Kubernetes 1.33 drops a new traffic policy that addszone-local routing. With it, kube-proxy now prefers endpoints in the same availability zone. Translation: less cross-AZ chatter, fewer surprise charges. On AWS, that can chop the usual $0.02/GB cross-AZ fee by up to 85%—especially in EKS clusters j..

A hands-on breakdown of Kubernetes autoscalers—HPA,VPA,Cluster Autoscaler,Karpenter, andKEDA—maps how each scales pods, nodes, and events. The hot pairing lately?Karpenterfor fast node spin-up, teamed withCloudPilot AIto wrangle Spot instances across 800+ compute types without melting costs...

Kubernetes v1.34 bumpsPressure Stall Information (PSI) metricsto Beta. Now kubelets expose kernel-level resource pressure—CPU, memory, and I/O—through the Summary API and Prometheus. Instead of just tracking how much a resource gets used, PSI shows how often workloads get throttled or blocked. That ..

The CNCF just bumpedMetal3.ioup to incubating status. That’s a clear nod to rising demand forKubernetes-native bare-metal management. Metal3.io wires up physical servers as Kubernetes resources—no VMs in sight. It leans onIronicand theBare Metal Operatorto handle provisioning and lifecycle tasks lik..