I am finally recovered from the FOSDEM flu, but seeing everyone in the community made a few days in bed worth it. I love FOSDEM because it plugs you directly into buzz around open source. The eBPF Devroom was back again this year with an expanded full day schedule and wide range of topics.
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10th February 2026
I am finally recovered from the FOSDEM flu, but seeing everyone in the community made a few days in bed worth it. I love FOSDEM because it plugs you directly into buzz around open source. The eBPF Devroom was back again this year with an expanded full day schedule and wide range of topics.
Just looking at the schedule and hearing the talks, a few things stood out to me. First, from reachability analysis to "Lightweight XDP Profiling," the community is obsessing over performance as a priority. Second, the developer experience is improving with more language support, like PythonBPF, an update on Aya, and hookpoint tips. And finally, we are finally figuring out how to let more people use eBPF without needing full root privileges with BPF Tokens.
If you missed the sessions, all the recordings are up, including mine where I dove into how the eBPF Foundation is strategically funding the ecosystem to strengthen the entire community at once. I have to finish the Cilium project update video for KubeCon so let’s 🐝 -gin.
eCHO Episode 201: 2026 networking, security, and eBPF predictions
eCHO Episode 202: Exploring New Features in Cilium 1.19
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