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24th February 2026
O'Reilly needs to choose a new theme for their covers besides animals because they just peaked for Cilium Up and Running. I also love the symbolism of having two bees on the cover. Besides being the comprehensive guide to Cilium, the book also aims to bring the platform/DevOps engineer closer to the network engineer to help both sides better understand each other’s challenges and encourage stronger collaboration.
Cloud native blurred the lines between those roles with layers of abstraction. This book leans into that reality and tries to give both sides a shared language. I think that might be even more valuable than another YAML network policy example. Hats off to my colleagues Nico Vibert, Filip Nikolic, and James Laverack for all the time, work, and effort they put into making this a reality. I'm off to Morocco for the first bikepacking trip of the year and need to clean the bike so let’s 🐝 -gin.
eCHO Episode 202: Exploring New Features in Cilium 1.19
eCHO Episode 203: eBPF Hookpoint Gotchas
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