Platform Engineering, AI, and the Two Faces of Cloud Native Sustainability

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KubeCon 2025 proved that platform engineering is essential, but the next big challenge for the cloud native community is sustainability. Learn from KubeCon Co-Chair Faseela what this future looks like and what it means for your platform. In this episode of The AI Kubernetes Show, we break down the key KubeCon NA 2025 takeaways with co-chair Faseela, a cloud native developer at Ericsson. She discusses the immense success of the Atlanta event and highlights the convergence of AI and Kubernetes, noting that platform engineering and AI were the hottest tracks based on talk submissions. Looking ahead, the focus shifts to designing platforms that are secure, cost-efficient, and sustainable. Fazila explains the "two-sided coin" of sustainability in the cloud native community: environmental sustainability—meaning engineers must actively consider how to design platforms to be optimized and efficient to minimize cloud native environmental impact—and human sustainability, which is all about tackling CNCF maintainer burnout. She details how the CNCF's TOC performs health checks on open source projects and encourages companies that are making use of that project to put resources under that project. This deep dive into the future of cloud native is essential viewing for all software engineers interested in responsible collaboration. Read the blog post: www.buoyant.io/ai-kubernetes-episode/platform-engineering-ai-and-the-two-faces-of-cloud-native-sustainability Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-ai-kubernetes-show/ Takeaways ✓ Platform Engineering and AI were the most popular technical tracks at KubeCon North America 2025 based on submission volume. ✓ The future of cloud native requires engineers to design platforms that are secure, cost-efficient, and sustainable. ✓ Sustainability in cloud native is two-fold: minimizing environmental impact and ensuring the "human sustainability" of the open source community by preventing maintainer burnout. ✓ The CNCF's TOC performs regular health checks and encourages companies to dedicate resources to under-maintained open source projects. If you're building in the cloud native space, hit the like button, subscribe for more interviews, and leave a comment below! What is the biggest challenge your team faces when trying to implement a sustainable platform? #Kubernetes #CloudNative #PlatformEngineering #KubeCon #CNCF #Sustainability #AIandKubernetes #