🛠️ 2025-09-02 Tech Update Summary

🔹 Kubernetes - Kubernetes v1.34: DRA has graduated to GA

Kubernetes version 1.34 has been released, featuring significant updates to Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA). The core of DRA has reached General Availability (GA), ensuring stability and long-term support. This release enables DRA by default, marking a shift to the stable v1 API. New beta features include improved admin access labeling, prioritized device lists, and enhanced kubelet API for better resource management. Additionally, new alpha features, such as extended resource mapping, consumable capacity, binding conditions, and resource health status, offer a glimpse into the future of DRA. The community is invited to contribute to ongoing development and improvements as more features are expected in future releases. 👉 Read more

🔹 Spring Boot - A Bootiful Podcast: JobRunr founder Ronald Dehuysser on what’s new in version 8

The blog post features a podcast episode where the host speaks with Ronald Dehuysser, the founder of JobRunr, about the new features and updates in JobRunr version 8.0.0. The discussion comes shortly after the SpringOne 2025 event, and the blog provides a link to learn more about the latest version of JobRunr. 👉 Read more

🔹 Docker - Broadcom’s New Bitnami Restrictions? Migrate Easily with Docker

The blog post discusses the impact of Broadcom’s new restrictions on Bitnami, a key player in the open source and cloud-native community known for its prebuilt container images and Helm charts. These tools have significantly simplified the deployment and management of popular applications like WordPress and PostgreSQL for many developers and operators. The post encourages users affected by these restrictions to consider migrating their applications using Docker, which offers a straightforward solution to continue benefiting from reliable and standardized application deployment. 👉 Read more

🔹 Java - All New Java Language Features Since Java 21 #RoadTo25

The blog post discusses the new language features introduced in Java 25, highlighting enhancements aimed at data-oriented programming, attracting new developers, and improving Java’s capabilities as a scripting language for automation tasks. The post is part of a series leading up to Java 25, and the author, Jose, delves into these features to showcase how they make Java more versatile and user-friendly. 👉 Read more

🔹 Golang - Testing Time (and other asynchronicities)

The blog post, titled “Testing Time (and other asynchronicities),” delves into the challenges and techniques associated with testing asynchronous code. It highlights the use of the testing/synctest package, which provides tools and methodologies to effectively test asynchronous operations in software development. The discussion is based on a talk given at GopherCon Europe 2025, offering insights and practical advice for developers working with asynchronous code in the Go programming language. 👉 Read more

🔹 Helm - Helm @ KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU ‘25

The Helm team is attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2025 in London from April 1-4. They are working on Helm 4, which is set to be released later this year. Attendees are encouraged to engage with the team during their talk sessions and visit the Helm booth in the Project Pavilion for more information. The blog post provides further details about Helm-related activities happening during the event. 👉 Read more