Feb 12 · 9 min read · Why Traditional Approaches Fail in Modern Kubernetes Environments The monolithic approach of embedding infrastructure concerns into application code worked when teams managed dozens of services. In 2025, this model breaks down under several pressures...
Join discussionOct 31, 2025 · 2 min read · DAPR stands for Distributed Application Runtime. It's an open-source, event driven runtime that helps developers build microservice and cloud native application. DAPR provides features as: Service Discovery Pub/Sub messaging State management Sec...
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Oct 17, 2025 · 7 min read · Part 1: The ELI5 Version - “The Helper Buddy Beside the Toy Car” Imagine you have a toy car 🚗 (your main app). It’s fun, but it can’t do everything by itself.So you attach a sidecar a little seat next to it with a helper robot 🤖 inside. Now this h...
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Jul 24, 2025 · 2 min read · To effectively troubleshoot issues in your Consul cluster, you must first identify whether the problem originates from the Consul agent or the service mesh. This distinction determines the logs and diagnostic tools required for efficient resolution. ...
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Nov 18, 2024 · 3 min read · In the world of microservices and container orchestration, sidecar containers play a crucial role in enhancing the functionality and management of applications deployed in Kubernetes (K8s). This document explores the concept of sidecar containers, th...
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Nov 12, 2024 · 10 min read · Intro: Global View and seamless HA for Prometheus Initial Prometheus Setup Step 1 - Start initial Prometheus servers Thanos is meant to scale and extend vanilla Prometheus. This means that you can gradually, without disruption, deploy Thanos on top o...
Join discussionSep 5, 2024 · 5 min read · A sidecar container is commonly used in real-world applications to augment the functionality of the primary container. And here we will see some simplified examples of typical sidecar container use cases, along with their scripts or configurations. 1...
Join discussionMay 12, 2024 · 7 min read · The sidecar pattern is a software architectural pattern in which an additional container, known as a "sidecar container," is deployed alongside the main application container within a pod in a containerized environment such as Kubernetes. The sidecar...
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Feb 23, 2024 · 4 min read · Introduction to Istio In the realm of micro-services and cloud-native applications, managing communications, security, and observability at scale poses significant challenges. Enter Istio, an open-source service mesh that layers transparently onto ex...
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Jan 24, 2024 · 8 min read · The operating system is like the boss of your computer, handling security, networking, and keeping an eye on what's happening. But tweaking or improving the core part of the operating system, called the kernel, is a bit tricky because it's mainly foc...
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