Learn Kubernetes Weekly issue 187 · 10 Jun 2026

Patterns for LLM Workloads, Why Grafana is Slow, Observability at Albert Heijn, Vibe Coding a Media Server, Kong Gateway Custom Plugins

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Articles

1. Applying Kubernetes Patterns to LLM Workloads

   generativeprogrammer.com

   This article explains how familiar Kubernetes patterns like Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, and autoscaling need to be adapted for LLM workloads with GPUs, long model startup times, token-aware routing, and model data staging.

3. Observability at Albert Heijn

   blog.ah.technology

   This case study shows how Albert Heijn built a centralized LGTM-stack observability platform across 1800 engineers, replacing ELK, Nagios, Dynatrace and Azure Monitor setups.

Tutorials

Kubernetes jobs

1. • Machine Learning Engineer with BlueAlly

   • Salary: $45K to $363K a year

   • Location: based in the office in Atlanta, GA, USA

   • Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS EC2, EKS, AKS, Cloud, GKE, Docker, On-premise, alerting

2. • Head of Infrastructure with Lucid Motors

   • Salary: $156.6K to $335.5K a year

   • Location: based in the office in Newark, CA, USA

   • Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, OCI, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, On-premise, alerting, logging

3. • Data Engineer with InMobi

   • Salary: $32.4K to $3.3L a year

   • Location: based in the office in Lucknow, IN

   • Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, data quality checks, monitoring, logging, on-call, Grafana

4. • DevOps Engineer with Radiant

   • Salary: US$120.15K to US$233.2K a year

   • Location: based in the office in London, GB

   • Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS, alerting, Loki, Grafana Alloy, monitoring, metrics, Syslog, Mimir

5. • DevSecOps Engineer with Solvd

   • Salary: $12.6K to $415.14K a year

   • Location: remote from

   • Tech stack: Kubernetes, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Docker, GCP, Elasticsearch, SIEM, Datadog, ELK

Discover more Kubernetes jobs on Kube Careers →

Code & tools

1. Chainloop: SDLC Evidence Store

   github.com/chainloop-dev

   Chainloop is an evidence store and policy engine for Software Supply Chain attestations, SBOMs, VEX, SARIF, and QA reports, with contract-based workflows, Rego policy evaluation, and third-party integrations such as Dependency-Track and Guac.

2. OpenRun

   github.com/openrundev

   OpenRun is an open-source alternative to Cloud Run and App Runner that declaratively deploys single-container web apps via Starlark config in Git with OAuth/OIDC/SAML auth, RBAC, auto-TLS, scale-to-zero, staged deployments, and Helm support.

3. Sealed Secrets Web

   github.com/bakito

   Sealed Secrets Web is a tool that provides a web interface for managing and encrypting sensitive data in Kubernetes using the Sealed Secrets service by Bitnami.

4. CronJob Guardian: monitoring operator

   github.com/iLLeniumStudios

   CronJob Guardian monitors Kubernetes CronJobs with dead-man's switch detection, SLA tracking for success rates and duration regressions, intelligent alerting via Slack/PagerDuty/webhook/email, and a built-in web dashboard with charts and metrics export.

5. D4S: Docker TUI

   github.com/jr-k

   D4S is a keyboard-driven terminal UI for managing Docker containers, Compose stacks, and Swarm services with the same ergonomics and workflow as K9s brings to Kubernetes.

Other interesting projects:

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Upcoming Kubernetes events

2. Kubernetes Community Days New York 2026

   In-person conference organized by KCD New York.

   • Location: New York, NY, USA

   • This event requires an entrance fee

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3. Open Source Summit India

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   • Location: Mumbai, IN

   • This event requires an entrance fee

4. 20th Silicon Saxony Days

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   • Location: Dresden, DE

   • This event requires an entrance fee

5. DeveloperWeek New York 2026

   In-person conference organized by DeveloperWeek New York.

   • Location: New York, NY, USA

   • This event requires an entrance fee

Discover more Kubernetes events on Kube Events →

Kubernetes call for papers

1. Dutch Cloud Native Day

   The Call For Paper is open until 22 June 2026 at UTC. More info →

   • Location: Utrecht, NL

   • In-person conference organized by Dutch CND.

   • The conference starts on the 29 October 2026.

   • Apply here

4. ContainerDays & AI Context Singapore

   The Call For Paper is open until 31 July 2026 at UTC. More info →

   • Location: Singapore, SG

   • In-person conference organized by ContainerDays.

   • The conference starts on the 28 October 2026.

   • Apply here

8. Kubernetes Community Days Korea 2026

   The Call For Paper is open until 26 June 2026 at UTC. More info →

   • Location: Seoul, KR

   • In-person conference organized by KCD South Korea.

   • The conference starts on the 1 September 2026.

   • Apply here

9. OmniOpenCon 2026

   The Call For Paper is open until 31 August 2026 at UTC. More info →

   • Location: Bucharest, RO

   • In-person conference organized by OmniOpenCon.

   • The conference starts on the 18 October 2026.

   • Apply here

That's a wrap for this week.

See you next Wednesday.

— Gulcan

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