Percona is donating OpenEverest, a unified database management tool for Kubernetes, to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. TNS Senior Editor Joab Jackson writes that this will establish it as a vendor-agnostic, community-led project. The platform simplifies complex operations by providing a single interface to provision and manage PostgreSQL, MySQL and MongoDB across various cloud environments. Find out what the project will achieve by moving to an open governance model.

In other technology we’re covering today:

• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Sandbox for Agents is a Kubernetes native extension that uses gVisor to provide secure, VM-like isolation for untrusted workloads, such as AI agents that execute generated code. Analyst Janakiram MSV reports on the key architectural features of Sandbox and its integration with Kubernetes and GKE internals.
• Dockhand is a lightweight, user-friendly container management tool designed as a practical alternative to more complex enterprise platforms like Portainer for home labs and small environments. In today’s tutorial, TNS contributor Jack Wallen shows us how this free tool simplifies operations and manages updates for multiple Docker containers through a single, intuitive interface.

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