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Kubernetes pod networking in 2026: revisit Cilium, Calico and Flannel before you pick another CNI plugin

Picture a software company in Mangaluru that builds billing and stock software for chemists (an invented example, not a real client).

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Mesh VPNs in 2026: revisit Headscale, NetBird and plain WireGuard before you open another SSH port to the internet

Take a pump manufacturer in Coimbatore that makes agricultural and domestic pumps at two plants, one near the city and a smaller one at Kaniyur (an invented example, not a real client).

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Uptime monitoring in 2026: revisit Uptime Kuma, Gatus and the Blackbox Exporter before a customer tells you the site is down

Take a travel company in Udaipur that runs an online booking site for about 140 heritage hotels, lake-side guest houses and homestays in Udaipur, Kumbhalgarh and Mount Abu (an invented example, not a real client).

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Service mesh in 2026: revisit Istio ambient, Linkerd and Cilium before you add sidecars

A logistics company in Bengaluru runs a production Kubernetes cluster with 14 nodes and about 420 pods. Three requests landed in one sprint.

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Ingress NGINX retirement: revisit your Kubernetes ingress before you migrate

A platform team plans its Kubernetes 1.37 upgrade for the next sprint. The cluster checklist is green, except one line nobody owns: the ingress-nginx Helm chart, pinned at 4.

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