Kat Cosgrove on Maintainer Burnout, Security, and the End of Ingress NGINX

In this episode we speak with Kat Cosgrove, elected member of the Kubernetes Steering Committee, about the decision to retire Ingress NGINX.

Kat explains how security risks, mounting technical debt, and maintainer burnout made the shutdown unavoidable.

The conversation explores what the retirement means for platform teams, why there is no true drop-in replacement, and what migration to alternatives like Gateway API really involves.

The episode also offers insight into Kubernetes governance and the hard decisions required to protect critical open source infrastructure.