Best of Kubernetes — February 2026

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    Avatar of freecodecampfreeCodeCamp·8w

    Master Kubernetes Through Production-Ready Practice

    A 6-hour hands-on Kubernetes course posted on freeCodeCamp's YouTube channel, developed by Saiyam Pathak. It covers deploying a cloud-native microservices stack from scratch, including Kubernetes architecture (Control Plane, Worker Nodes, CRI/CNI/CSI), Gateway API for traffic management, CloudNativePG for PostgreSQL, cert-manager for HTTPS, and full-stack observability with Prometheus and Grafana. The course targets production-grade deployments rather than isolated command memorization.

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    Avatar of techworldwithnanaTechWorld with Nana·10w

    Why DevOps Demand Is Exploding in 2026 (And How To Take Advantage)

    DevOps skills are experiencing unprecedented demand in 2026 due to five converging factors: accelerating cloud adoption, Kubernetes becoming standard, cybersecurity requirements driving DevSecOps, infrastructure-as-code becoming mandatory, and AI both increasing DevOps value while creating MLOps demand. Companies struggle to fill positions (staying open 3x longer than other IT roles) because DevOps requires a rare combination of development, infrastructure, automation, security, and monitoring skills. The opportunity window mirrors software engineering's golden period from 10 years ago—high demand, low supply—but won't last forever. With structured learning focusing on fundamentals first (Linux, Git, Docker, CI/CD) then building up (cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, monitoring), you can become job-ready in 6-9 months. Common mistakes include learning tools in isolation, surface-level sandbox practice, underestimating opportunity cost, and not documenting progress publicly.

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    Avatar of trendyoltechTrendyol Tech·8w

    Debugging a Go Memory Leak: From OOM to Stable with pprof

    A real-world walkthrough of diagnosing and fixing a Go memory leak that caused OOM crashes in a Kafka consumer service. Covers Go memory fundamentals (stack vs. heap, GC tricolor algorithm, TCMalloc-based arenas), then details two concrete fixes: using Uber's automaxprocs to correctly set GOMAXPROCS in Kubernetes containers, and using pprof heap profiling to identify two root causes — repeated time.LoadLocation disk reads fixed with sync.Once, and a memory leak in the Confluent Kafka Go library resolved by switching to the Segmentio kafka-go package, reducing memory from hundreds of MB to a stable 25 MB.

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·8w

    "Made in EU" - it was harder than I thought.

    A founder's firsthand account of building a startup entirely on European infrastructure, covering the full stack chosen (Hetzner, Scaleway, Bunny.net, Nebius, Hanko) and self-hosted tools (Gitea, Plausible, Rancher, Infisical). The post details unexpected friction points: thin ecosystems around EU transactional email, the pain of leaving GitHub, and unexplained TLD pricing markups. It also honestly acknowledges unavoidable US dependencies — Google/Apple for ads and app distribution, social OAuth flows, and frontier AI models like Claude. The conclusion: EU-only infrastructure is achievable and cost-effective, but requires deliberate effort against industry defaults.

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    Avatar of pulumiPulumi·10w

    The Claude Skills I Actually Use for DevOps

    Claude Skills package engineering expertise into reusable instructions that teach AI agents domain-specific patterns and best practices. Unlike MCPs which provide tools, skills encode workflows and judgment—teaching Claude to write production-ready infrastructure code with proper security contexts, monitoring, OIDC credentials, and deployment patterns. The article demonstrates 14+ community and official Pulumi skills covering TypeScript infrastructure, Kubernetes hardening, systematic debugging, security review, incident response, and SRE practices. Skills are portable markdown files that avoid context pollution through progressive disclosure, activating only when relevant. Security vetting is critical as 13.4% of public skills contain vulnerabilities.

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    Avatar of cncfCNCF·11w

    Dragonfly v2.4.0 is released

    Dragonfly v2.4.0 introduces a load-aware two-stage scheduling algorithm and a new Vortex protocol that reduces large file download times by 40-50% compared to gRPC. The release deprecates the Go client in favor of a Rust client, adds simplified multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment with scheduler cluster IDs, and implements task ID calculation based on image blob SHA256 to prevent redundant downloads. Additional improvements include enhanced preheating with IP-based peer selection, HTTP 307 redirect caching, performance optimizations for Manager and Scheduler components, and various bug fixes. Nydus enhancements include CRC32 validation support and Nydus-to-OCI reverse conversion capability.

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    Avatar of iotechhubiO tech_hub·10w

    Next.js at Enterprise Level

    Scaling Next.js to enterprise level requires moving beyond default configurations. Start with high-ROI wins like CDN implementation and vertical scaling, then progress to horizontal scaling with shared Redis caching to avoid cold cache problems across replicas. Implement API gateways for centralized authentication, use blob storage with signed URLs for file uploads, and adopt event-driven architecture for high-volume interactions. Optimize with HTTP/2 and gRPC for internal communication. Define SLAs/SLOs upfront, measure with monitoring and load testing, and iterate based on bottlenecks rather than adopting everything at once.

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    Avatar of laravelLaravel·11w

    Laravel January Product Releases

    Laravel's January 2025 releases introduce Private Cloud for enterprise deployments with dedicated Kubernetes infrastructure, Valkey caching with improved latency, and expanded Cloud API coverage. Forge adds Hetzner S3 backup support and automatic branch selection. Nightwatch gains AI-powered exception descriptions and real-time detection. The framework adds isolated Blade includes, vector embedding support, JSON:API resources, and backed enum support for session/cache keys. Inertia introduces form context hooks, while Boost 2.0 ships Skills for AI agents. Additional updates span Echo, Horizon, Pint, Pulse, and the VS Code extension with Livewire 4 support throughout.

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    Avatar of singlestoreSingleStore·11w

    Load data from S3 without static credentials

    SingleStore now supports loading data from Amazon S3 using IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) instead of long-lived static credentials. The new Cloud Workload Identity feature uses AWS cross-account role delegation, allowing workspace groups to assume customer-provided IAM roles with up to 20 delegated entities per group. This eliminates the need to manage AWS access keys, uses short-lived tokens automatically, and can be configured through new Management API endpoints or the workspace group Security UI tab.

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    Avatar of itsfossIt's Foss·8w

    Serious About Learning Linux? Get 15 O'Reilly Linux and DevOps eBooks for Under $25

    Humble Bundle is offering 15 O'Reilly Linux and DevOps eBooks for under $25 (starting at $21.80), with the deal running until February 28, 2026. The collection covers Linux administration (command line, system admin, modern Linux), DevOps automation (Python, Ansible, GitHub Actions), infrastructure as code (Terraform), containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), security (DevSecOps, web app security), and more. Total retail value is listed at $789. A portion of proceeds goes to Code for America.

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    Avatar of codeheadCodeHead·10w

    Concepts EVERY DevOps Engineer Should Know

    A comprehensive overview of 10 essential DevOps concepts ranging from foundational to advanced topics. Covers version control workflows (Git Flow vs trunk-based), CI/CD deployment strategies (blue-green, canary, rolling), cloud fundamentals, container optimization with Docker, Kubernetes orchestration, monitoring vs observability (metrics, logs, traces), configuration management with Ansible, infrastructure as code with Terraform, immutable infrastructure patterns, and GitOps declarative deployments. Includes real-world examples from Netflix, Spotify, and Google demonstrating how these concepts impact deployment speed, reliability, and cost efficiency.

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    Avatar of octopusdeployOctopusDeploy·8w

    4 ways to use Argo CD and Terraform together

    Four integration patterns for combining Argo CD and Terraform in production GitOps workflows are explored, addressing the common challenge of sharing configuration and secrets between the two tools. The approaches range from simple (using DNS conventions to avoid sharing altogether) to pure GitOps (having Terraform commit files directly to Git), to last-resort direct cluster injection via Terraform's Kubernetes/Helm providers, and finally the GitOps Bridge pattern using cluster labels and ApplicationSets. A bonus alternative, Crossplane, is presented as a unified solution that eliminates the need for Terraform entirely by managing infrastructure as native Kubernetes objects. Each approach is evaluated with pros, cons, and a comparison table covering effort, GitOps compliance, and trade-offs.

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