Istio Ambient Mesh vs Linkerd: Service Mesh ADR (2026)
Istio ambient mesh vs Linkerd — an ADR weighing sidecarless overhead, mTLS, L7 policy, operational cost, and when each mesh is the right call.
OpenTofu in Production: Migrating from Terraform (2026)
Migrate from Terraform to OpenTofu in production — drop-in compatibility, state encryption, CI changes, and a safe step-by-step cutover plan.
K3s vs MicroK8s vs KubeEdge: Edge K8s ADR (2026)
K3s vs MicroK8s vs KubeEdge for edge clusters — an ADR weighing footprint, offline behavior, device management, and operational cost.
OpenTelemetry for Industrial IoT Observability (2026)
OpenTelemetry for industrial IoT observability — instrument edge services, run the OTel Collector, and ship traces, metrics, and logs end to end.
Azure IoT Akri: Kubernetes Resource Interface Deep Dive (Updated 2026)
Azure IoT Akri turns leaf devices into Kubernetes resources — discovery handlers, brokers, instance lifecycle, and a 2026 production setup walkthrough on AKS Edge Essentials.
Sidecar vs eBPF Service Mesh: An ADR for 2026 Production Workloads
ADR for sidecar vs eBPF service mesh in 2026 — context, options (Istio Ambient, Cilium Mesh, Linkerd2), trade-offs, consequences, and the decision criteria we settled on.
Backstage 1.30 IDP Setup: Templates, Catalog, TechDocs Production Guide
Production Backstage 1.30 IDP setup — software catalog, scaffolder templates, TechDocs, auth plugins, and a working docker-compose stack with PostgreSQL and Kubernetes ingestion.
GitOps for Industrial Fleets: ArgoCD vs Flux Production Tutorial
GitOps for industrial fleets in 2026 — ArgoCD vs Flux step-by-step, ApplicationSets for thousands of edges, sync waves, and how to handle disconnected sites and rollbacks.
Karpenter Node Autoscaling for Kubernetes: Production Deep Dive
How Karpenter replaces cluster-autoscaler in production — NodePool design, consolidation, disruption budgets, spot-on-demand mixing, and real-world cost savings (2026).
eBPF for Observability: How Kernel-Level Tracing Replaced Traditional APM
eBPF observability guide — verifier, maps, probes, Cilium/Pixie architectures, continuous profiling, and why kernel-level tracing wins over APM.