🗣️ Ryan Brainard, Software Engineering PMTS @ Heroku, shares three emerging Kubernetes tools: OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for observability, K9s as a CLI interface, and Karpenter for node provisioning Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/WY43k-PBd

This article explains service mesh patterns for managing microservice communication, covering how sidecars like Envoy handle retries, circuit breakers, timeouts, and load balancing transparently ➜ https://ku.bz/CZy4X93Wv

This tutorial teaches how to generate kubeconfig files for Kubernetes service accounts using a simple Go tool that works with both modern clusters (1.24+) and legacy versions ➤ https://ku.bz/pqyC53xhH

🗣️ Zbyněk Roubalík, CTO @ Kedify, explains why Kubernetes is the platform of the future for AI and ML workloads - organizations can consolidate infrastructure and Kubernetes provides needed flexibility Watch: https://ku.bz/k0xRzNBVd

zeropod is a tool that automatically checkpoints containers to disk after a certain amount of time of the last TCP connection, allowing for fast and seamless scaling down to zero ➜ https://ku.bz/MjQ_WWsrx

Dokku is a Docker-powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lifecycle of applications, essentially offering a mini-Heroku you can self-host ➤ https://ku.bz/t0Qb2SJy9

K8sQuest is a local Kubernetes learning game with 50 progressive challenges where you fix broken clusters using kubectl with real-time monitoring, progressive hints, and post-mission debriefs running on kind ➜ https://ku.bz/j4c05Xsk0

🗣️ William Morgan, CEO at Buoyant, explains why Layer 7 (L7) load balancing is superior to topology-aware routing in Kubernetes Watch: https://ku.bz/CBwn51pl-

This case study shows how Codefresh optimized Kubernetes for CI workloads by creating a custom scheduler that packs pods tightly and uses ballast pods to eliminate build start delays ➤ https://ku.bz/mRdHKYC6p

flux9s is a terminal interface for monitoring Flux GitOps resources in real time with K9s inspired navigation It offers resource operations like: - suspend, - resume, - reconcile, - graph visualization, - reconciliation history tracking ➜ https://ku.bz/jvKh9NH_1

This article explains how OpenTelemetry unifies observability by correlating metrics, logs, and traces through standardized telemetry data collection in Kubernetes environments ➤ https://ku.bz/8p11g8gy6

This article explains why Linecraft AI migrated from manual Windows IIS deployments to Kubernetes after facing multi-week release cycles, inconsistent environments from local server changes, and extended downtimes ➜ https://ku.bz/vGgfxBD25

This tutorial teaches how to implement multi-tenancy on Google Kubernetes Engine using namespaces for isolation, RBAC for access control, and resource quotas for capacity management ➜ https://ku.bz/Qd8k933tW

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: 🤖 75% Faster Debugging with AI 🔥 60% Less Pods, Doubled Traffic Capacity 📈 Scaling Django to 1M Users ⚠️ Kubernetes Bad Practices 🥷 PKI Credential Abuse ⭐️ LearnKube Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/174

"You don't want to give them all the choices because they'll go hog wild." Amin Astaneh on balancing developer self-service with storage guardrails 📺: https://ku.bz/4CbNjNMRL

Valkey Operator is a Kubernetes operator that automates deployment and lifecycle management of Valkey clusters and instances with features like automated installation and configuration management ➤ https://ku.bz/WbXvSkFMG

HAProxy Data Plane API is a sidecar process written in Go that runs alongside HAProxy and provides REST API endpoints for managing HAProxy configuration, requiring HAProxy version 1.9.0 or higher ➜ https://ku.bz/wyGW4WtdG

Cluster API provides a powerful abstraction layer for managing Kubernetes clusters across different cloud providers, explains Zain Malik. It enables multi-cloud capabilities through standardized abstractions Watch the full episode: https://ku.bz/5PLksqVlk

🗣️ Fernando from SadServers on how he cut his Kubernetes bill from $1,000/month on GKE to $30/month on Hetzner with Edka — a 500% cost reduction for the same capacity https://ku.bz/6nSDbz9m4 🌟 LearnKube 🎙 🎙Bart

Linnix is an eBPF + PSI-powered Kubernetes observability agent written in Rust that identifies which pod is actually stalling your services, not just consuming CPU ➜ https://ku.bz/x-VQLHwSW

This article explains the differences between `kubectl proxy` and `kubectl port-forward` for accessing Kubernetes services from your local machine ➤ https://ku.bz/nNPZ6f_Zb

This article shares hidden Kubernetes bad practices discovered through production incidents covering troubleshooting challenges, configuration mistakes, and operational lessons learned by a Site Reliability Engineer ➜ https://ku.bz/5r3LtnjD5

This case study describes rebuilding a fragile Kubernetes infrastructure into a production-grade platform for GPU-based ML workloads, improving deployment frequency from weekly to 10+ times daily ➜ https://ku.bz/lFNBx-8yT

"A lot of organizations don't have that choice. You basically have to take what your security team is telling you." Mauro Morales on picking an OS for Kubernetes 📺: https://ku.bz/8cpgjFfjn

Lynq Operator automates Kubernetes resource provisioning directly from database rows using Go templates and Sprig functions ➤ https://ku.bz/hpx6WyM4K

RoleBasedGroup is a Kubernetes API written in Go for orchestrating distributed stateful AI inference workloads with multi role collaboration and built in service discovery, treating inference services as role based groups rather than isolated workloads ➜ https://ku.bz/-sFQ3PwFR

cek is a command-line tool for exploring OCI container image filesystems, reading file contents, and inspecting layer mechanics without running containers by connecting to container daemons or pulling from registries ➜ https://ku.bz/VWLLdYCbb

This article explains how CoreDNS works in OpenShift clusters, covering DNS resolution architecture where the 10th IP from service network is reserved for CoreDNS service ➤ https://ku.bz/wY0TJ3X8N

This article describes how the team at Next Insurance built an AI-powered microservice that watches build failures via Jenkins, analyzes logs automatically and posts clear, helpful feedback to Slack ➜ https://ku.bz/Z1JgV0d5_

Wozz helps engineering teams reduce Kubernetes spend through two approaches: - Analyzes pull requests for resource changes and comments with cost impact before merge - Scans running clusters to identify over-provisioned pods and wasted resources ➜ https://ku.bz/lPn96ff3b

Korrel8r is a rule-based correlation engine that automatically discovers and graphs relationships between Kubernetes cluster resources and observability signals across Prometheus, Loki, Alertmanager, and the Kubernetes API ➤ https://ku.bz/tdFklzjTN

k8sql is a tool written in Rust that queries Kubernetes clusters using SQL syntax, exposing resources as database tables and kubectl contexts as databases with a query planner that optimizes API calls by pushing filters server-side ➜ https://ku.bz/fn8FJqySQ

🗣️ Rafael Brito discusses cultural and organizational barriers preventing successful Kubernetes adoption, emphasizing how fear, doubt, and resistance create challenges beyond technical implementation Watch the full interview: https://ku.bz/nZKfwy9q5

k8s-d2 generates D2 diagram files from Kubernetes cluster topology, visualizing namespaces, workloads, services, and their relationships with customizable grid layouts and filtering options ➜ https://ku.bz/tD4Zs2k4k

🗣️ Tanat Lokejaroenlarb explains the hidden complexities of blue-green migrations between Kubernetes clusters, introducing the concept of "scale mismatch" where new clusters start empty. In contrast, existing ones are optimized for production Watch: https://ku.bz/VVHFfXGl_

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: 🔥 Egress with Squid Proxy 💪 OS Migration Reduced Infra 30% ⚡ Auto & Load-based Scaling 🎯 Smart Scheduling: Cost Optimization 🤖 Claude Code Pilots K8s ⭐️ Hadron Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/173

This tutorial teaches how a request travels through Kubernetes using Gateway API and Istio, covering the entire path from browser to application pod to database ➤ https://ku.bz/WZnn7LZqr

This case study shows how to build a complete multi-environment Kubernetes platform using AI assistants like GPT and Claude to generate Terraform configurations, Helm charts, and CI/CD pipelines ➤ https://ku.bz/ll21gv1yJ

Docker Time Machine is a CLI tool written in Go that tracks Docker image evolution through git history by walking through commits, building images, and recording metrics like size, layer count, and build time ➜ https://ku.bz/22cChgJBn

Kubey is a web-based Kubernetes dashboard that provides team visibility across multiple clusters, with cross-cluster deployment comparison, real-time monitoring, and web access ➜ https://ku.bz/NWccBgqR9

You want to share GPUs: one team runs inference, another trains models, and both need the same expensive cards. The problem is that GPUs don't behave like CPU and RAM under contention. (I will cover this on Thursday: ku.bz/multitenant26 ) 🧵

"We assumed that implicit budget happens in Karpenter. It's not the case." Adhi Sutandi on Karpenter's default 10% disruption budget catching his team off guard 📺: https://ku.bz/XyVfsSQPr

This case study shows how implementing multi-cluster high availability for a Kubernetes PaaS platform unexpectedly caused more downtime than it prevented during maintenance operations ➤ https://ku.bz/rdy0ZsW0Q

Uncloud is a lightweight clustering tool that deploys and manages containerized applications across Docker hosts using Docker Compose syntax ➤ https://ku.bz/VQC0VyVh-

kinc is an open-source tool that lets you create a single-node, rootless Kubernetes cluster inside a container (using Podman + CRI-O + kubeadm) ➤ https://ku.bz/WNZh_5B-m