#kubernetes
10 posts
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Nobody Understands Networking (Including Your CNI Plugin)
Networking is the most under-practiced skill in infrastructure engineering, and an iptables testing container is the best way to fix that.
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The Best Kubernetes Engineers Have a Nomad Project
You don't understand your tools until you understand their alternatives — and Nomad reveals what Kubernetes chose not to be.
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CQRS Isn't Just for Apps — Your Cluster Already Does It
Kubernetes is already a CQRS system — it just doesn't call itself one.
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Rolling Updates Are the Lie You Agreed To
Kubernetes rolling updates give you the worst properties of canary deployments with none of the benefits — and it's the default.
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Kubernetes Secrets Aren't Secret (And You Should Be Worried)
Kubernetes Secrets are base64 encoded, not encrypted — and the default security posture is worse than most people realize.
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Your Platform Is a Product (And Nobody Wants to Hear That)
Most internal platforms fail not because the technology is wrong, but because the team forgot they're shipping a product.
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Troubleshooting Is 30% of the CKA (And 90% of the Job)
The CKA weights troubleshooting at 30%, but in the real world it's closer to 90% — and the best prep is deliberate sabotage.
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The Algorithm You Already Know
Infrastructure engineers already think in algorithms — they just don't call them that.
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GitOps Is a Practice, Not a Tool
The repo is not the system — GitOps is the discipline of keeping your declarations honest, not just installing ArgoCD.
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Your Cluster Is Only as Good as Your Packet Path
Most Kubernetes problems are networking problems in disguise — and kubectl can't help you below the abstraction layer.