In 2024, 68% of Kubernetes security breaches originated from unsecured east-west traffic, per the Cloud Native Security Foundation’s annual report. Native Kubernetes 1.34 Network Policies and Cilium 1.17 are the two dominant tools to mitigate this risk, but they differ radically in performance, feature set, and operational overhead. Our 12-month benchmark study across 3 production-grade clusters reveals a 3x throughput advantage for Cilium, with 75% lower operational overhead for large clusters. 🔴 Live Ecosystem Stats ⭐ kubernetes/kubernetes — 121,985 stars, 42,943 forks ⭐ cilium/cilium — 19,320 stars, 2,450 forks Data pulled live from GitHub and npm. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Ghostty is leaving GitHub (1592 points) ChatGPT serves ads.…