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The Risk of Default Configuration: How Out-of-the-Box Helm Charts Can Breach Your Cluster

Apache Pinot's Helm setup is a welcome mat for troublemakers.It throws the doors open to critical services without bothering to ask, "Who goes there?" It's the kind of oversight attackers savor.Meshery and Selenium join the party too.Their default settings flirt with disaster, leaving the gates ajar.. read more  

The Risk of Default Configuration: How Out-of-the-Box Helm Charts Can Breach Your Cluster
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AI Runs Best On Cloud Native—Who's Managing the Kubernetes Platform?

AI workloads thrive on cloud-native platforms like Kubernetes because they offer the scalability, portability, and speed needed for modern machine learning—but building and running this infrastructure is highly complex and distracts from core AI work. The post argues that unless your business is inf.. read more  

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Mastering Kubernetes Migrations From Planning to Execution

Managed K8slike Amazon EKS or GKE? A ticket to smoother ops, but at the expense of control. Enterautoscaling, service meshes, andGitOps—they shift the deployment game dramatically. But don’t fall into the trap of thinking every app belongs on K8s. High-latency, tightly bound apps flounder there. Tos.. read more  

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Announcing new Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers for AWS Serverless and Containers - AWS

AWS's Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers arm AI code assistantsto deftly wrangle AWS Lambda, ECS, and EKS. They launch apps at warp speed.MCP servers cram in AWS best practices and operational secrets,freeing you from infrastructure drudgery. You get to dive straight into crafting the heart of you.. read more  

Announcing new Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers for AWS Serverless and Containers - AWS
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ClusterAPI Provider for AWS and Cilium

Cluster APIis the aspirin for Kubernetes cluster migraines, especially when tangoing with AWS. With neat tricks likeEKS upgradesandself-managed nodes, it’s a godsend.KinDsteps up as the management cluster sidekick in this AWS adventure, while CAPA rolls up its sleeves, threading infrastructure provi.. read more  

ClusterAPI Provider for AWS and Cilium
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Start Sidecar First: How To Avoid Snags

Kubernetesv1.29.0 steps up its game with sidecars now always booting before the main apps. Fancy that. But don’t get too comfy. To make sure everything’s truly ready, lean on readiness probes or whip up a shell script with a lifecycle hook to get that perfect launch choreography... read more  

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Introducing Gateway API Inference Extension

Gateway API Inference Extensiontakes AI workload routing on Kubernetes and infuses it with model-savvy powers. It slices latency on GPU clusters like a samurai. Meanwhile, theEndpoint Selection Extensionacts like a traffic cop on caffeine, using live metrics to steer pods and trim those nagging tail.. read more  

Introducing Gateway API Inference Extension
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Improving Cost Efficiency with Karpenter 1.0: An Upgrade Guide

Karpenter 1.0is the speedy barista of Kubernetes. It whips up nodes on demand, slashing AWS EC2 costs by 30-50%. Why? Real-time scaling magic, Spot instance wizardry, and APIs that won't stab you in the back. Sure,Cluster Autoscalerhas an extensive resume of compatibility and control, but it's like .. read more  

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Not Every Problem Needs Kubernetes

Most projects don’t need Kubernetes;for 90% of teams, it adds unnecessary complexity and operational burden compared to simpler alternatives like managed cloud services, VMs, or actor-model frameworks. Unless you’re running at hyperscale, need true hybrid environments, or have a massive, mature plat.. read more  

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How to Use AI to Detect PPE Compliance in Edge Environments

Meet the motley crew that is theYOLOv8-based AI team. These guys get serious about detecting hard hats across countless video streams and they do it in real time. Their secret weapon? The metallic trio ofZEDEDA,Rancher, andTerraform.ZEDEDAtames edge management.Rancherwrangles Kubernetes.Terraform? I.. read more  

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