If you’re running workloads on GKE Autopilot and see your Ingress resources stuck on UNHEALTHY, you’re not alone. This problem can be frustrating, especially when your pods and services appear to be healthy, but your Google Cloud Load Balancer refuses to send traffic...
Running workloads on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is powerful, scalable—and, if you’re not careful, potentially expensive. Whether you’re using GKE Standard (where you manage the nodes) or GKE Autopilot (where Google manages the infrastructure for you), there are...
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) is a powerful platform to run containerized applications in the cloud. But when you spin up a cluster in GKE, you’re faced with an important choice: GKE Standard or GKE Autopilot? If you’re unsure which one to choose, this article will...
Intro:Every now and then, a moment of insight cuts through the noise. You read about a new system — Kubernetes, ETCD, or some enterprise tool — and within minutes, the architecture clicks. You see the purpose. You see how it maps to Active Directory. To MariaDB. To...
Introduction Kubernetes has become the de facto platform for modern application delivery. But beneath all the YAML files, Helm charts, and dashboards lies a foundational component that most engineers never touch — yet everything depends on it: etcd. If you’re coming...
Kubernetes has revolutionized the way we deploy, scale, and manage containerized applications. It abstracts infrastructure, automates scheduling, and enables dynamic scaling. But with great power comes the need for careful planning—especially when it comes to managing...
When you’re working with Kubernetes, understanding what a „node“ actually is under the hood can make a big difference—especially when you’re switching between local setups like Minikube and cloud-managed services like Google Kubernetes Engine...
The most interesting infrastructure projects I’ve worked on had one thing in common:They weren’t driven by hype — they were driven by necessity. ⚙️ Whether it’s a classic LAMP stack, EC2-based deployments or container orchestration with Kubernetes — the real...
One of the most humbling experiences in infrastructure work? Realizing that Kubernetes doesn’t solve complexity — it just gives you a framework to manage it. 🧩 Over the last years, I’ve moved from classic server setups and LAMP-based stacks into containerized...
