Kubernetes v1.36 and Qwen 3.8

Hello and welcome to the NWS newsletter for August! Many of us were off on vacation last month, but our colleagues in the office made good use of the time - we have two product updates for you.

On top of that, there are insights into Kubernetes security features and, as always, our link collection and a (hopefully) helpful terminal tip.

Enjoy reading!

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News

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NETWAYS Managed Kubernetes® v1.36 Now Available

Last month we released Kubernetes version v1.36 in NETWAYS Managed Kubernetes®.

So if you have already been waiting for new features such as user namespaces, mutating admission policies, or OCI volumes, now is the moment to upgrade.

As usual, NETWAYS Managed Kubernetes® v1.36 is of course still certified as CNCF-conformant Kubernetes®, so that your clusters behave exactly the way you expect them to.

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Qwen3.8-27B Now Available in the NWS Managed AI Models

For Qwen, our most popular model series, we have also made a new version available: Qwen3.8-27B.

Qwen3.8 has taken another significant leap forward when it comes to tool usage and working with subagents. In addition, you can now set the reasoning effort to low, medium, or xhigh in order to tailor the LLM optimally to your needs.

At the same time, as of September 1, we at NWS are saying goodbye to gpt-oss-120B, which we will remove from our LLM portfolio. In the interim, you can continue to use the slimmed-down gpt-oss-20B variant free of charge instead. We recommend simply giving Qwen3.8 a try.

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Blog

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Pod Security Standards in Kubernetes

Are pods (and containers) in your clusters running with root privileges? Or might they be able to escalate their privileges? With Pod Security Standards you can steer clear of these and similar doubts and automatically secure your cluster at different levels.

How exactly that works, what Pod Security Standards are, and which work they can take off your hands in your clusters is what you’ll read in the latest article on our blog.

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Reading Corner

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This month, our link collection looks at one-liners that have saved hundreds of hours per year, AI predictions from 2025, and more.

• Achim was amazed at how one line of YAML saves Cloudflare 600 hours a year:
  A one-line Kubernetes fix that saved 600 hours a year
• Daniel compared the cURL developer’s accounts of his use of AI in 2025 with 2026:
  90%
• Joshua stumbled across Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery:
  Minimum Viable CD
• Justin found a few tips on how to make his Go code even more effective:
  The “10x” Commandments of Highly Effective Go

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CLI Quick Win

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Repeating or Correcting the Last Command

Two small Bash shortcuts that can save you typing in everyday work are !! and ^old^new:

!! repeats the last command, for example when you have forgotten a parameter or a file path. ^old^new lets you replace parts of the previous command, for instance to fix a typo, without having to retype the entire command.

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