Optimizing CI/CD: How GitHub Actions' max-parallel Impacts Your Software Project Metrics
In the relentless pursuit of efficient development activities, optimizing CI/CD workflows isn't just...
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Oct 16, 2026Our autoscaler stopped scaling the day we added a sidecar without a CPU request
On the first Monday of January, when our trade customers restock after the holidays, the catalogue...
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Oct 9, 2026Your Fargate Autoscaler Doesn't Understand Your JVM (by Default): Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Originally published on the AWS Builder Center. Your autoscaler doesn't understand your...
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Oct 3, 2026Why Your Kubernetes HPA Won't Scale Down (It's Probably Not Stuck)
You scaled up under load, traffic dropped ten minutes ago, and your HPA is still sitting at 8...
Oct 3, 20262 min read0 reactions0 comments
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Sep 24, 2026The node was ready in seventy seconds and our pod was not
A television advert went out at twenty to eight on a Sunday evening. Traffic to the storefront went...
Sep 24, 20262 min read0 reactions0 comments
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Sep 22, 2026eBPF-First SLO-Driven Autoscaling for Reliable Systems
Why I stopped trusting CPU and request-count thresholds If your autoscaler still reacts to...
Sep 22, 20264 min read0 reactions0 comments
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Sep 16, 2026Kubernetes Autoscaling 2026: HPA, VPA, KEDA, and Karpenter in Concert
HPA, VPA, KEDA, and Karpenter solve different scaling problems in Kubernetes. The article shows which combination is right for web APIs, queue-based workers, and ML inference workloads – and which pit
Sep 16, 20264 min read0 reactions0 comments
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Sep 22, 2026Kubernetes HPA Shows <unknown> Targets (FailedGetResourceMetric): How to Fix It
Kubernetes HPA stuck on unknown targets with FailedGetResourceMetric? Fix metrics-server TLS and APIService errors, missing CPU requests, and custom metrics.
Sep 22, 202612 min read0 reactions0 comments
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Sep 12, 2026[K8s] I Watched A VPA Recommendation For A Month — It Never Moved, Because It Was Never Really A Recommendation
Situation Part 1 Ended With Two Unresolved Questions: A 250Mi Memory Target For A...
Sep 12, 20265 min read0 reactions0 comments
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Sep 12, 2026Our workers were idle and the queue was an hour deep
The document ingestion workers had a horizontal pod autoscaler targeting seventy percent CPU, between...
Sep 12, 20262 min read0 reactions1 comments
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Sep 12, 2026Efficient Cluster Autoscaling in Kubernetes Deployed via Kubespray: Streamlined Implementation Guide
Introduction Kubernetes has solidified its position as the industry standard for container...
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Sep 7, 2026[K8s]Vertical Pod Autoscaler Isn't A Cloud Feature — I Put It On A Bare RKE2 Cluster And Its First Answer Was 10x Reality
Situation Had Already Set Up VPA On A GKE Workload (A ClickHouse Backend, After It OOM’d...
Sep 7, 20266 min read0 reactions0 comments