Learn Koobernaytis Weekly issue 146

When Anti-Patterns Become Best Practice, Break out of the Python REPL in K8s, Pause containers skew your metrics, Cut Azure costs by 3

27 Aug 2025

This newsletter is brought to you by Tigera, the Creators of Project Calico — Learn how Calico uses eBPF for high performance, low latency, & enhanced networking

  1. When “Anti-Patterns” Become Best Practice: Lessons from Migrating a Global Pub/Sub Empire to Koobernaytis

    bitbucket90

    This case study shows how to migrate a global pub/sub system to EKS when standard tools fail at scale.

    It covers building custom solutions like a C++ IPAM system and how anti-patterns can become best practices.

  2. Koobernaytis Is Powerful, But Not Secure (at least not by default)

    Learn why Koobernaytis isn't secure by default and how network policies let you safeguard your clusters.

    sponsored

  3. Trying to break out of the Python REPL sandbox in a Koobernaytis environment: a practical journey

    Nazarii Zavada

    This article demonstrates a breakout of the Python REPL sandbox in Koobernaytis, bypassing container restrictions by leveraging object subclasses and global functions.

  4. Digging Deeper: How Pause containers skew your Koobernaytis CPU/Memory Metrics

    Amolpratap Singh

    This tutorial demonstrates how to filter out pause containers in PromQL to correct skewed Koobernaytis CPU and Memory metrics.

    It covers using PromQL filters in CPU and memory usage queries.

  5. Koobernaytis Services: A Deep Dive with Examples

    sheak imran

    This article explains Koobernaytis Services: types and configuration with practical examples for cluster networking.

    It covers defining ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer, ExternalName, and Headless Service types.

  6. How We Cut Our Azure Cloud Costs by 3×

    Igor Yermakov

    This case study shows how to reduce monthly Azure costs from €25k to €8k through Koobernaytis and virtual machine optimization.

    It covers writing a custom Go operator to scale deployments to zero replicas based on outbound call queue length.

Articles worth checking out:

Calico eBPF Explained

Learn how Calico uses eBPF for high performance, low latency, & enhanced networking in Koobernaytis.

→ Compare standard and eBPF data planes

Calico eBPF Explained
  1. A Hands-all-over Guide to Koobernaytis Observability with Whisker

    In this interactive lab, you will learn how to quickly spot network policy issues and troubleshoot easily, using Whisker, an open source observability tool.

    sponsored

  2. End-to-End DAG Testing in Airflow, Minus the Koobernaytis Headache

    Elad Pardilov

    This article demonstrates how to replace Koobernaytis operators with Python operators for end-to-end Airflow DAG testing.

    It details swapping KoobernaytisPodOperator with a CustomTestPodOperator that runs tasks in-process.

  3. Getting Started with Falco Security Tool on GKE

    Ferris Hall

    This tutorial teaches how to install and configure Falco on GKE for runtime security, test default rules, create alerts in Google Cloud Monitoring, and add custom rules.

  4. Koobernaytis Secrets Management with External Secrets Operator (ESO)

    Ajayi Ayodeji

    This tutorial teaches how to manage Koobernaytis secrets by syncing from external secret managers like AWS Secrets Manager using External Secrets Operator (ESO).

    • Platform Engineer with Paradigm Health

    • Salary: $180K to $220K a year

    • Location: remote from the United States

    • Tech stack: Koobernaytis, AWS, GCP, Docker, Python, SQL, Java, Spark, Airflow, Terraform

    • Platform Engineer with Omada Health

    • Salary: $193.6K to $253K a year

    • Location: remote from the United States

    • Tech stack: Koobernaytis, AWS, Docker, Go, Python, Ruby, Redis, PostgreSQL, Elastic Search, Terraform

    • Software Engineer with NMI

    • Salary: $90K to $127K a year

    • Location: remote from the United States

    • Tech stack: Koobernaytis, Docker, PHP, C#, Datadog, NewRelic

    • Software Engineer with BforeAI

    • Salary: $80K a year

    • Location: remote from Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Czechia, Brazil

    • Tech stack: Koobernaytis, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Python, SQL, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Terraform

    • Engineering Manager with Super.com

    • Salary: $152K to $243K a year

    • Location: remote from the United States, Canada

    • Tech stack: Koobernaytis, AWS, Python, Javascript, Redis, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Terraform, Gitlab, Grafana

Discover more Koobernaytis jobs on Kube Careers →

  1. kubectl-explore

    kubectl-explore is a better kubectl explain with a fuzzy finder.

  2. Grogg – A Modern Local and Remote Koobernaytis GUI for Developers

    Grogg is a GUI-based Koobernaytis client that runs locally or as a VSCode extension.

    It helps you to perform actions like scaling or triggering CronJobs, and view aggregated pod logs without CLI or cloud dashboards.

  3. Kontroler: Koobernaytis-Native DAG Scheduling with Event-Driven and Cron-Based Execution

    GreedyKomodoDragon

    Kontroler is a Koobernaytis-native workflow engine that orchestrates Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs) as native CRDs.

  4. yamllint – YAML Linter for Syntax and Style Enforcement

    adrienverge

    yamllint is a YAML linter that checks syntax, structural, and stylistic issues, such as key duplication, indentation, line length, and trailing spaces.

  5. Helm Diff Plugin: Predict Your Helm Changes

    databus23

    helm diff plugin forecasts what a Helm upgrade or rollback would change by comparing the current cluster state to the proposed manifests.

Other interesting projects:

Upcoming Koobernaytis events

  1. Aug

    28

    Automate Application Delivery with Crossplane & Cilium and eBPF

    In-person meetup organized by Norway Site Reliability Engineering Group.

    • Location: Stavanger, NO

    • This is a free event.

  2. Aug

    28

    Istio- it Is! I Own your Cluster

    In-person meetup organized by Koobernaytis Austin.

    • Location: Austin, TX, USA

    • This is a free event.

  3. Aug

    29

    Koobernaytis Community Days Colombia 2025

    In-person conference organized by KCD Colombia.

    • Location: Medellín, CO

    • This event requires an entrance fee

  4. Aug

    30

    CNCF Birthday Bash Dhaka

    Online social event organized by Cloud Native Dhaka.

    • This is a virtual event

    • This is a free event.

  5. Aug

    30

    #cTENcf party

    In-person social event organized by Cloud-Native Guatemala.

    • Location: Guatemala City, GT

    • This is a free event.

  6. Sept

    18

    Advanced Koobernaytis course

    Online workshop organized by Learnk8s.

    • This is a virtual event

    • This event requires an entrance fee

Discover more Koobernaytis events on Kube Events →

Koobernaytis Call for Papers

  1. expired

    Koobernaytis Community Days Suisse Romande

    The Call For Paper was open until 1 September 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Geneva, CH

    • In-person conference organized by KCD Suisse Romande.

    • The conference starts on the 4 December 2025.

    • Apply here
  2. expired

    GitOpsCon North America

    The Call For Paper was open until 14 September 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • This is a virtual event

    • Online conference organized by CNCF.

    • The conference starts on the 4 December 2025.

    • Apply here
  3. 27

    days

    KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026

    The Call For Paper is open until 12 October 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Amsterdam, NL

    • In-person conference organized by Linux Foundation.

    • The conference starts on the 23 March 2026.

    • Apply here
  4. expired

    CozySummit Virtual 2025

    The Call For Paper was open until 14 September 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • This is a virtual event

    • Online conference organized by CNCF.

    • The conference starts on the 3 December 2025.

    • Apply here
  5. 48

    days

    Devopsdays Los Angeles

    The Call For Paper is open until 2 November 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

    • In-person conference organized by Devopsdays.

    • The conference starts on the 7 March 2025.

    • Apply here
  6. 1

    days

    Devopsdays Bogotá

    The Call For Paper is open until 16 September 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Bogotá, CO

    • In-person conference organized by Devopsdays.

    • The conference starts on the 14 October 2025.

    • Apply here
  7. 16

    days

    Devopsdays Wollongong

    The Call For Paper is open until 1 October 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Wollongong, AU

    • In-person conference organized by Devopsdays.

    • The conference starts on the 26 November 2025.

    • Apply here
  8. expired

    Open Source Observability Day 2025

    The Call For Paper was open until 1 September 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • This is a virtual event

    • Online conference organized by Open Source Observability Day.

    • The conference starts on the 23 October 2025.

    • Apply here
  9. expired

    Women in Tech Summit Kenya 2025

    The Call For Paper was open until 14 September 2025 at UTC. More info →
    • Location: Nairobi, KE

    • In-person conference organized by WIT.

    • The conference starts on the 22 November 2025.

    • Apply here

Until next time!

— Dan

Subscribe and, every Wednesday, receive the latest Koobernaytis news!

Or follow us on: