Kubernetes
GitOps with Tanzu Application Platform
Tanzu Application Platform's supply chains implement GitOps by design. This post shows how to wire TAP's out-of-the-box supply chain to your own git repositories and get a full audit trail from commit to running container.
Sun Dec 20 2026
Kubernetes Gateway API vs Ingress: What You Need to Know
Gateway API is GA and production-ready. It fixes the limitations of Ingress that have frustrated teams for years. Here's a concrete comparison and a migration guide for Nginx Ingress users.
Fri Apr 10 2026
Kubernetes 1.32 Feature Recap
Kubernetes 1.32 'Penelope' wraps up 2025 with DRA reaching stable, Sidecar containers graduating, and a first look at In-Place Pod Resize in beta. Here's what matters and what to test before upgrading.
Fri Sep 05 2025
eBPF: The Future of Kubernetes Networking
eBPF-based CNIs like Cilium are replacing iptables-based networking with kernel-level programmability. This post explains what eBPF actually does, why it matters for Kubernetes, and how to evaluate a migration from Flannel or Calico.
Thu May 22 2025
vSphere with Tanzu: Workload Domains Explained
Supervisor clusters, Namespace-level resource quotas, and TKG workload clusters — vSphere with Tanzu has a lot of moving parts. This post maps the architecture and explains when to use each layer.
Thu Mar 20 2025
Argo CD Best Practices for Production Clusters
Argo CD is the most widely adopted GitOps tool in the Kubernetes ecosystem. This post covers multi-cluster patterns, application set strategies, RBAC, and the operational habits that prevent GitOps chaos.
Fri Feb 28 2025
Securing Kubernetes with OPA Gatekeeper
OPA Gatekeeper enforces policy at admission time, rejecting non-compliant workloads before they ever reach your cluster. This guide covers ConstraintTemplates, audit mode, and the policies every production cluster needs.
Mon Dec 02 2024
Kubernetes Observability with OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetry has unified the instrumentation story across traces, metrics, and logs. This post covers deploying the OTel Operator on Kubernetes, auto-instrumentation, and routing telemetry to Prometheus and Jaeger.
Thu Nov 07 2024
Platform Engineering with Backstage and Kubernetes
Backstage has become the de facto internal developer portal. This post covers wiring it up to Kubernetes clusters, populating the software catalog from existing workloads, and writing your first custom plugin.
Tue Sep 03 2024
Kubernetes 1.30: Release Highlights You Shouldn't Miss
Kubernetes 1.30 'Uwubernetes' brings structured authentication config, user namespaces graduation, and a wave of storage improvements. Here's what's worth your attention.
Mon Apr 22 2024
Tanzu Platform for Kubernetes: A Deep Dive
Tanzu Platform reframes how platform teams deliver developer experiences on Kubernetes. This post dissects its architecture, profiles, and spaces — and where it fits compared to rolling your own.
Sun Mar 10 2024