Author • Instructor

Donia Chaiehloudj

Software Engineer and Community

Donia Chaiehloudj is a Software Engineer and Community at Isovalent at Cisco, focused on networking and Cilium policies. Passionate about building scalable and innovative systems, Donia also champions the values of diversity, collaboration, and open source, both in her technical work and community involvement. She loves step onto the stage as a public speaker, sharing insights on cloud-native networking, open source growth, and fostering inclusive communities.

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Inside Out: Observing Go from Code to Kernel

Explore how to observe Go applications across layers, from traces and profiles to eBPF kernel visibility, and learn when to use each approach.

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

Cilium 1.20: Gateway API ExternalAuth, TCPRoute/UDPRoute, ENI IPAM for IPv6, and more!

Cilium 1.20 expands Gateway API, datapath extensibility and security.

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

KubeCon Europe 2026 Wrap-Up

KubeCon Europe 2026 in Amsterdam felt less like a conference focused on Kubernetes and more like a glimpse into where the cloud native ecosystem is heading next. The conversations have shifted, and Kubernetes itself is no longer the main attraction. Instead, the focus has moved to the workloads running on top of it. In this wrap-up blog, we'll take you through all the great things that happened!

  • Christian Hernandez, Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

  • Mahé Tardy

  • Duffie Cooley, Field CTO Isovalent & CNCF Ambassador

  • Katie Meinders, Community Builder

Community Built! Results from eBPF Summit: Hackathon Edition 2025

This year, instead of the traditional eBPF Summit, we tried something different: a global community hackathon, open to everyone, with one simple goal - build something with eBPF, Cilium, Tetragon, or Hubble. And guess what? Magic happened 🪄

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

  • Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer

KubeCon North America 2025 Wrap-Up: VM on Kubernetes, Cilium Ingress, Tetragon Tipping Point and Beluga Whales

KubeCon North America 2025 brought major shifts to the cloud native world. From the surprise Ingress NGINX retirement to the growing momentum around VMs on Kubernetes, this wrap-up covers it all. Dan Finneran, Nico Vibert, and Donia Chaiehloudj reflect on key announcements, trends in Kubernetes networking, community highlights like Merge-Forward, and the rise of Tetragon in production environments.

  • Dan Finneran, Principal Community Advocate

  • Nico Vibert, Principal Technical Marketing Engineer

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

The Dan Kohn Scholarship Application Guide: Your Fast-Track to KubeCon

At Isovalent, we support the Dan Kohn scholarship fund because we believe every perspective makes the cloud-native ecosystem better. Inclusion isn’t an afterthought; it’s how great technology—and great communities—happen. Learn more about the Dan Kohn scholarship and how to apply.

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community

The Cilium Honeycomb: Building Diversity, Community & Technical Excellence

The Cilium ecosystem thrives on collaboration, adaptability, and purpose.

  • Donia Chaiehloudj, Software Engineer and Community