Kubernetes Stories from the Trenches
Raw, unfiltered stories from engineers who've lived through cluster outages, bare-metal nightmares, and 3 a.m. incident calls—and somehow came out smarter on the other side.
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Inside the Book: Kubernetes War Stories That Matter
This isn't your typical Kubernetes guide.
This is a collection of battle-tested experiences from engineers who pushed Kubernetes to its limits—and beyond.
Inside, you'll discover:
- Disaster recoveries that should've ended in tears—but didn't
- How teams scaled Jenkins to 10,000 builds... and lived to tell about it
- The brutal truth about eBPF, service meshes, and stateful workloads
- Behind-the-scenes operations from Adidas, Adevinta, Getir, Mercari and others who pushed Kubernetes way past its limits
These stories will make you better, braver, and smarter as you navigate your own Kubernetes journey.
Featured Guests
Pierre MavroQovery
Dan GarfieldCodeFresh
William MorganBuoyant
Matt DugganSYBO
Artem LajkoIITS
Stéphane GoetzSwissquote
Ronald RamazanovLoovatech
Vasily KolosovLoovatech
Kensei NakadaMercari
Ángel BarreraAdidas
From the Foreword by Bart Farrell
"Kubernetes, even after 10 years, remains an untamed frontier. It's still unfinished business, with no clear standard practices. KubeFM creates a space where engineers share the raw truth of their work—successes, struggles, and deep dives, from network policies and secrets management to debugging webhooks all the way down to the Linux kernel."
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This book started as a collection of conversations on the KubeFM podcast—real engineers, real problems, and the kind of war stories you only hear after a few beers at KubeCon.
Meet the Author
Gulcan TopcuLearnk8s
Gulcan Topcu is a certified Kubernetes Administrator and cloud-native professional whose practical expertise forms the foundation of "Kubernetes Stories from the Trenches."
With a background in Python and DevOps, Gulcan combines technical knowledge with problem-solving skills to make Kubernetes more accessible to the community. Through this book, she shares her passion for Kubernetes while amplifying the voices of fellow practitioners who have navigated the real-world challenges of cloud-native implementations.