This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: 🔥 LLM Cost Regression by Autoscaling 🔥 Mount Mayhem at Netflix 🗄️ DocumentDB: Auto Failover 🛡️ Skew Protection for Kubernetes 🔒 Secure VMs in Kubernetes ⭐️ LearnKube Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/183

🗣️ Brian Stack from Render explains the Kubernetes scaling trap most teams never see: hundreds of thousands of namespaces multiplied across DaemonSets https://ku.bz/0mrvCsXrV 🌟 LearnKube 🎙 🎙Bart

We published a Kubernetes production-readiness checklist for teams preparing workloads for production. It includes an interactive checklist, detailed explanations for each check, and a downloadable PDF worksheet. https://learnkube.com/production-best-practices

🚀 DevOpsDays Sibiu is coming soon! Three days of talks, ignite sessions, open spaces, and networking for the DevOps community. 📆 May 27-29, 2026 📍 Ramada Hotel, Sibiu, RO 🔗 https://ku.bz/P4gBcsbbW

We have one free ticket for KCD Helsinki 2026! Technical talks, open source demos, and networking with Kubernetes and cloud-native practitioners. 📆 May 20, 2026 📍 Aalto Dipoli, Helsinki, FI More info: https://ku.bz/qf_JG5mTk

🚀 KCD Texas is coming soon! Join the cloud-native and Kubernetes community in Austin for a full day of talks, hands-on sessions, and networking with practitioners from across Texas. 📆 May 15, 2026 📍 TCEA, Austin, TX 🔗 https://ku.bz/D9vm6YY0F

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: 🔄 Self-healing Registry Mirror 💰 From $14,850 to $680 🦈 Kubeshark Packet Visibility ⏱️ Temporal.io on Kubernetes 📊 6 Months of Kubernetes Costs ⭐️ LearnKube Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/182

🗣️ Mike Solomon from AIATELLA explains the production trust test for AI agents running Kubernetes: fail less than a human teammate, reproduce results, and know when to stop https://ku.bz/y70mLvWNs 🌟 LearnKube 🎙️ 🎙Bart

We published a new page for companies that want to work with LearnKube: https://learnkube.com/for-marketers If your company wants to support Kubernetes education, we’d like to talk.

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: 🔥 Benchmarking Log Collectors 🔥 ListenerSet in Gateway API v1.5 🔥 eBPF GPU Monitoring 🔄 Modernizing Image Promoter 💾 Zero-downtime Disk Migration ⭐️ Dash0 Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/181

🗣️ How do you build SaaS workflows with Kubernetes Operators without turning one CRD into a dumping ground? Alexander Held explains what went wrong with a 2,000-line CRD https://ku.bz/TGy4Qn7Qs 🌟 LearnKube 🎙 🎙Bart

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: 🔥 Distributed LLM Inference Challenges 🎯 DoubleVerify's ML Platform 🔥 OCI Seekability 🔥 Why Vibe Coding Isn't Enough 🚀 Modernizing HPC with SUNK ⭐️ Portworx Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/180

How teams manage node OSes in Kubernetes: - 47.1% replace nodes instead of patching - 55.1% check monitoring/logs first - 74.3% can patch within hours or days after a critical OS CVE Full report: https://kube.today/immutable-linux-kubernetes-2026

Special episode on KubeFM: a slightly different subject than usual Kelsey Hightower, Eric Abercrombie, and Julius Payne II join Bart to explore what hip-hop can teach us about Kubernetes https://ku.bz/czrCCXSLt 🎙️ @birthmarkbart.bsky.social ⭐️ LearnKube

🚀 I created a map of the Kubernetes control plane. If you’ve ever wondered what happens after `kubectl apply`, this should help: https://learnkube.com/kubernetes-control-plane The map is sized for A4 paper, so you can print it out and put it on your wall if you like!

Become an expert in Kubernetes! LearnKube runs its iconic 4-day Advanced Kubernetes course next week! If you want to get your hands dirty with Kubernetes, join us for a workshop packed with hands-on labs! Sign up here: https://learnkube.com/training

This week on the Learn Kubernetes Weekly: ☁️ Event-Driven Architecture Missing Standards 🔥 Sandboxes for AI 🔐 Securing East-West Traffic 💥 Chaos Engineering Best Practices 📊 AWS Monitoring Platform ⭐️ Portworx Read it now: https://kube.today/issues/179