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Surviving Vendor Pitches at Kubecon: a Platform Engineer's Playbook

March 22, 2026

Kubernetes Authorizer Alwaysdeny Behavior Explained and Fixed

March 21, 2026

Self-hosted Kubernetes Apps: Hidden Complexity and Practical Fixes

March 20, 2026

Pivoting to Devops at 37: Practical Steps and Tradeoffs in the Ai Era

March 19, 2026

Kro in Production: Managing Interdependent Crds with Resource Graphs

March 18, 2026
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External Secrets Operator: Reconciliation and Auth in Production

The External Secrets Operator simplifies secret management but requires careful handling of reconciliation and authentication.

March 6, 2026 JR

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The External Secrets Operator simplifies secret management but requires careful handling of reconciliation and authentication tradeoffs to avoid security and stability issues in production.

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Egress Control on Eks: Cilium Vs Istio Ambient Mesh in 2026

Cilium and Istio Ambient Mesh offer different tradeoffs for EKS egress control; choose based on mTLS needs, sidecar overhead.

March 5, 2026 JR

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Cilium and Istio Ambient Mesh offer different tradeoffs for EKS egress control; choose based on mTLS needs, sidecar overhead, and operational maturity.

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Diagnosing and Resolving GPU Node Failures in Kubernetes Clusters

GPU nodes may appear healthy but fail under load due to hardware, driver, or resource issues; here's how to diagnose and fix them.

March 4, 2026 JR

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GPU nodes may appear healthy but fail under load due to hardware, driver, or resource issues; here’s how to diagnose and fix them.

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Recent Posts

Surviving Vendor Pitches at Kubecon: a Platform Engineer's Playbook

March 22, 2026

Kubernetes Authorizer Alwaysdeny Behavior Explained and Fixed

March 21, 2026

Self-hosted Kubernetes Apps: Hidden Complexity and Practical Fixes

March 20, 2026

Pivoting to Devops at 37: Practical Steps and Tradeoffs in the Ai Era

March 19, 2026

Kro in Production: Managing Interdependent Crds with Resource Graphs

March 18, 2026
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I’m a Red Hatter working as a Solutions Architect, formerly a Senior Cloud Success Architect, with a focus on and passion for OpenShift and Ansible. Previous life? Cloud Advanced Technology Lead & Big Data Engineer for Lockheed Martin Space, IT/IS Data Center Manager for Lockheed Martin IS&GS, and Senior Infrastructure Designer/Administrator for the City of Gainesville & City of Alachua.

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