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Deploying, securing, troubleshooting, extending, and operating Kubernetes clusters.

5,927 stories · 48 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026454 stories
Kubernetes on Oxide: How customer needs shaped our integrations↗ oxide.computer · HN · 100 comments · 199 points · Aug 13, 2026
Open-weight AI is having its Kubernetes moment↗ tobi.knaup.me · HN · 323 comments · 416 points · Jul 25, 2026
I ported Kubernetes to the browser↗ ngrok.com · HN · 103 comments · 335 points · Jun 30, 2026
What job interviews taught me about Kubernetes↗ notnotp.com · HN · 224 comments · 273 points · Jun 15, 2026
Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes (2024)↗ macchaffee.com · HN · 175 comments · 143 points · Apr 24, 2026
2025496 stories
K8s with 1M nodes↗ bchess.github.io · HN · 80 comments · 284 points · Oct 16, 2025
Show HN: Edka – Kubernetes clusters on your own Hetzner account↗ edka.io · HN · 130 comments · 437 points · Aug 15, 2025
Show HN: Canine – A Heroku alternative built on Kubernetes↗ github.com · HN · 123 comments · 320 points · Jun 16, 2025
Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)↗ blog.yaakov.online · HN · 371 comments · 436 points · May 05, 2025
xlskubectl – a spreadsheet to control your Kubernetes cluster↗ github.com · HN · 75 comments · 274 points · Mar 13, 2025
2024642 stories
Kubernetes on Hetzner: cutting my infra bill by 75%↗ bilbof.com · HN · 220 comments · 375 points · Dec 01, 2024
I Didn't Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don't Either↗ benhouston3d.com · HN · 424 comments · 354 points · Nov 27, 2024
Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes↗ macchaffee.com · HN · 277 comments · 340 points · Nov 24, 2024
We're Leaving Kubernetes↗ gitpod.io · HN · 333 comments · 517 points · Nov 04, 2024
Company forgets why they exist after 11-week migration to Kubernetes (2020)↗ theolognion.com · HN · 104 comments · 309 points · Mar 01, 2024
2023692 stories
Pitfalls of Helm – Insights from 3 yrs with the leading K8s package manager↗ glasskube.eu · HN · 14 comments · 30 points · Dec 14, 2023
K3s – Lightweight Kubernetes↗ k3s.io · HN · 34 comments · 59 points · Oct 11, 2023
Google Kubernetes Engine incident spanning 9 days↗ status.cloud.google.com · HN · 4 comments · 34 points · Oct 10, 2023
Tailscale Kubernetes Operator↗ tailscale.com · HN · 8 comments · 29 points · Sep 22, 2023
Writing a Kubernetes Operator↗ metalbear.co · HN · 1 comments · 37 points · Mar 09, 2023
2022819 stories
Ask HN: Have You Left Kubernetes?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 313 comments · 317 points · Aug 01, 2022
Kubernetes is a red flag signalling premature optimisation↗ jeremybrown.tech · HN · 550 comments · 542 points · Jul 04, 2022
Ask HN: If Kubernetes is the solution, why are there so many DevOps jobs?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 416 comments · 437 points · Jun 01, 2022
Reasons Kubernetes is so complex↗ buttondown.email · HN · 277 comments · 428 points · Jan 27, 2022
Minecraft as a Kubernetes admin tool↗ eric-jadi.medium.com · HN · 61 comments · 419 points · Jan 05, 2022
2021982 stories
Nomad vs. Kubernetes↗ nomadproject.io · HN · 361 comments · 547 points · Oct 15, 2021
Harbormaster: Anti-Kubernetes for your personal server↗ gitlab.com · HN · 160 comments · 411 points · Aug 19, 2021
Kubernetes is our generation's Multics↗ oilshell.org · HN · 538 comments · 589 points · Jul 21, 2021
Google admits Kubernetes container tech is too complex↗ theregister.com · HN · 432 comments · 573 points · Feb 26, 2021
Kubernetes Failure Stories↗ k8s.af · HN · 192 comments · 545 points · Feb 11, 2021
20201,842 stories
Container technologies at Coinbase: Why Kubernetes is not part of our stack↗ blog.coinbase.com · HN · 397 comments · 778 points · Jun 08, 2020
Why is Kubernetes getting so popular?↗ stackoverflow.blog · HN · 661 comments · 755 points · May 29, 2020
Common mistakes using Kubernetes↗ blog.pipetail.io · HN · 140 comments · 549 points · May 17, 2020
“Let’s use Kubernetes.” Now you have eight problems↗ pythonspeed.com · HN · 469 comments · 719 points · Mar 05, 2020
Google Kubernetes Engine is introducing a cluster management fee on June 6↗ cloud.google.com · HN · 610 comments · 665 points · Mar 04, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Tailcat: Tailscale Without Tailscale, by Tailscale↗ tailscale.com · HN · 4 comments · 73 points · Sep 01, 2026
How Kubernetes Probes Work↗ ngrok.com · HN · 25 comments · 143 points · Aug 19, 2026
Kubernetes on Oxide: How customer needs shaped our integrations↗ oxide.computer · HN · 100 comments · 199 points · Aug 13, 2026
Suppress vulnerabilities applying Kubernetes context to scans↗ github.com · HN · 5 comments · 13 points · Sep 17, 2026
Open-weight AI is having its Kubernetes moment↗ tobi.knaup.me · HN · 323 comments · 416 points · Jul 25, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Tailcat: Tailscale Without Tailscale, by Tailscale↗ tailscale.com · HN · 4 comments · 73 points · Sep 01, 2026
Suppress vulnerabilities applying Kubernetes context to scans↗ github.com · HN · 5 comments · 13 points · Sep 17, 2026
Ask HN: Connecting Kubernetes dependencies to application telemetry↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 4 comments · 6 points · Sep 06, 2026
Deployah, Spec-to-Release for Kubernetes↗ deployah.dev · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Aug 31, 2026
Secure VMs for Kubernetes: Hardening Kata Containers↗ srcreigh.ca · HN · 2 comments · 4 points · Sep 19, 2026
K2 Horizon↗ huggingface.co · HN · 2 comments · 4 points · Sep 03, 2026
Show HN: OSS, K8s-native AI platform for distributed multi-model inference↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 4 points · Sep 01, 2026
Kubernetes in Docker↗ github.com · HN · 0 comments · 3 points · Sep 28, 2026
How to Use Self-Hosted AI Agent Sandboxes on Kubernetes↗ edera.dev · HN · 0 comments · 3 points · Sep 23, 2026
Portainer 3 Without Community Edition. Pivoting to Kubernetes and Enterprise↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 0 comments · 3 points · Sep 20, 2026

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