GKE NAP offers zero-config reliability for Google Cloud users, while Karpenter provides flexibility for AWS environments with spot instances and custom node templates.
Focus on proven cloud-native skills, hands-on troubleshooting, and clear expectations to attract and retain effective platform engineers.
Use dedicated, high-availability master nodes with isolated resources and standardized worker nodes sized for workload demands.
Storage remains a high-risk, high-complexity component in production due to its stateful nature, tight coupling with infrastructure, and the operational overhead of managing performance, durability, and scaling at scale.
K3S integrates with Netbird and TailScale for dynamic IP updates, balancing simplicity and control with tradeoffs in network overhead and security.
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