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Seccomp for Kubernetes workloads: from RuntimeDefault to application profiles

Record, review, and roll out application seccomp profiles for Kubernetes, with errno compatibility, logging, distroless verification, and new-node handling.

David Flanagan · · 16 min read

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A Kubernetes workload sends system calls through a seccomp filter, with permitted calls reaching the kernel and blocked calls stopping at the filter.

Article·David Flanagan·1 min read

Klustered Winter 2026 starts Wednesday 18 November

A pre-season from 18 November, then the Solo bracket in January, at 17:30 GMT.

Tutorial·David Flanagan·6 min read

Your Guide to Kubernetes DRA

Dynamic Resource Allocation lets Kubernetes match device claims to GPU properties.

Tutorial·David Flanagan·11 min read

apko + melange: Distroless OCI Images Your Scanner Can Actually Read

Package, assemble, sign.

Guide·David Flanagan·25 min read

cgroups: From Chaos to Control

The kernel subsystem under every container

Article·David Flanagan·7 min read

Building Kubernetes Operators in Rust with kube-rs: Why Your Next Controller Shouldn't Be Written in Go

Why I'm building my next controller in Rust

Article·David Flanagan·6 min read

Introducing the Technology Matrix

A curated, interactive guide to the Cloud Native ecosystem

Article·David Flanagan·9 min read

Introducing cuenv: Type-Safe Environments and Parallel Tasks with CUE

Type-safe environments, secrets that never leak, and parallel tasks

Article·David Flanagan·9 min read

Building a Rust Library for CUE: Architecture & Lessons

FFI, memory safety, and production-grade architecture

Article·David Flanagan·7 min read

Wassette: A New Era of Security for AI Agent Tooling

How Microsoft's new toolkit revolutionizes MCP server sandboxing

News·David Flanagan·5 min read

News Digest for August 4th, 2025

A dispatch from the cloud-native world, where the height of innovation is apparently pointlessly reinventing YAML while shaking down the community for container…

Article·David Flanagan·6 min read

FluxCD: Why the GitOps Pioneer Remains Its Future

Beyond initial convenience lies architectural truth.

News·David Flanagan·5 min read

KEP-2831: Kubelet Tracing Finally Brings Node-Level Observability to Kubernetes

GA release brings node-level observability to Kubernetes