#kubernetes
5 articles tagged with #kubernetes
Why I Migrated from Traefik to Gateway API — And What I'd Do Differently
After shipping Ingress NGINX → Traefik as a stopgap, I moved to Gateway API on 47 Ingress resources across 3 clusters. Here's the honest migration guide, what broke, and the ingress2gateway 1.0 tool that saved me.
Traefik Middleware Patterns for Production — What Actually Works After 6 Months
After migrating 47 Ingress resources from NGINX to Traefik, I learned which middleware patterns survive contact with production. Here are 6 that do — with real YAML and the mistakes I made so you don't have to.
Ingress NGINX Is Retiring — Why I Switched to Traefik Before the Deadline
Ingress NGINX officially retired in March 2026. Here's my zero-downtime migration to Traefik — with the exact Helm values, annotation mappings, and the one mistake that cost me two hours.
Why I Stopped Using Docker Compose in Production — Kubernetes Patterns That Actually Work
I ran Docker Compose in production for years until it broke at 3 AM. Here are the 6 Kubernetes patterns I actually use — no Helm charts, no ceremony, just what works.
Why I Ditched Kubernetes for Local Development
Every week someone tells me I should be running Kubernetes locally. They're wrong. Here's the honest case against k8s for local dev — and what I use instead.