⎈ Super-scaling OPA with batch queries, Auto-scaling with KEDA using RED metrics, Power of preview Deployments, Performance testing

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📚 Articles

1. Super-scaling Open Policy Agent with batch queries

2. Workloads on any cloud: designing a cloud portability strategy

3. Auto-scaling with KEDA using custom RED metrics from Prometheus

4. Building a Reliable Notification Service: Solving Duplication and Scaling Issues

5. The power of preview Deployments: catching bugs before they bite using Argo CD

6. Performance testing Kubernetes workloads

7. Improving on prem Kubernetes & making it feel like managed Kubernetes

8. Threat alert: TeamTNT’s Docker gatling gun campaign

9. Kubernetes: Seccomp, AppArmor, SELinux & Pod Security Standards and Admission Control

10. Injecting certificates into Kubernetes workloads

11. Write your next Kubernetes controller in Rust

12. Overview of Kubernetes: GPU Scheduling, Device Plugin, CDI, NFD, and GPU Operator

13. Image Management on Kubernetes Node

14. The Bootc revolution: one build language for VMs and containers

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📖 Tutorials

1. [eBook] Cloud portability: building a cloud-native architecture

2. Learn Kustomize for Kubernetes

3. Automatic testing and rollback of your GitOps with Argo Rollouts

4. Configuring Istio Authorization Policy in Kubernetes namespaces

5. Longhorn backup and restore

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💼 Kubernetes jobs

Engineering Manager 💰 $245K to $265K a year · 🏢 based in the office (and remote from home) in Belmont, CA, USA

Software Engineer 💰 $200K to $250K a year · 🌎 remote from the United States of America

Software Engineer 💰 $112.5K to $157K a year · 🌎 remote from the United States of America

Software Engineer 💰 $85K to $120.75K a year · 🏢 based in the office (and remote from home) in Cary, NC, USA

Site Reliability Engineer 💰 $110K to $176K a year · 🌎 remote from the United States of America

👉 Discover more opportunities on Kube Careers.

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🛠 Tools and libraries

1. 🔥 Kubernetes Resource Recommender

2. InterLink: pods anywhere

3. Kubernetes-WithOut-Kubelet

4. Chart-testing: linting and testing charts

5. Liqo: multi-cluster topologies

6. Cloud Development Kit for Kubernetes

7. VolSync: replicate PVs

8. Headlamp: Kubernetes web UI

9. paralus/paralus

10. Trivy

11. Kube-vip: virtual IP and load balancer

12. Kubeshark: API traffic analyzer for Kubernetes

13. Goldilocks: requests and limits

14. KubeVirt

15. ismet55555/certified-kubernetes-administrator-notes

16. Retina: observability platform

17. Kube bench

18. Pinniped: authentication servicer

19. KFtray: port-forward management

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📅 Upcoming Kubernetes events

T3chFest 2025 📅 Mar 14

🔥 Kubernetes Community Days Beijing 2025 📅 Mar 15

🔥 Devopsdays Chicago 📅 Mar 18

Kubernetes topic trends: February 2025 review 📅 Mar 18

🔥 Advanced Kubernetes course 📅 Mar 20

👉 You can find more events on Kube Events.

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📢 Call for papers closing soon

🔥 ContainerDays ⏳ closes Mar 31

Kubernetes Community Days Czech & Slovak 2025 ⏳ closes Mar 15

Kubernetes Community Days Bengaluru 2025 ⏳ closes Mar 26

🔥 Kubernetes Community Days Utrecht 2025 ⏳ closes Apr 6

Kubernetes Community Days Taipei 2025 ⏳ closes Apr 20

Kubernetes Community Days Sofia 2025 ⏳ closes Apr 21

🔥 DevOps Pro Europe ⏳ closes Apr 30

GitOpsCon Europe 2025 ⏳ closes Mar 23

Devopsdays Eindhoven ⏳ closes May 10

👉 You can find more Call for Papers on Kube Events.

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Until next time!

— Dan