https://kerneltalks.com/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:15:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://z5.kerneltalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/cropped-KernelTalks-Favicon-32x32.png https://kerneltalks.com/ 32 32 208712470 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/eks-finally-lets-you-touch-the-control-plane-knobs-youve-been-faking-with-workarounds/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/eks-finally-lets-you-touch-the-control-plane-knobs-youve-been-faking-with-workarounds/#respond Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:15:36 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8541 EKS now lets you tune the scheduler, HPA sync period, event retention, and NodePort range directly on your control plane — here's what each one actually does and where it bites.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/eks-finally-lets-you-touch-the-control-plane-knobs-youve-been-faking-with-workarounds/feed/ 0 8541 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-6-shipping-cells-with-iac-and-argocd/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-6-shipping-cells-with-iac-and-argocd/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:58:12 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8531 The resilience story behind cell-based architecture is theoretical until your pipeline can stamp out cell N+1 in an afternoon. Here's the IaC and GitOps pattern that gets you there.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-6-shipping-cells-with-iac-and-argocd/feed/ 0 8531 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-5-well-architected-and-the-real-cost-of-cells/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-5-well-architected-and-the-real-cost-of-cells/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:02:53 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8528 Cell-based architecture is filed under Reliability, but it touches every Well-Architected pillar — and cost is the one that surprises people after it's already in production.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-5-well-architected-and-the-real-cost-of-cells/feed/ 0 8528 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-4-making-cells-actually-resilient/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-4-making-cells-actually-resilient/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:00:30 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8523 A cell boundary on a diagram doesn't buy resilience by itself. Shuffle sharding and real bake-time discipline are what make the isolation hold up in production.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-4-making-cells-actually-resilient/feed/ 0 8523 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-3-networking-a-multi-cell-estate/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-3-networking-a-multi-cell-estate/#respond Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:59:51 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8516 The routing layer is the one part of a cell-based system that can't fully be cell-ified. Here's how to keep it from becoming the single point of failure you were trying to avoid.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-3-networking-a-multi-cell-estate/feed/ 0 8516 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-2-eks-or-ecs-for-your-cells-and-the-services-that-hold-them-together/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-2-eks-or-ecs-for-your-cells-and-the-services-that-hold-them-together/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:35:15 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8508 EKS namespace, EKS cluster, or ECS cluster-per-cell — the substrate you pick sets your isolation cost floor for every cell you'll ever run.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-2-eks-or-ecs-for-your-cells-and-the-services-that-hold-them-together/feed/ 0 8508 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-1-the-thought-process-before-you-draw-a-single-box/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-1-the-thought-process-before-you-draw-a-single-box/#respond Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:18:34 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8503 Before you touch EKS or ECS, cell-based architecture is a planning problem: picking a partition key, an isolation boundary, and a cell size you can actually operate.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/cell-based-architecture-on-aws-part-1-the-thought-process-before-you-draw-a-single-box/feed/ 0 8503 https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/amazon-ec2-application-status-checks-a-native-health-check-for-the-application-layer/ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/amazon-ec2-application-status-checks-a-native-health-check-for-the-application-layer/#respond Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:30:22 +0000 https://kerneltalks.com/?p=8493 AWS gave EC2 a health check that finally looks at your application, not just the OS underneath it — here's how it works and where the costs hide.]]> https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/amazon-ec2-application-status-checks-a-native-health-check-for-the-application-layer/feed/ 0 8493