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Kubernetes Failure Stories

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Resurfaced independently across 7 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
14
submitters
14
observed span
2019–2026
peak thread · 192 comments
545 pts
latest 20+ return · 2022-08-25
72 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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This is a compilation of gotcha-discovery-reports, distributed across the surface area of K8s (which, since K8s is huge, covers many nooks and crannies). This is not a compilation of "K8s sucks, here are 10 reasons why", which is what my kneejerk expectation was. (maybe I am too cynical...). Overall, this is a fantastic index to some very interesting resources. There's an old saying that you learn more from failure than from success (whose analogue is a blogpost with a title…

gen220·545-point thread·

I look forward to the day that we never have to hear about Kubernetes again.

Cute use of Afghanistan's ccTLD, but do you really want to be under the jurisdiction of the Taliban... let alone financially supporting them? https://www.404media.co/taliban-shuts-down-queer-af-domain-b...

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belter·2-point thread·

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
664

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Total comments
250

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2019-05-07Kubernetes Failure Storieshjacobs40
2019-06-12Kubernetes Failure Storieslelf10
2019-06-13Kubernetes Failure Storiesrchaudhary40
2019-06-16Kubernetes Failure Storieskiyanwang20
2020-01-29Kubernetes Failure StoriesEdouar120
2020-02-01Kubernetes Failure StoriesDyslexicAtheist20
2020-05-12Kubernetes Failure Storiesakulkarni80
2020-06-09Kubernetes Failure Storiesluckylittle20
2021-02-11Kubernetes Failure StoriesFirst breakout · Best threadjakozaur545192
2022-08-25Kubernetes Failure StoriesLatest 20+ point returnwseqyrku7256
2023-12-03Kubernetes Failure Storiesbelter20
2024-02-16A Collection of Kubernetes Failure Storieslaixintao21
2024-11-26Kubernetes Failure Storiesfanf220
2026-02-18Kubernetes Failure Storiesredbell161