In the last few years, we’ve witnessed the introduction of several new lightweight Kubernetes... Tagged with kubernetes, webassembly, serverless, spinkube.

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Lightweight Kubernetes distributions like k3s, Microk8s, and k0s, combined with SpinKube, offer significant performance and resource efficiency benefits. Spin applications, which are WebAssembly-based, have minimal runtime overhead and can scale rapidly. This makes them ideal for both low-frequency use cases and high-traffic scenarios, as well as for edge computing where optimizing network latency is crucial.

Lightweight Kubernetes and Wasm is a Perfect Combo

1. Stack infrequently used servers on a cheap VM

3. Push apps out to the edge, and run cheaper