# Blog - Page 4 of 6 | Ankra Canonical: https://ankra.ai/blog/4 Page 4 of 6 of the Ankra blog. More practical guides to Kubernetes, platform engineering, GitOps and AI operations. From the Ankra team # The work behind the running application. Product walkthroughs, practical engineering and ideas about building an operating platform for people and agents. [Explore the latest articles](https://ankra.ai/blog/4#articles) [Subscribe via RSS](https://ankra.ai/rss.xml) [Kubernetes](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [DevOps](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/devops) [Best Practices](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/best-practices) [## Life After ingress-nginx: A Field Guide to Gateway API](https://ankra.ai/blog/ingress-nginx-to-gateway-api) ingress-nginx is retired and its successor was cancelled before it shipped. A migration path to Gateway API that does not require a big-bang weekend. [Mattias Åsell](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mattias-asell) August 5, 2026 8 min read [Kubernetes](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [Engineering](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/engineering) [Best Practices](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/best-practices) [## Postgres on Kubernetes Is No Longer a Dare](https://ankra.ai/blog/postgres-on-kubernetes) The 'never run a database on Kubernetes' rule predates CSI and operators. What production Postgres takes in 2026, and when managed still wins. [Shiva Swaroop N K](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/shiva-swaroop) August 3, 2026 7 min read [Kubernetes](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [Platform Engineering](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/platform-engineering) [Cost Optimization](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/cost-optimization) [## Falling Behind on Kubernetes Versions Now Has a List Price](https://ankra.ai/blog/kubernetes-upgrade-treadmill) Three releases a year, 14 months of patches, and a 6x cluster fee when you lapse. How to turn Kubernetes upgrades from a dreaded project into a routine. [Mark Shine](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mark-shine) July 30, 2026 7 min read [Security](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/security) [Kubernetes](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [Platform Engineering](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/platform-engineering) [## Your Scanner Found 4,000 Findings. It Made Zero Decisions.](https://ankra.ai/blog/findings-are-not-decisions) Three weeks ago we called CVE scanners a layer-seven answer for teams who skipped the layer-one work. Then we shipped one. Here is why that is not a contradiction, and what a vulnerability finding has to become before it is worth anything. [Mark Shine](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mark-shine) July 26, 2026 10 min read [Comparisons](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/comparisons) [Platform Engineering](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/platform-engineering) [GitOps](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/gitops) [## Kubermatic vs Ankra: Do You Want to Run a Kubernetes Factory, or Just Ship Software?](https://ankra.ai/blog/kubermatic-vs-ankra) Kubermatic KKP is an open source factory for manufacturing Kubernetes clusters at density, and you are the one who runs the factory. Ankra is the platform your team does not have to operate. An honest comparison from a fellow European vendor. [Mark Shine](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mark-shine) July 9, 2026 10 min read [Engineering](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/engineering) [AI](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/ai) [Security](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/security) [## Ankra is now ankra.ai: Rewritten in Go, Ready for What's Next](https://ankra.ai/blog/ankra-is-now-ankra-ai) A new name, a new engine, and the biggest release we have ever shipped: the Go rewrite, an AI that owns the incident loop, passkey security, European multi-cloud, and Ankra on your phone. [Mark Shine](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mark-shine) July 6, 2026 8 min read [Security](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/security) [GitOps](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/gitops) [Kubernetes](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [## The Kubernetes Security Work That Actually Matters in 2026](https://ankra.ai/blog/kubernetes-security-that-actually-matters) Half of all clusters are running an ingress controller that stopped receiving security patches in March. Meanwhile, teams debate service meshes. The five findings that show up in every real cluster security review, each with the incident that proves it and the fix. [Mattias Åsell](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mattias-asell) July 4, 2026 9 min read [Security](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/security) [GitOps](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/gitops) [Kubernetes](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [## How to Manage GitOps Secrets Without Plaintext in Git](https://ankra.ai/blog/gitops-secrets-sops-age) Manage GitOps secrets by encrypting each value with SOPS and AGE before it reaches Git. Only ciphertext is committed and decrypted at deploy time. [Mattias Åsell](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mattias-asell) July 2, 2026 10 min read [Cost Optimization](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/cost-optimization) [Kubernetes](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/kubernetes) [DevOps](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/devops) [## Hetzner Repriced. Here Is the Math for Your Kubernetes Cluster.](https://ankra.ai/blog/kubernetes-cost-after-hetzner-price-hike) On June 15, Hetzner raised cloud prices, with some instance families more than doubling. A worked-numbers look at what a production Kubernetes cluster costs now, and why the real lesson is portability, not provider loyalty. [Mark Shine](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mark-shine) July 1, 2026 10 min read [Comparisons](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/comparisons) [Edge Computing](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/edge-computing) [AI](https://ankra.ai/blog/tag/ai) [## Spectro Cloud vs Ankra: Managing the Metal, or Running What Lives On It?](https://ankra.ai/blog/spectro-cloud-vs-ankra) Spectro Cloud's Palette is a serious enterprise platform for provisioning Kubernetes estates from the OS up. Ankra is an AI-native platform for running everything that happens on Kubernetes from the app down. The honest comparison, including when Palette is the right call. [Mark Shine](https://ankra.ai/blog/author/mark-shine) June 29, 2026 11 min read