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Platform Engineering
Istio Service Mesh: Production Setup on Kubernetes (2026)
Deploy Istio with ambient mode — no sidecars, mTLS everywhere, traffic management, observability, and canary deployments at scale.
2 min read Platform Engineering
Keycloak: Identity & Access Management on Kubernetes
Deploy Keycloak for SSO, OIDC, SAML, and RBAC — integrate with Kubernetes, Grafana, ArgoCD, and any OAuth2-compatible application.
2 min read AI
Autoscale AI Inference on Kubernetes with KEDA + GPUs
Scale LLM inference pods based on queue depth, token throughput, and GPU utilization using KEDA. Production patterns for vLLM, TGI, and NIM on Kubernetes.
5 min read Platform Engineering
Kubernetes Cost Optimization with Kubecost and OpenCost
Track and reduce Kubernetes spending — per-namespace cost allocation, right-sizing recommendations, idle resource detection, and showback reports.
2 min read DevOps
etcd Backup & Maintenance for Production Kubernetes
Protect your cluster state — automated etcd snapshots, defragmentation schedules, performance tuning, and disaster recovery procedures.
3 min read AI
ML Pipelines on Kubernetes: Kubeflow vs Argo Workflows
Build reproducible ML training pipelines on Kubernetes. Compare Kubeflow Pipelines and Argo Workflows for data prep, training, and evaluation.
3 min read Platform Engineering
Kubernetes Multi-Tenancy: Namespace, vCluster, Fleet
Isolate teams on shared clusters — namespace-per-tenant, vCluster virtual clusters, Capsule policies, and Rancher Fleet at scale.
3 min read Platform Engineering
Kubernetes Network Policies: Zero Trust Guide
Implement zero-trust networking in Kubernetes — default-deny policies, namespace isolation, egress control, and DNS-based rules.
3 min read DevOps
Pod Disruption Budgets & Zero-Downtime Rolling Updates
Ensure zero downtime during upgrades — PDBs, rolling update strategies, readiness gates, preStop hooks, and graceful shutdown patterns.
3 min read Platform Engineering
Kubernetes Pod Security Standards Explained
Enforce pod security with built-in admission control — replace PodSecurityPolicy with Pod Security Standards, OPA Gatekeeper, and Kyverno.
2 min read Platform Engineering
Kubernetes RBAC: Least-Privilege for Production
Lock down your cluster — Roles, ClusterRoles, ServiceAccounts, audit logging, and common RBAC mistakes that expose production systems.
2 min read Platform Engineering
Kustomize vs Helm 2026: Which Kubernetes Templating Wins?
Complete comparison of Kustomize vs Helm for Kubernetes manifest management. Benchmarks, use cases, migration paths, and when to use each in production.
4 min read Open Source
Listmonk: Open-Source Newsletter & Mailing List Manager
Listmonk handles millions of subscribers on a single server — Go-powered, PostgreSQL-backed, with templating, segmentation, and analytics.
3 min read Platform Engineering
Longhorn: Distributed Storage for Kubernetes Bare Metal
Run production storage without cloud provider — Longhorn provides replicated volumes, snapshots, backups, and DR across bare-metal Kubernetes nodes.
3 min read Open Source
Medusa: Open-Source Headless Commerce Engine for Developers
Build custom e-commerce with Medusa — modular architecture, multi-region, multi-currency, and extensible with plugins. The Shopify alternative.
3 min read Platform Engineering
MinIO: S3-Compatible Object Storage on Kubernetes
Run MinIO for S3-compatible storage — AI/ML data lakes, backup targets, Thanos/Loki backends, and multi-tenant enterprise deployments.
2 min read Automation
n8n: Self-Hosted Workflow Automation with 400+ Integrations
Deploy n8n on Kubernetes — the open-source Zapier alternative with AI agents, code nodes, and enterprise-grade workflow automation.
3 min read DevOps
OpenTelemetry on Kubernetes: Complete Observability Stack
Instrument applications with OpenTelemetry — auto-instrumentation, collector deployment, traces to Jaeger/Tempo, metrics to Prometheus, logs to Loki.
2 min read Open Source
Penpot: Open-Source Figma Alternative for Teams
Penpot offers real-time collaboration, SVG-native design, CSS-ready inspect, and self-hosted deployment. Web-based, no plugins needed.
3 min read DevOps
Prometheus + Thanos: Long-Term Metrics for Kubernetes
Scale Prometheus beyond single-cluster with Thanos — global query view, unlimited retention, downsampling, and object storage backend.
2 min read AI
RAG Pipeline on Kubernetes: Production Architecture Guide
Deploy a production Retrieval-Augmented Generation pipeline on Kubernetes: vector databases, embedding services, chunking, and Argo Workflows.
4 min read Automation
SaltStack vs Ansible 2026: Speed, Scale, and Simplicity
SaltStack vs Ansible for configuration management at scale. Event-driven architecture, agent vs agentless, performance at 10K+ nodes, and migration guide.
3 min read DevOps
SQL Server Performance Tuning: 15 Proven Techniques (2026)
Master SQL Server performance tuning with index optimization, query plan analysis, wait statistics, memory configuration, and tempdb best practices.
6 min read Platform Engineering
Supabase: Open-Source Firebase Alternative on PostgreSQL
Supabase gives you PostgreSQL, Auth, Storage, Realtime, and Edge Functions — fully open-source and self-hostable on Kubernetes.
3 min read