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The Kubernetes Tax: How We Achieved Per-Microservice Blue-Green Deployments Using Kamal

Kubernetes isn't the only path to modern microservice deployments. In this article, we explore how we built a cost-effective architecture with Kamal 2, private DNS service discovery, Blue-Green deployments, and automated CI/CD, achieving low latency, zero downtime releases, and operational simplicity without the overhead of a managed Kubernetes cluster.

Cezar Șandra 23 Jun 2026

Deploying HelixML on Talos: from kernel ABI quirks to a working coding-agent fleet

Deploying sandboxed AI coding agents on Kubernetes sounds simple until you hit nested Docker, GPU passthrough, storage semantics, and kernel-level networking quirks. This field report covers our journey running HelixML on Talos Kubernetes with fully self-hosted multi-agent workflows inside our own infrastructure.

Robert Rotter 20 May 2026

Deploying OpenEBS Mayastor on Talos Linux: A Production Guide

Talos Linux and OpenEBS Mayastor are a potent combination for Kubernetes storage, if you know how to configure them. Here is the no-nonsense production journey to getting NVMe-oF running flawlessly on an immutable OS.

Robert Rotter 20 Apr 2026

The True Cost of the Post-NAB Roadmap: Scaling Specialized Engineering

Behind every ambitious NAB product demo is an engineering team stretched to its limits. Discover how to strategically scale your video streaming infrastructure and resolve execution bottlenecks.

Robert Rotter 06 Apr 2026

GitOps Secret Management with HashiCorp Vault, ESO, and ArgoCD

If you are using the ArgoCD Vault Plugin, your injected secrets are sitting unencrypted in a Redis cache. Here is the production-grade GitOps architecture using the External Secrets Operator to keep your values out of Git, and out of ArgoCD.

Robert Rotter 09 Mar 2026

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