--- title: Best CNCF posts of 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted CNCF posts of 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/cncf/best-of/2024 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/cncf/best-of/2024 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best CNCF posts of 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted CNCF posts of 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of CNCF — 2024 1. 1 [](/posts/slimtoolkit-slim-slim-toolkit-don-t-change-anything-in-your-container-image-and-minify-it-by-up-t-kygcv44jd "slimtoolkit/slim: Slim(toolkit): Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x (and for compiled languages even more) making it secure too! (free and open source)") Article Community Picks · 2y slimtoolkit/slim: Slim(toolkit): Don't change anything in your container image and minify it by up to 30x (and for compiled languages even more) making it secure too! (free and open source) SlimToolkit, formerly known as DockerSlim, is an open-source CNCF Sandbox project designed to optimize and secure your Docker containers without requiring changes to your original container image. It supports various container tools and runtimes, offering commands for inspection, optimization, and debugging. Slim can reduce container size by up to 30x while maintaining security, making it ideal for use with multiple programming languages on different OS environments. The latest 1.40.11 version adds support for the latest Docker Engine and includes improvements and new build command flags. 83 4 2. 2 [](/posts/opentelemetry-collector-the-complete-guide-tehvoavg8 "OpenTelemetry Collector: The Complete Guide") Article Last9 · 2y OpenTelemetry Collector: The Complete Guide OpenTelemetry provides a vendor-agnostic observability framework suitable for distributed systems. The OpenTelemetry Collector, or otelcol, allows for the receipt, processing, and export of telemetry data in diverse formats. It supports multiple protocols and can replace the need for multiple monitoring agents. Key benefits include vendor neutrality, data transformation, scalability, and cost reduction. Use cases range from microservices monitoring to legacy system integration. Advanced topics cover custom processors, high availability setups, and performance tuning. The guide also compares the Collector with Jaeger and emphasizes best practices for effective deployment. 19 1 3. 3 [](/posts/openfeature-qzwuelcwt "OpenFeature") Article Hacker News · 2y OpenFeature OpenFeature is a vendor-agnostic API specification designed for feature flagging, supporting various management tools or in-house solutions. It encourages community involvement through Slack channels, mailing lists, and meetings, adhering to the CNCF Community Code of Conduct. Security-related issues should be reported confidentially according to their Security Policy. 13 1 4. 4 [](/posts/back-button-rqo6fq7py "Back Button") Article Spacelift · 2y Back Button OpenTofu, an open-source fork of Terraform, is celebrating significant milestones including nearly two million GitHub downloads and over 400,000 Docker image downloads. The community, heavily supported by Spacelift, marked its first anniversary with several major updates, such as versions 1.6 to 1.8 and the beta release of the Registry UI. 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