509 posts tagged with "Kubernetes"
Container orchestration, Cluster API, and self-hosted control planes
Docker Hub Raised Prices 80 Percent, Then Cancelled Rate Limits — Why Your CI Still Needs a Mirror
Docker Hub raised Pro 80 percent and Team 67 percent, then cancelled planned pull charges — but 100 pulls per 6 hours still blocks burst CI. A line-by-line cost and failure-mode comparison of paying Docker, riding free-tier limits, or running Harbor as a pull-through cache on hardware you already own.
AWS Fixed the Network in 20 Minutes. Your App Stayed Down for 10 Hours.
AWS restored routing in 20 minutes on July 24, 2026, but downstream providers stayed down for 10 more hours. Why a provider's green checkmark understates tenant recovery, the three mechanisms that stretch a blip into a workday, and how a single-tenant fleet on owned Hetzner hardware recovers differently.
Kubero's PaaS on Kubernetes: What a Dashboard Over kubectl Actually Solves — and What You Still Operate Yourself
Kubero gives you a polished PaaS surface on Kubernetes — git-push deploys, pipelines, and add-ons without Helm — but it assumes you already own a healthy cluster. Here is exactly what the dashboard automates, what it leaves you holding, and where a Cluster API fleet closes the gap.
Your Build Queue Is Idle 80% of the Day: Sizing a Git-Push Pool Without Paying for Peak
A git-push PaaS build queue is bursty by nature — peaks 4–6x the average. A fixed Hetzner pool sized for peak sits idle 78% of the day; sized for average, it queues 10+ minutes at morning burst. A worked comparison of three sizing strategies and the hybrid math that beats both.
Hetzner's 2026 Price Shocks: What Two Repricings Did to the 'Owning Hardware Is Cheaper' Pitch
Hetzner raised prices twice in five months — 30% in April, up to 176% on CPX/CCX in June — driven by a 171% DRAM surge. Here is what changed per instance family and what a real Cluster API fleet costs before and after both hikes.
Two Incidents in Four Days: What Hetzner's Provisioning Delay Actually Costs When You Don't Multi-Cloud
Hetzner logged two incidents four days apart in July 2026 — a rack network fault and a resource-creation delay. Only one would have taken your tenants down, and telling them apart is the real operator skill.
Kubernetes Is 80% Cheaper Than Heroku — Until You Pay the Ops Bill
The viral 80% cheaper claim holds on raw compute — Hetzner beats Railway and Render by 50 to 83% in 2026 dollars — but a realistic ops burden flips the result for small teams. Three worked bills, post-hike Hetzner prices, and the break-even math.
OVHcloud and Hetzner Both Raised Prices in 2026: What the Budget EU Squeeze Means for Your Self-Hosted Fleet
OVHcloud and Hetzner both repriced in 2026 on the same DRAM shock — OVHcloud 9-11% annually through 2028, Hetzner 37% then up to 176% on CCX/CPX. A recomputed Cluster API fleet model and what diversifying providers truly costs.
PaaS by Default, Kubernetes the Exception: What the 2026 Consensus Flip Gets Right — and What It Still Gets Wrong
Hacker News in 2026 flipped a decade of advice: PaaS should be the default, Kubernetes the exception. The median-team insight is correct — but the single-box framing is a false binary. A git-push PaaS built on Cluster API gives you the PaaS surface without the one-machine ceiling.