one ๐
In the meantime, check out the latest OpenObservability Talks episode for this and more:
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25.01.2026 10:00 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
The CTO of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation @cncf.io, @cra.dev, gave some bold predictions for 2026, on his fireside chat with @horovits.bsky.social.
Check out the latest episode and start the year with the best insights:
๐ medium.com/p/479e6bbf79...
#opensource #cloudnative
22.01.2026 08:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
what an opening for the year!
21.01.2026 19:46 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
thanks for the share! ๐
21.01.2026 19:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Kicking off 2026 with a very special episode @openobservability.bsky.social ๐๏ธ
I invited the @cncf.io's CTO @cra.dev for a fireside chat, to take a moment to reflect. Ten years of #CNCF. What a journey!
and Chris gave some bold predictions you don't want to miss ๐
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18.01.2026 10:01 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
๐ข January episode is out! ๐ข
Opening 2026 with the CTO of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation @cncf.io @cra.dev
Listen/Watch:
๐ง podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ope...
๐บ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf4C...
Or read the recap post:
๐ medium.com/p/479e6bbf79...
#CNCF #CloudNative #2026Predictions
17.01.2026 19:51 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Our top 3 countries in 2025 are across 3 different continents! ๐๐๐
Thank you to all our listeners from around the world!
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ope...
#SpotifyWrapped #spotifywrapped2025 #podcast
11.01.2026 20:33 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ฅ 992% growth in new listeners at OpenObservability Talks ๐ง
I don't even know how to wrap my head around it.
So excited we can get to so many folks.
Thanks for sharing the show with your friends,
and special thanks to our followers ๐
Exciting 2026 ahead @openobservability.bsky.social! ๏ฟฝ
09.01.2026 14:30 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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#SpotifyWrapped 2025 landed ๐คฏ
๐ 55% audience growth
๐ฅ 992% growth in new listeners
๐ 28% follower growth
Huge thanks to everyone listening, following, and supporting the show โค๏ธ
If you like itโshare it with your friends & teammates
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On to 2026 ๐๐ง
07.01.2026 21:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#OpenLLMetry is a project that extends #OpenTelemetry to provide #opensource #observability for #LLM applications
On our latest episode, creator Nir Gazit joined our host @horovits.bsky.social to explore the project.
Check out the latest episode:
medium.com/p/81b9cea6a771
#genAI
19.12.2025 10:07 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ข November episode is out! ๐ข
#OpenTelemetry for #GenAI and the #OpenLLMetry project
Listen/Watch on your favorite platform:
๐ง podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ope...
๐บ www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnQX...
Or read the recap post:
๐ medium.com/p/81b9cea6a771
26.11.2025 21:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
listen to the full episode on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube
14.11.2025 08:48 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
At #ObservabilityDay ( #KubeCon), catching up with Mike Shi of @clickhouse.com
Mike heads #ClickStack, a new #opensource #observability stack based on #ClickHouse project, that came out earlier this year.
Check out my recent @openobservability.bsky.social episode with Mike:
medium.com/p/73f129a179a3
11.11.2025 11:46 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Check out the episode on YouTube or your favorite podcast app!
28.10.2025 17:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
#OpenTelemetry 's got a new #eBPF based agent that extracts basic R.E.D. metrics out of your application's services without any code change!
Check out the latest @openobservability.bsky.social episode for a deep dive with the creator:
๐ horovits.medium.com/unveiling-op...
@grafana.bsky.social
27.10.2025 10:01 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐ข October episode is out! ๐ข
Unveiling #OpenTelemetry #eBPF Instrumentation
With @horovits.bsky.social hosting the project's co-creator and maintainer; Pr. SW Eng @grafana.bsky.social
๐ง podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ope...
๐บ www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-J3...
Recap post:
๐ medium.com/p/377cb0432bf1
26.10.2025 09:04 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
We're thrilled to be a community sponsor of Open Source Observability Day, a community conference dedicated to our favorite topic๐
The event starts TOMORROW, online, and free for everyone to attend.
Better yet: our host @horovits.bsky.social will speak at #OSODay!๐
Join us ๐ osoday.com
22.10.2025 17:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Don't miss our upcoming episode!
22.10.2025 09:37 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ข ICYMI #OpenTelemetry's great recent addition:
OpenTelemetry #eBPF Instrumentation (OBI) ! ๐
Want to learn more about it? stay tuned for this month's episode @openobservability.bsky.social, I'll host one of the project's creators. coming out next week!
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
22.10.2025 09:33 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
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