
Tekton 0.1: Kubernetes-Native CI/CD Pipelines Go Open Source
Tekton Pipelines 0.1 (born from Knative Build) debuts reusable, declarative CI/CD primitives built directly on Kubernetes.

Tekton Pipelines 0.1 (born from Knative Build) debuts reusable, declarative CI/CD primitives built directly on Kubernetes.

Kubernetes 1.13 graduates kubeadm, CSI and CoreDNS, adds admission webhook GA, kubectl plugin extensibility, and solidifies Windows and device plugin support.

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.

kind (Kubernetes in Docker) emerges as a powerful tool for local development and CI/CD testing, offering a lightweight alternative to minikube.

Kubernetes 1.12 graduates kubelet TLS bootstrap and Azure VMSS to GA, introduces RuntimeClass, volume snapshot alpha, and major autoscaling improvements for large clusters.

Ambassador 1.0 provides a Kubernetes-native API gateway built on Envoy, delivering dynamic configuration, rate limiting, and observability for microservices.

Linkerd 2.0 rewrites the service mesh in Rust, adopting a sidecar model and Kubernetes-native configuration for better performance and simpler operations.