Notes from the racks
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Written by platform engineers
Field-tested, not theoretical
New analysis every month
5 articles
How-to/
6 min read
Ingress, LoadBalancer or NodePort: exposing a service without guessing
Three ways to get traffic into a Kubernetes cluster, what each one actually costs, and the decision rule that stops you paying for twelve load balancers.
Aug 31, 2026
How-to/
5 min read
Upgrading a production Kubernetes cluster without downtime
The pre-flight checks, the PodDisruptionBudgets that make a node drain safe, the upgrade order, and why there is no rollback for a control plane.
Aug 31, 2026
How-to/
5 min read
Persistent volumes on managed Kubernetes: what to use for what
Block, file and object storage in a cluster: which primitive fits which workload, the access-mode rules that surprise people, and the reclaim policy that deletes production data.
Aug 31, 2026
Migration/
5 min read
From docker-compose to Kubernetes without wrecking your weekend
A staged path from a working docker-compose stack to a production Kubernetes deployment, including the four things that always break.
Aug 23, 2026
Cost/
5 min read
Right-sizing a Kubernetes cluster without overspending
Most Kubernetes bills are not a Kubernetes problem. A practical method for sizing nodes, setting requests and limits, and knowing when to scale out.
Aug 23, 2026
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