Learn Kubernetes Weekly issue 187 · 10 Jun 2026
Patterns for LLM Workloads, Why Grafana is Slow, Observability at Albert Heijn, Vibe Coding a Media Server, Kong Gateway Custom Plugins
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Articles
Applying Kubernetes Patterns to LLM Workloads
generativeprogrammer.com
This article explains how familiar Kubernetes patterns like Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, and autoscaling need to be adapted for LLM workloads with GPUs, long model startup times, token-aware routing, and model data staging.
Why Your Grafana is Slow on Kubernetes (and 3 Replicas Won’t Fix It)
medium.com
This article shows why Grafana becomes slow on Kubernetes when multiple replicas share SQLite over EFS, and explains why a single replica on block storage or a real external database is the correct fix.
blog.ah.technology
This case study shows how Albert Heijn built a centralized LGTM-stack observability platform across 1800 engineers, replacing ELK, Nagios, Dynatrace and Azure Monitor setups.
Vibe Coding a Kubernetes Media Server: What I Learned About AI-First Engineering
medium.com
This article explains how building a k3s media server with Claude Code exposed both the speed and the limits of AI-first engineering across GitOps, observability, storage tuning, and Kubernetes debugging.
Installing Kong Gateway Custom Plugins on Kubernetes using Helm charts
medium.com
This tutorial shows how to deploy custom Kong Gateway plugins on Kubernetes with Helm and ConfigMaps so you can version, mount, and update plugin code without building custom Kong images.
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Tutorials
From Source to Production with OAuth: The Full Kindling Flow
dev.to
This tutorial shows how to take a multi-service app from local source to a Kubernetes environment with OAuth, TLS, Stripe webhooks, in-cluster CI, and automated deployment using Kindling.
Sharded multi-cluster cert-manager with multicluster-runtime
medium.com
This tutorial shows how to build a hub-style multi-cluster cert-manager control plane where a central hub cluster manages certificate issuance and distribution across multiple spoke clusters using cert-manager and trust-manager.
Building a Production-Grade Private EKS Cluster with OpenVPN, Prometheus & Grafana
dev.to
This tutorial shows how to build a private EKS cluster with zero public API exposure using Terraform.
It also covers self-hosted OpenVPN as a VPN gateway, NAT masquerade iptables setup, kube-prometheus-stack via internal load balancer, and Route 53.
Serving Multiple LLMs on Kubernetes with Intelligent Routing Using llm-d, Istio, and LiteLLM
medium.com
This tutorial shows how to serve multiple LLMs on Kubernetes by combining llm-d for cache-aware pod routing, Istio Gateway API for traffic control, and LiteLLM for a single client-facing API.
Kubernetes jobs
Machine Learning Engineer with BlueAlly
Salary: $45K to $363K a year
Location: based in the office in Atlanta, GA, USA
Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS EC2, EKS, AKS, Cloud, GKE, Docker, On-premise, alerting
Head of Infrastructure with Lucid Motors
Salary: $156.6K to $335.5K a year
Location: based in the office in Newark, CA, USA
Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, OCI, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, On-premise, alerting, logging
Data Engineer with InMobi
Salary: $32.4K to $3.3L a year
Location: based in the office in Lucknow, IN
Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, data quality checks, monitoring, logging, on-call, Grafana
DevOps Engineer with Radiant
Salary: US$120.15K to US$233.2K a year
Location: based in the office in London, GB
Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS, alerting, Loki, Grafana Alloy, monitoring, metrics, Syslog, Mimir
DevSecOps Engineer with Solvd
Salary: $12.6K to $415.14K a year
Location: remote from
Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Docker, GCP, Elasticsearch, SIEM, Datadog, ELK
Discover more Kubernetes jobs on Kube Careers →
Code & tools
Chainloop: SDLC Evidence Store
github.com/chainloop-dev
Chainloop is an evidence store and policy engine for Software Supply Chain attestations, SBOMs, VEX, SARIF, and QA reports, with contract-based workflows, Rego policy evaluation, and third-party integrations such as Dependency-Track and Guac.
github.com/openrundev
OpenRun is an open-source alternative to Cloud Run and App Runner that declaratively deploys single-container web apps via Starlark config in Git with OAuth/OIDC/SAML auth, RBAC, auto-TLS, scale-to-zero, staged deployments, and Helm support.
github.com/bakito
Sealed Secrets Web is a tool that provides a web interface for managing and encrypting sensitive data in Kubernetes using the Sealed Secrets service by Bitnami.
CronJob Guardian: monitoring operator
github.com/iLLeniumStudios
CronJob Guardian monitors Kubernetes CronJobs with dead-man's switch detection, SLA tracking for success rates and duration regressions, intelligent alerting via Slack/PagerDuty/webhook/email, and a built-in web dashboard with charts and metrics export.
github.com/jr-k
D4S is a keyboard-driven terminal UI for managing Docker containers, Compose stacks, and Swarm services with the same ergonomics and workflow as K9s brings to Kubernetes.
Other interesting projects:
Upcoming Kubernetes events
Jun
11
Online workshop organized by LearnKube.
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Jun
10
Kubernetes Community Days New York 2026
In-person conference organized by KCD New York.
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Jun
17
In-person conference organized by Linux Foundation.
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17
In-person conference organized by Silicon Saxony.
Location: Dresden, DE
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Jun
10
In-person conference organized by DeveloperWeek New York.
Location: New York, NY, USA
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Kubernetes call for papers
11
days
The Call For Paper is open until 22 June 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: Utrecht, NL
In-person conference organized by Dutch CND.
The conference starts on the 29 October 2026.
- Apply here
5
days
Kubernetes Community Days San Francisco Bay Area 2026
The Call For Paper is open until 15 June 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: San Francisco, US
In-person conference organized by KCD SF Bay Area.
The conference starts on the 1 September 2026.
- Apply here
26
days
Kubernetes Community Days São Paulo 2026
The Call For Paper is open until 6 July 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: São Paulo, BR
In-person conference organized by KCD Brasil.
The conference starts on the 26 September 2026.
- Apply here
51
days
ContainerDays & AI Context Singapore
The Call For Paper is open until 31 July 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: Singapore, SG
In-person conference organized by ContainerDays.
The conference starts on the 28 October 2026.
- Apply here
17
days
Kubernetes Community Days Washington DC 2026
The Call For Paper is open until 27 June 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: Washington, DC, USA
In-person conference organized by KCD Washington DC.
The conference starts on the 15 September 2026.
- Apply here
36
days
Kubernetes Community Days Porto 2026
The Call For Paper is open until 16 July 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: Porto, PT
In-person conference organized by KCD Porto.
The conference starts on the 20 November 2026.
- Apply here
19
days
Kubernetes Community Days Nigeria 2026
The Call For Paper is open until 29 June 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: Lagos, NG
In-person conference organized by KCD Nigeria.
The conference starts on the 24 October 2026.
- Apply here
16
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Kubernetes Community Days Korea 2026
The Call For Paper is open until 26 June 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: Seoul, KR
In-person conference organized by KCD South Korea.
The conference starts on the 1 September 2026.
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82
days
The Call For Paper is open until 31 August 2026 at UTC. More info →
Location: Bucharest, RO
In-person conference organized by OmniOpenCon.
The conference starts on the 18 October 2026.
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That's a wrap for this week.
See you next Wednesday.
— Gulcan