llm-d explained: disaggregated prefill and decode, KV-cache-aware routing and vLLM on Kubernetes, with cost math, an install path and where it beats a plain vLLM deployment.
How Istio ambient multicluster and the Gateway API Inference Extension route LLM traffic by KV-cache and queue depth, with a reference architecture and failure modes.
A production upgrade guide from Argo CD v2 to 3.x: RBAC and logs defaults, annotation tracking, ApplicationSet changes, sharding and a rollback-safe rollout plan.
Kubernetes 1.37 Garhwal graduates the Metrics API to stable and moves the rootless kubelet to beta. What changes for autoscaling, security, and upgrades.
Karmada graduated CNCF on Sept 8, 2026. We break down v1.19's priority scheduling and memory fixes, plus when to pair it with Cluster API in production.
KEDA 2.21 patches a TriggerAuthentication CVE and removes deprecated Temporal and Azure Pipelines scaler settings. The safe upgrade path from 2.20, which just went EOL.