Argo CD vs Flux: which GitOps tool should you choose?
Compare Argo CD and Flux for deploying applications from Git: dashboards, Helm releases, access controls and recovery after a bad change.
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Kubernetes tools, compared.
Understand what each tool does, how the options differ and which one fits your team. Compare deployment, networking, storage and other everyday Kubernetes choices.
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Original context. Clear evidence.Kubernetes autoscaling: HPA, KEDA and node scaling explained
Learn when to use HPA, KEDA and a node autoscaler to add application capacity, handle demand spikes and remove idle machines.
Sourced guidanceAlpine vs distroless vs full Linux container images
Compare Alpine, distroless and full Linux base images by application compatibility, security updates and how you will debug a running container.
Sourced guidanceTrivy vs Grype: container scanning and release decisions
Compare Trivy and Grype for finding known vulnerabilities in container images, and turn scan results into clear release decisions.
Sourced guidanceKarpenter vs Cluster Autoscaler vs EKS Auto Mode: cost and control
Compare Karpenter, Cluster Autoscaler and EKS Auto Mode for adding Kubernetes machines when applications need them and removing unused capacity.
Sourced guidanceEKS Pod Identity vs IRSA: giving Pods access to AWS
Compare EKS Pod Identity and IRSA for letting applications access AWS services without storing long-lived access keys.
Sourced guidanceEKS vs AKS vs GKE: choosing managed Kubernetes
Compare Amazon EKS, Azure AKS and Google GKE: what each managed Kubernetes service provides and which fits your applications and cloud services.
Sourced guidanceHelm CLI vs Argo CD vs Flux: deploying Helm charts
Compare direct Helm commands with Argo CD and Flux for deploying and updating applications from charts.
Historical recordEnvoy Gateway vs Cilium vs Traefik: Kubernetes traffic routing
Compare Envoy Gateway, Cilium, Traefik and managed gateways for routing web traffic into Kubernetes applications.
Sourced guidanceIstio vs Linkerd: choosing a Kubernetes service mesh
Compare Istio and Linkerd for encrypting traffic between services, controlling access and investigating requests across applications.
Sourced guidanceKubernetes backups: what to protect and how to choose
Understand Kubernetes configuration backups, persistent-volume backups and database recovery before reading the historical tool comparison.
Historical recordcontainerd vs CRI-O: Kubernetes container runtimes
Compare containerd and CRI-O, understand what a container runtime does, and separate Kubernetes node choices from Docker development tools.
Historical recordKubernetes cost tools: understanding where the money goes
Understand Kubernetes cost allocation, idle capacity and cloud bills before comparing tools in the historical research workbook.
Historical recordCilium vs Calico: choosing Kubernetes networking
Compare Cilium and Calico for connecting Kubernetes Pods, enforcing network rules and investigating traffic problems.
Sourced guidanceTalos vs Bottlerocket vs general-purpose Linux for Kubernetes
Compare Talos, Bottlerocket and general-purpose Linux for the machines running Kubernetes, including updates and debugging.
Historical recordExternal Secrets vs Sealed Secrets: where SOPS and Vault fit
Understand External Secrets, Sealed Secrets, SOPS and Vault, then choose how applications receive passwords, tokens and certificates.
Sourced guidancevLLM, KServe and llm-d: serving language models on Kubernetes
Understand what vLLM, KServe and llm-d do, when to combine them, and how to measure an AI service before adding more infrastructure.
Sourced guidancekind vs minikube vs Docker Desktop: local Kubernetes
Compare kind, minikube and Docker Desktop for learning Kubernetes or testing applications on your own computer.
Historical recordMetrics vs logs vs traces: what each tells you
Learn what metrics, logs, traces and profiles tell you about an application, and how Prometheus, OpenTelemetry and storage backends fit together.
Sourced guidanceKubernetes operators explained: when to use one
Understand Kubernetes operators, how they differ from Helm charts, and when automated upgrades, backups and recovery justify using one.
Sourced guidanceOKD vs PKS vs GKE On-Prem: understanding the platform choices
Understand OKD, the former PKS product and Google Distributed Cloud before choosing Kubernetes for your own data center.
Sourced guidanceOpenShift vs Rancher and the historical PKS comparison
Explain OpenShift, Rancher and the historical PKS product, then compare what they provide for running Kubernetes in your own infrastructure.
Historical recordServerless on Kubernetes: Knative and event-driven scaling
Understand serverless on Kubernetes and choose between request-driven serving with Knative and event-driven worker scaling with KEDA.
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