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@kubernetes.io Steering Committee member / SIG Testing Tech Lead, sigs.k8s.io/kind creator / maintainer. Dog dad. Free time: Hiking, Photography, Books ... elder.dev/about

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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
You can now run Kubernetes 1.37 preview in GKE. Yes, OSS unreleased 1.37 😁 Alpha Clusters for now, try any API but the cluster has a 30 day limit so you don't depend before OSS is ready. Something I've been working on with a bunch of talented coworkers 🙂 docs.cloud.google.com/kubernetes-e...
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GKE release notes  |  Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)  |  Google Cloud Documentation
View Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) release notes (changelog) about versions, features, bug fixes, issues, and deprecated functionality.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
CNCF Landscape, but for Linux Foundation Foundations.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It's that time of year @cncf.io
A screenshot of an online form with drop-down menus. Under the question "What type of developer do you identify the most with?", a drop-down menu is open with "Machine Learning Specialist" highlighted. Other fields include Industry, Primary Role ("Developer"), and CNCF maintainer status."You know I'm something of a scientist myself" meme featuring Willem Dafoe. Top text reads "REGISTERING FOR KUBECON", and bottom text reads "You know I'm something of a machine learning specialist myself".
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K8sContributors @kubernetes.dev · 29/04/2026
Kubernetes v1.36: Staleness Mitigation and Observability for Controllers-
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Kubernetes v1.36: Staleness Mitigation and Observability for Controllers
Staleness in Kubernetes controllers is a problem that affects many controllers, and is something may affect controller behavior in subtle ways. It is usually not until it is too late, when a controller...
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Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) @cncf.io · 23/04/2026
Kubernetes v1.36 is live with 70 enhancements! ☸️ *18 Stable * 25 Beta * 25 Alpha Focus: security hardening & AI/ML workloads. Great to see the community keeping production reliable. ⚠️ Check the removals list before updating! Full notes: bit.ly/41UpOD9
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Kubernetes v1.36: ハル (Haru)
Editors: Chad M. Crowell, Kirti Goyal, Sophia Ugochukwu, Swathi Rao, Utkarsh Umre Similar to previous releases, the release of Kubernetes v1.36 introduces new stable, beta, and alpha features. The con...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I've been promoted to Staff Software Engineer @ GKE 🎉 Been quite a ride since Summer of Code 2015 @kubernetes.io I hoped I might get to work with folks like @thock.in more in the future ... had no idea it would go this far :-) Grateful for all the support from my peers and the community ❤️
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Basically @dims.dev:
A parody of the "Pepe Silvia" conspiracy theory meme from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. In the foreground, a man with grey hair and a pink t-shirt (reminiscent of software engineer Davanum "dims" Srinivas) is captured in a frantic, wide-eyed pose, gesturing wildly with a green marker in his hand. Instead of the original mailroom wall, the background is replaced by a complex, circular "k8s.io staging module dependencies" flow chart, filled with interconnected nodes and lines representing Kubernetes software components. The composition includes the shoulder of another person in a green sweater vest in the bottom right corner, mirroring the perspective of the original TV scene.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Passed a truck the other day advertising "CVE" corp asbestos abatement. Boy, what a metaphor. Something something software dependency patching ... cvecorp.com/about/
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About CVE
CVE Corp offers environmental services like demolition, asbestos removal, lead abatement, hazardous materials removal across California! Free estimate & site audit, call 855-912-6787.
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Troy Connor @troy0820.dev · 13/11/2025
PR requests on stage always gets the applause but donating DRANET was DOPE! #Kubecon
Keynote speakers Antonio and Lionel talking about DRANET
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Whelp, kubecon massive jaw headaches turn out to be a pair of infected molars (adjacent), time to schedule root canals 😩 Fever dream of a week ...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Kubecon was great but this is the best part of the trip:
My dog Bobby sitting and looking up at me with puppy dog eyes while his blur of a tail wags.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
As I fly back from KubeCon NA — A Note About Open Source Maintenance From The Perspective of a Maintainer: www.reddit.com/r/kubernetes...
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From the kubernetes community on Reddit
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"Attitude like this is what causes maintainer burnout."
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
With sigs.k8s.io/kind + lima-vm.io on an M4 Pro it is faster to recreate the cluster after raising the system inotify limit than wait for crashloopbackoff 😂
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Still at a loss for words. Han was a wonderful human and an incredible engineer. He will be dearly missed. If you knew Han we're also collecting memorial messages. I hope someday his kids can read them: github.com/cncf/memoria...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Thinking again of The Last Lecture - Highly recommend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_...
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Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
YouTube video by Carnegie Mellon University
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
♥️
My dog Bobby, resting his bones in a comfy dog bed, soaking up a sunbeam.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
kind v0.30.0 is out with the brand new @kubernetes.io v1.34.0 release! Try out Kubernetes 1.34 with: go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.30.0 && kind create cluster github.com/kubernetes-s...
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Release v0.30.0 · kubernetes-sigs/kind
This is small release containing patched dependencies and Kubernetes 1.34, as well as a bugfix for Kubernetes v1.33.0+ cluster reboots. Breaking Changes The default node image is now kindest/node:v...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This is art www.reddit.com/r/rust/s/C4F...
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From the rust community on Reddit: [Media] I Have No Mut and I Must Borrow
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Via @munnerz.bsky.social, I present to you "Bash Fire Service" 🧑‍💻🚒 www.variety.org.au/sa/people/ca...
This image features four people dressed in firefighter-themed outfits standing on a dirt path in a forested area. Behind them is a vintage-style utility vehicle with "Carmine's Vines" displayed on its front. The two individuals on the left are wearing yellow helmets, white T-shirts with "96 BFS" written in red, and shorts—one in khaki and the other in black with red suspenders. The man kneeling in the front is also wearing a red hat and yellow pants. The person on the right stands confidently with no shirt, red suspenders, orange pants, and a red helmet, holding a tool in one hand. The background consists of tall pine trees and dense greenery.

At the bottom of the image, there is a banner featuring the logos for "Variety the Children's Charity" and "Bash," indicating this could be an event related to the charity.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Had a small hand in this one, primarily @thock.in's work: "Introducing KYAML, a safer, less ambiguous YAML subset / encoding" Coming to Kubernetes v1.34 in alpha later this month! github.com/kubernetes/e...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
♥️ Yosemite
A view towards clouds rest in Yosemite national park. A somewhat narrow section of granite headed towards a landing point, in the distance half-dome and the valley.Roughly the same view as the first image, but with a hiker in front of me on the trail, in striking orange and blue clothingA view from cloud's rest. Half dome, north dome, and the Yosemite valley are visibleA view headed back down "the spine" of granite from cloud's rest, with many sugar pines, mountains and clouds
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Antonio Ojea @kindnet.es · 19/06/2025
runc merged today support to manage Linux Network Devices, it was a very long effort github.com/opencontaine... with long discussions but I think it's really a game changer for container networking, you can experiement with it in gist.github.com/aojea/e57875...
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Network Device Management with container runtimes
Network Device Management with container runtimes. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Quick KIND release for containerd CVE-2025-47290 github.com/kubernetes-s...
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Release v0.29.0 · kubernetes-sigs/kind
This is a quick security release to pickup the containerd 2.1.1 CVE-2025-47290 fix. See v0.28.0 (release days ago!) for full release notes with recent changes: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/ki...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Yesterday: Stinson Beach to Mt Tam East Peak and Back. >16mi and >4k ft elevation. Still out of shape but getting back into it ... Stunning views 😍
A view of San Francisco and the golden gate under some clouds from high aboveA wider of San Francisco, the bay, and the golden gate under some clouds from high above
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
@stmcginnis.bsky.social is too modest, and the process bits are my fault :-) His first time cutting a kind release, thanks Sean! 🎉
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Realized I can finally say "I have one decade of Kubernetes experience" :D github.com/kubernetes/k...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
You may recognize a few names here :-) As always it's a *huge* team effort. I'm proud to have helped lead this one 😅
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This week I did IPL round 4 of 4 and then lid debridement + LipiFlow for the MGD / severe dry eye. This afternoon I'm sitting atop Mission Peak after months of struggling with everyday tasks. I've done *far* more challenging routes but this is the *hardest* hike I've ever been on. 😮‍💨 I'm so happy 🥲
My smile next to the mission peak summit post, with the San Francisco Bay Area below and behind me. I'm in sunglasses and a hat.A wide angle view of the Bay Area from Mission Peak. In the foreground are gray stone and scrub, the sun hangs over the top center frame. The bay is shimmering.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
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Kubernetes 1.33 is available on GKE!
Kubernetes 1.33 is available on GKE! Friday, May 9, 2025 Kubernetes 1.33 is now available in the Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Rapid Channel!
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
kind v0.27.0 now has a compatible @kubernetes.io v1.33.0 image in the release notes: `kind create cluster --image=kindest/node:v1.33.0@sha256:02f73d6ae3f11ad5d543f16736a2cb2a63a300ad60e81dac22099b0b04784a4e` github.com/kubernetes-s...
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Release v0.27.0 · kubernetes-sigs/kind
This release moves kind to containerd 2.x and contains fixes for nerdctl. It also moves Kubernetes to 1.32.2 by default. Breaking Changes WARNING: kind v0.27.0+ will be required to use kind load .....
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
All your base64 are belong to us.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
@kindnet.es and I are speaking Friday on @kubernetes.dev feature lifecycle and ensuring quality, there are some nice improvements in the works kccnceu2025.sched.com/event/1td12/...
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025: Ensuring Quality in Kubernetes: The Grad...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Live at #KubeCon: I am rotating @kubernetes.dev's main CI workload cluster certs before they expire 🙃 Thanks to github.com/upodroid for preparing with the switch to DNS endpoint and rotating the other CI clusters.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I'll be there! 👇
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Kubernetes, The Travel Adapter
Holding a Kubernetes branded travel power adapter at the CNCF corner shop in front of the for sale sign. It is $25 USD
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James Munnelly @munnerz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Big Ben x @bentheelder.bsky.social!
A big Ben standing in front of Big Ben
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
... and now I can announce this part: Very excited to promote @stmcginnis.bsky.social as the latest sigs.k8s.io/kind maintainer following a sync with him & @kindnet.es at the CNCF Maintainer Summit 🎉 github.com/kubernetes-s...
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Promote stmcginnis to maintainer by BenTheElder · Pull Request #3902 · kubernetes-sigs/kind
Sean has been a long time contributor and reviewer now. Discussed with him and aojea at The KubeCon EU maintainer summit :-) /assign @stmcginnis @aojea /hold We'll need to do some follow up adm...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
@kindnet.es and I are speaking Friday on @kubernetes.dev feature lifecycle and ensuring quality, there are some nice improvements in the works kccnceu2025.sched.com/event/1td12/...
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KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025: Ensuring Quality in Kubernetes: The Grad...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
The CNCF Maintainer Summit was awesome, so good to catch up with folks, thank you to everyone that put it on! @natali.rip @mfahlandt.bsky.social @mrbobbytabl.es @jeefy.dev ♥️ I also finally met @kelseyhightower.com tonight so my KubeCon has been a success 🙂
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Pleasant surprise: #sig-airport with @ritazh.bsky.social on the way to #KubeCon EU 😁
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
My wife when it's π day: Literally 200 mini pies + whipped cream. As math department head every kid at her highschool is getting one ♥️
A shopping cart full of stacks and stacks of mini pies and whipped cream
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
When one line makes CI take 2x 😩 Shoutout to @kindnet.es (we have a thread in slack.k8s.io #sig-testing looking into slow PR tests, Antonio spotted this suspect line) github.com/kubernetes/k...
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stop overriding max concurrency in CI, let automax procs handle it by BenTheElder · Pull Request #130758 · kubernetes/kubernetes
What type of PR is this? /kind cleanup What this PR does / why we need it: ensures we use auto-detected max procs for integration tests in CI instead of overriding it with a hard-coded 4 CPU Which...
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
In other news: My sweet Bobby boy 🐕 is turned five, I'm in denial. He's still a puppy! Just bigger. There's no way he's five! A few more days made it 4 years married to my lovely wife Emily. She makes me whole ♥️
My dog, a tan rescue mix, "Bobby ", lounging in a big dog bed with a pillow and blanket, wearing a blue and white plaid bandanaMy wife Emily wearing a mask and holding little baby Bobby, he is a roughly 8 week old tan mix puppy and his eyes are melting hearts
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
lima-vm.io is very cool
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Lima
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
kind v0.27.0 is out with containerd 2.0 and @kubernetes.io v1.32.2! github.com/kubernetes-s...
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Release v0.27.0 · kubernetes-sigs/kind
This release moves kind to containerd 2.x and contains fixes for nerdctl. It also moves Kubernetes to 1.32.2 by default. Breaking Changes WARNING: kind v0.27.0+ will be required to use kind load .....
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
So ... MGD with some gland loss, the oil glands in my eyes aren't working so my tears evaporate. Never going to heal. Can be managed. Maybe also mild EBMD in the right eye. Punctal Plugs and IPL as soon as I can. Plus steroid drops and Muro-128. Retinal specialist for the mole on the left next.
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Maybe not quite as bad? But still usually blurry and difficult to read. I'm doing my best to stay on top of things. Thanks for all the support folks ♥️
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Benjamin Elder @bentheelder.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This year I developed a rather debilitating case of Dry Eye / MGD(?), blurry vision, light sensitivity, fatigue ... This is why I've been way less active lately, it's been really difficult to read, which frankly, has been a bit terrifying. I think it *might* be finally starting to subside a bit 🤞
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