The Spec Sheet Is Not a Benchmark: Testing Kubernetes Clusters in 15 Minutes
Two identical cloud VMs measured 2.8x apart on CPU; one failed etcd's fsync bar. A 15-minute in-cluster benchmark suite catches this before production does.
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Two identical cloud VMs measured 2.8x apart on CPU; one failed etcd's fsync bar. A 15-minute in-cluster benchmark suite catches this before production does.
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.
The 'never run a database on Kubernetes' rule predates CSI and operators. What production Postgres takes in 2026, and when managed still wins.
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