AWS Interconnect GA, Cloudflare Mesh, GitLab 19, EKS Auto Mode, and OpenTelemetry Config

About this episode

This episode discusses various updates in cloud networking and security, including AWS Interconnect, Cloudflare Mesh, and GitLab 19.0 changes.

This episode of Ship It Weekly is about networking, ingress, and private access moving further up into the platform layer. Brian covers AWS Interconnect going generally available, Cloudflare Mesh, GitLab 19.0 breaking changes around Gateway API and bundled services, EKS Auto Mode networking, and OpenTelemetry declarative config reaching stability. He also hits containerd security patches, GitHub’s new Code Security risk assessment, and AWS guidance on securing AI agents with MCP. ( Amazon Web Services, Inc. ) Links AWS Interconnect GA and last mile connectivity https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-interconnect-is-now-generally-available-with-a-new-option-to-simplify-last-mile-connectivity/ Cloudflare Mesh https://blog.cloudflare.com/mesh/ GitLab 19.0 breaking changes https://about.gitlab.com/blog/a-guide-to-the-breaking-changes-in-gitlab-19-0/ EKS Auto Mode networking https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/navigating-enterprise-networking-challenges-with-amazon-eks-auto-mode/ OpenTelemetry declarative config reaches stability https://opentelemetry.io/blog/2026/stable-declarative-config/ containerd security releases https://github.com/containerd/containerd/releases GitHub Code…

People in this episode

Host: Brian

Topics covered

• networking
• cloud services
• DevOps
• security
• platform engineering
• container management

Keywords

• AWS Interconnect
• Cloudflare Mesh
• GitLab 19.0
• EKS Auto Mode
• OpenTelemetry
• containerd security
• GitHub Code Security
• AI agent security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AWS, Cloudflare, GitLab, EKS, OpenTelemetry, containerd, GitHub, Amazon Web Services, Inc.

Products: Gateway API, MCP

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