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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 · Oct 01, 2026 · 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 30 October

The live Kubernetes troubleshooting show returns Friday, 30 October.

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·26 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·8 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