This talk outlines the features in containerd 1.1 smart client: I/O redirection from the client side, containerd namespaces to leverage a single runtime instance with a logical isolation from multiple clients (Kubernetes, Docker Engine, other systems), and containers as types in Golang when using containerd Go client library.
Additionally, it explains all the performance improvements brought by BuildKit, and the capabilities that it opens up because of it's modular architecture, enabling open source developers who create new build systems using BuildKit directly to create new front ends.