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Kubernetes • June 2026

EKS Cost Reduction: Karpenter vs. AWS Cluster Autoscaler

An engineering analysis comparing node consolidation velocities. We demonstrate why Karpenter's bin-packing algorithm reduces idle CPU capacities by 42% on average.

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JVM Optimization • May 2026

Tuning G1GC Garbage Collection for Low-Latency JVM Ingest

Step-by-step optimization playbook to eliminate random JVM pause spikes in high-throughput Spring Boot platforms. Real-world parameter sets analyzed.

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AI Infrastructure • April 2026

Orchestrating vLLM Inference Engines on AWS Spot GPU Nodes

How we configured custom model scheduling, GPU resource limits, and warm-caching configurations on Kubernetes to cut open-source inference billing in half.

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Event Streams • March 2026

Designing Kafka Partition Strategies for High Concurrency

Avoid consumer group locking. This guide outlines how to align Kafka message key partition routing with downstream database scaling capabilities.

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