Kubai Kevin

Gateway API won't fix your Ingress mess

Gateway API does not fix messy Ingress manifests. It changes who owns routing. Here is when delegation is worth the migration and when to wait.

13 min read · 2 November 2026

HPA vs KEDA vs Karpenter: autoscaling traps

How HPA, KEDA and Karpenter divide responsibility, where each one silently fails, and how to verify each layer before traffic arrives.

17 min read · 26 October 2026

Cost tools fail when agents scale autonomously

Autonomous scaling agents decide faster than hourly cost reports can explain. Here is how to instrument cost per scaling decision and where the feedback loop breaks.

11 min read · 9 September 2026

Only boring stacks survive AI services

Why monoliths beat microservices for solo AI builders, how to spot the "one more abstraction" trap, and how to measure when vertical scaling stops working.

16 min read · 31 August 2026

Observability Agents as Application Code

Why telemetry agents break at scale, how to budget their resources, and when the standard install-and-forget playbook is actually fine.

13 min read · 11 August 2026

Agent followed instructions too literally: the cron job trap

Why agents that follow retry instructions literally hang forever, and how to fix it with per-request timeouts, async retries, and DNS limits.

12 min read · 11 August 2026

Kubernetes or Nomad: the real experiment cost split

A practical comparison of Kubernetes and Nomad for GPU training jobs, covering scheduler latency, cost modelling, GPU sharing, and a decision checklist.

11 min read · 3 August 2026

Why Cloud Cost Tools Miss Agent-Driven GPU Spend

Agent-driven GPU spend breaks assumptions in standard cloud cost tools. Learn why they miss it, how to measure detection latency, and what to build instead.

12 min read · 10 July 2026

7 skills senior engineers need now agents are live

Long-running agents break assumptions built for short-lived processes. Seven skills, how to measure each one, and failure modes to watch for.

15 min read · 5 July 2026

Agent Governance: OPA vs Kyverno in Kubernetes

Compare OPA and Kyverno for agent governance in Kubernetes: policy language, latency, audit trails, and a decision checklist.

11 min read · 3 July 2026

CI/CD pipelines stall with GPU pods: 2026 benchmarks

GPU pods stuck Pending are usually a scheduling or quota problem, not a broken container. Learn how to diagnose node selectors, device plugins and quotas.

13 min read · 28 June 2026

Self-healing pipelines: Argo vs Crossplane in 2026

Compare Argo CD and Crossplane for self-healing infrastructure: reconciliation models, health signals, failure modes, and how to measure detection and recovery yourself.

13 min read · 25 June 2026

Use feature flags to deploy AI models safely

Use feature flags to canary, shadow and roll back AI model changes without redeploys, with code, metrics and failure-mode handling.

15 min read · 20 June 2026

Self-healing agents vs rule-based deployment rollback

Comparing AI-agent and rule-based deployment rollback: failure modes, what to instrument, and a decision checklist for choosing between them.

12 min read · 11 June 2026