Kubernetes Stories from the Trenches
This isn't your typical Kubernetes guide. Raw, unfiltered stories from engineers who've lived through cluster outages, bare-metal nightmares, and 3 a.m. incident calls--and somehow came out smarter on the other side.
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Inside the Book
This is a collection of battle-tested experiences from engineers who pushed Kubernetes to its limits--and beyond.
- Disaster recoveries that should've ended in tears--but didn't
- How teams scaled Jenkins to 10,000 builds... and lived to tell about it
- The brutal truth about eBPF, service meshes, and stateful workloads
- Behind-the-scenes operations from Adidas, Adevinta, Getir, Mercari and others who pushed Kubernetes way past its limits
These stories will make you better, braver, and smarter as you navigate your own Kubernetes journey.
From the Foreword
"Kubernetes, even after 10 years, remains an untamed frontier. It's still unfinished business, with no clear standard practices. KubeFM creates a space where engineers share the raw truth of their work--successes, struggles, and deep dives, from network policies and secrets management to debugging webhooks all the way down to the Linux kernel."
--Bart Farrell, Host of KubeFM
Meet the Author
Gulcan Topcu is a certified Kubernetes Administrator and cloud-native professional whose practical expertise forms the foundation of this book. With a background in Python and DevOps, she combines technical knowledge with problem-solving skills to make Kubernetes more accessible. Through this book, she amplifies the voices of fellow practitioners who have navigated the real-world challenges of cloud-native implementations.
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This book started as a collection of conversations on the KubeFM podcast--real engineers, real problems, and the kind of war stories you only hear after a few beers at KubeCon.