Looking across KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2018 (Copenhagen and Seattle), the cloud-native ecosystem pivoted from proving Kubernetes works to standardizing how it is operated: runtime modularity, policy and identity, service networking, and software supply chains.
Tekton Pipelines 0.1 (born from Knative Build) debuts reusable, declarative CI/CD primitives built directly on Kubernetes.
The Argo Project unveils Argo CD 0.1, a Kubernetes-native GitOps controller that continuously syncs application manifests from Git.
kubeadm reaches general availability with Kubernetes 1.13, providing a stable foundation for production cluster creation and management.
Kubernetes 1.13 graduates kubeadm, CSI and CoreDNS, adds admission webhook GA, kubectl plugin extensibility, and solidifies Windows and device plugin support.
AWS open sources Firecracker, the lightweight microVM technology behind Lambda and Fargate, designed for fast startup and strong isolation with minimal overhead.
Minikube 0.30 speeds up local clusters with cache reloads, CRI runtimes, and experimental multi-node support for realistic dev/test environments.
Network Policies provide pod-level network segmentation in Kubernetes, enabling micro-segmentation and defense-in-depth security strategies.
Kubernetes Dashboard 1.10 introduces login improvements, CRD views, and multi-cluster kubeconfig switching for on-call teams.
FluxCD 1.6 adds Helm Operator, image update automation, and namespace isolation—bringing GitOps workflows to production Kubernetes teams.