As the curtains closed on the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2023, the bustling energy of 14,000 attendees, split between 9,000 in-person and 5,000 virtual participants, lingered in the air. This event, under the aegis of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF, part of the Linux Foundation), showcased the continued popularity of Kubernetes in the cloud-native landscape — and Kubernetes continues to lead the charge into cloud-native, attracting new developers.