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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · 10d

Yay! Recording of our talk (@flyth.bsky.social) at @containerdays.bsky.social is live! Includes some live coding and demos!

youtu.be/LgHGvzqAwIs?...

Getting Started with eBPF Made Easy - Qasim Sarfraz & Michael Friese

YouTube video by ContainerDays

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · 12d

Had a great chat with @cloudnativeboy.bsky.social about what's new in @inspektor-gadget.io

This is also part of a new short video series called Cloud Native Wisdom - check it out!

cloudnativeboy.bsky.social @cloudnativeboy.bsky.social · 12d

Inspektor Gadget is an open-source toolkit from Microsoft that collects low-level telemetry from K8s clusters, enriches it with K8s context...

With the new TCP-dump gadget, capturing network traffic with cluster metadata makes network troubleshooting far more actionable.

Link👇

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · 12d

We're hiring! Join an awesome team working with cutting-edge technologies. The best part? Everything we do is Open Source! 🚀

Andy Randall @ahrkrak.bsky.social · 12d

The work done by our eBPF Tools team is some of the most exciting not just at @microsoft.com, but in the industry. They're putting incredible capabilities in the hands of mere mortals (and AI agents).
Something you'd like to be part of? They're hiring (US): jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/jo...

A hacker of indeterminate gender (at least that's what I asked Copilot to produce -- looks a bit male presenting though, tbh) sits at a laptop with eBPF, Microsoft and Linux stickers. On the wall in the background is a neon sign, "we're hiring"

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · 16d

Started using @headlamp.dev regularly — love how it makes things so easy! Full view of all the resources and the ability to test quick changes. Super handy!

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Sep 5

Almost ready for our @containerdays.bsky.social talk next week 🚀
Can’t wait to share ideas and have a great time with everyone there!

@flyth.bsky.social @inspektor-gadget.io

#eBPF #Containers #Kubernetes

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Andy Randall @ahrkrak.bsky.social · Aug 26

@ryanwjwaite.bsky.social shares @microsoft.com ‘s journey with open source from “skeptic” to one of the world’s leading OSS contributors at #OSSummitEU

Ryan on stage, standing in front of a slide titled “Leading Cloud Contributor to CNCF”

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Aug 26

Wrote on blog: Leveraging Real-Time insights via the AKS-MCP Server

👉: blog.aks.azure.com/2025/08/20/r...

I take you through how LLMs can use AKS-MCP for a more natural troubleshooting experience — with real-world examples and tips!

@inspektor-gadget.io #Observability #AI #Cloud #MCP #Kubernetes

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cloudnativeboy.bsky.social @cloudnativeboy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Did you know of the AKS-MCP Server? If you haven't heard, you can now with GitHub Copilot and can leverage the aks-mcp server to make tool calls to Azure and Kubernetes APIs, identify problems that exist, diagnose their causes, and recommend remediation steps. blog.aks.azure.com/2025/08/06/a...

Announcing the AKS-MCP Server: Unlock Intelligent Kubernetes Operations

Learn about AKS-MCP server, the latest open-source tooling to Unlock intelligent automation by standardizing and streamlining the way AI agents interact with your AKS cluster.

blog.aks.azure.com

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Aug 12

Told AKS-MCP to check why some pods on a specific node are having issues. So dramatic! 😀

Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Aug 9

The old CoreDNS header plugin syntax has been removed. Update your Corefile to avoid running into any issues!

@kubernetes.io

github.com/coredns/core...

plugin/header: Remove deprecated syntax by mqasimsarfraz · Pull Request #7436 · coredns/coredns

1. Why is this pull request needed and what does it do? We switched to using the new format for defining rules for the header plugin. The legacy rule syntax was deprecated in the same change (v1.9....

github.com

Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Aug 7

9 years since my first CNCF contribution! 😮

contribcard.cncf.io/mqasimsarfraz

Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Aug 5

Be specific! 😅

Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · May 13

TIL: github.com/reproducible...

GitHub - reproducible-containers/diffoci: diff for Docker and OCI container images

diff for Docker and OCI container images. Contribute to reproducible-containers/diffoci development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · May 1

Still missing some but I like my sticker collection! 🥳

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Simon Le Gross Bisson @sbisson.com · Apr 23

Over at @infoworld.bsky.social I took a deep dive into Headlamp, Kubernetes SIG-UI's latest tooling. It gives you a visual view into your clusters, pods, and nodes, and is intended to make Kubernetes as easy to manage as Windows Server. It's not there yet, but is well on its way.

Headlamp: A multicluster management UI for Kubernetes

The new, extensible UI for managing Kubernetes deployments bridges the divide between developers and platform engineers.

www.infoworld.com

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Apr 11

So cool! The recording for my @rejekts.io talk is already out! 🎤

youtu.be/awXjABDknww?...

Understanding and Debugging DNS in Kubernetes Clusters

YouTube video by Cloud Native Rejekts

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Apr 3

Yay. @inspektor-gadget.io made to the highlights! \m/

Andy Randall @ahrkrak.bsky.social · Apr 3

10% luck, 20% skill
15% concentrated power of will
5% pleasure, 50% pain
And a 100% reason to remember the name (Andy)

Up to full speed for Day Two of #kubecon2025 with @microsoft.com #Azure #microsoftazure

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Inspektor Gadget @inspektor-gadget.io · Apr 2

@ahrkrak.bsky.social shared an awesome keynote about @headlamp.dev at #KubeCon! Did you know we recently released an Inspektor Gadget plugin for Headlamp? Read more here: inspektor-gadget.io/blog/2025/03...

Visualize gadget data with the Inspektor Gadget plugin for Headlamp | Inspektor Gadget

Visualize gadget data with the Inspektor Gadget plugin for Headlamp

inspektor-gadget.io

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Inspektor Gadget @inspektor-gadget.io · Apr 3

Join @mqasimsarfraz.com at the Azure booth at 12pm to learn how you can use OSS tools to debug failed DNS requests! #KubeCon

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Inspektor Gadget @inspektor-gadget.io · Apr 1

We're ready to chat with many of you at Kiosk 22B tomorrow at the project pavilion at #KubeCon! We will be with our friends from the @headlamp.dev project 😀See you soon!

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Inspektor Gadget @inspektor-gadget.io · Mar 31

So cool to see @inspektor-gadget.io mentioned in 3 talks this afternoon at @rejekts.io Whether it's security, troubleshooting, or monitoring it's awesome to see the broad applications of the project and eBPF on display. #kubescape #retina #dns

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Mar 31

So happy to present my first @rejekts.io talk about DNS and @inspektor-gadget.io

Love the vibe of the event! #Rejekts2025

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Qasim Sarfraz @mqasimsarfraz.com · Mar 31

Super excited! Just look at the venue! #Rejekts2025!

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Inspektor Gadget @inspektor-gadget.io · Feb 21

🚨New Blog Post🚨 Transform Your Kubernetes CLI Experience: Writing K9s Plugins by Leveraging Inspektor Gadget by @mqasimsarfraz.com highlights how to use gadgets to create K9s plugins. K9s is a terminal based UI to interact with K8s clusters. Give it a read! inspektor-gadget.io/blog/2025/02...

Transform Your Kubernetes CLI Experience: Writing K9s Plugins by Leveraging Inspektor Gadget | Inspektor Gadget

Transform Your Kubernetes CLI Experience: Writing K9s Plugins by Leveraging Inspektor Gadget

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Inspektor Gadget @inspektor-gadget.io · Feb 6

Applications to the @linuxfoundation.org's 2025 Term 1 Mentorship Program are now open. We're hosting 3 mentorships this term and encourage you to apply at mentorship.lfx.linuxfoundation.org!

square social media post with black background and white accents that describes the different Mentorship programs for Inspektor Gadget, also includes Linux Foundation and CNCF logos

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