Author spotlight:

Veronika Smolik

Veronika’s extensive and diverse tech career spans everything from early black-box testing of VB6 applications delivered on CDs to architecting modern distributed platforms in the cloud. As a Technical Marketing Manager at Tigera, she combines her degree in English Literature and her love of writing with her wide-ranging technological expertise, putting her hard-won Kubernetes certifications (CKA and CKAD) to good use. She enjoys breaking down complex Kubernetes and cloud-native concepts to help practitioners solve real-world challenges.

AI Assistant for Calico: Troubleshooting at the Speed of Thought

AI Assistant for Calico: Troubleshooting at the Speed of Thought

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What’s New in Calico: Winter 2026 Release

What’s New in Calico: Winter 2026 Release

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Migrating from Ingress NGINX to Calico Ingress Gateway: A Step-by-Step Guide

Migrating from Ingress NGINX to Calico Ingress Gateway: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Calico Ingress Gateway: Key FAQs Before Migrating from NGINX Ingress Controller

Calico Ingress Gateway: Key FAQs Before Migrating from NGINX Ingress Controller

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Ingress Security for AI Workloads in Kubernetes: Protecting AI Endpoints with WAF

Ingress Security for AI Workloads in Kubernetes: Protecting AI Endpoints with WAF

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Sidecarless mTLS in Kubernetes: How Istio Ambient Mesh and ztunnel Enable Zero Trust

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Do You Need a Service Mesh? Understanding the Role of CNI vs. Service Mesh

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Ingress NGINX Controller Is Dead — Should You Move to Gateway API?

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How to Turbocharge Your Kubernetes Networking With eBPF

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5 Reasons to Switch from Ingress NGINX to the Calico Ingress Gateway

5 Reasons to Switch to the Calico Ingress Gateway (and How to Migrate Smoothly)

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