PinnedDotan Horovits (@horovits)Is “vendor owned open source” an oxymoron?prominent open source projects have recently been relicensed, which raises questions on just how much we can trust vendor owned OSS7 min read·May 1, 2021--1--1
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)Istio Roadmap, Ambient Mesh, and the Service Mesh LandscapeLearn about service mesh technology and evolution, as well as the latest on the Istio open source project roadmap and the new ambient mode7 min read·Apr 30, 2024----
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)The Final Act in VMware’s Odyssey: the Demise of Free ESXiAfter Broadcom wraps up VMware acquisition, it throws a few curveballs by axing free ESXi, selling off a division, eliminating 50 products3 min read·Feb 20, 2024----
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)Open Standards in FinOps: Mastering Kubernetes Cost and BillKubernetes makes cost attribution and capacity planning more challenging. OpenCost aims to standardize the open source cloud native way.5 min read·Jan 7, 2024----
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)Open Standards in FinOps: The Key to Understanding Cloud CostThe FinOps Foundation unveiled version 1.0 of its FOCUS open specification. AWS joined Google and Microsoft in the the steering committe6 min read·Dec 2, 2023--1--1
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)Recapping KubeCon North America 2023: Observability and MoreKubeCon highlights with two Cloud Native Computing Foundation ambassasadors: Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry, Crossplane, and more.4 min read·Nov 26, 2023----
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)From Spotify to Open Source: The Backstory of BackstageSpotify developed a tool for its platform engineering, then made it open source, with over 1,000 companies using it and 21.5K+ github stars5 min read·Nov 14, 2023----
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)How to Fix Kubernetes MonitoringIt’s time to talk about the unspoken challenges: the bloat of metric data, the high churn rate of pod metrics, configuration complexity and5 min read·Oct 28, 2023--1--1
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)Terraform is No Longer Open Source. Is OpenTofu (ex OpenTF) the Successor?HashiCorp changed the license of Terraform from MPL to BSL. What does it mean to users? What is the new OpenTofu (OpenTF) open TF fork?7 min read·Sep 26, 2023----
Dotan Horovits (@horovits)When Your Open Source Turns to the Dark SideLessons learned from relicensing of Terraform, Elasticsearch, Redis and more, and practical guidance for vetting and using OSS wisely2 min read·Aug 29, 2023----