# How cloud native goes AI native

DevFeed: [How cloud native goes AI native](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-cloud-native-goes-ai-native-4600.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.cncf.io/blog/2026/09/09/how-cloud-native-goes-ai-native/>)

Author: Doron Grinstein, CEO of Control Plane

Published: 2026-09-09T08:13:23Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cloud-native-computing-foundation.md>)

Topics: [cloud-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud-infrastructure.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [site-reliability-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/site-reliability-engineering.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apps.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [sre](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sre.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI-assisted, "vibe-coded" applications are increasingly easy to start but often fail to reach production because they bypass cloud-native operational practices. It frames closing that production-readiness gap as a key infrastructure challenge.

## Source excerpt

"A sales guy writing code" used to be the lead-up to a joke. But now no one's laughing. Designers used to sit meekly waiting for the high priests of code to make their designs real. Now...