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How vCluster Balances Kubernetes Cost Reduction With Real-World Performance

Can you really save millions on Kubernetes infrastructure without compromising performance? Yes, with vCluster. In this blog, we break down how virtual clusters reduce control plane overhead, unlock higher node utilization, and simplify multi-tenancy, all while maintaining lightning-fast performance.

Step-by-step guide to setting up a GPU-enabled Kubernetes cluster on GKE for scalable AI and ML workloads.

Running AI or ML workloads on Kubernetes? This tutorial walks you through setting up a GPU enabled GKE cluster, from configuring GPU quotas and node pools to testing workloads and optimizing for multi-team GPU usage with vCluster.

Octarine Unleashed: How Kubernetes 1.33 Changes Everything for Devs & Platform Teams

Kubernetes 1.33, codenamed "Octarine: The Color of Magic", lands with 64 feature updates. This blog dives into the most impactful ones and shows how to try them immediately with vCluster. From in-place pod resizing to ClusterTrustBundle, here’s what’s new.

Explore DevPod: An open-source, self-hosted alternative to GitHub Codespaces for flexible and cost-effective development environments.

A look at DevPod, an open source self hosted alternative to GitHub Codespaces

A look at the exciting developments that happened with the open source project vcluster in 2022.

The CNCF Sandbox will provide a neutral home for the project to receive external contributions from the cloud-native community and to benefit from vendor-independent governance.

Celebrating top voices shaping the cloud-native landscape and spotlighting emerging influencers making their mark.

The cloud-native influencers in this article have been chosen bause of their experience in the cloud-native field, contributions to cloud-native projects, and commitment to helping others learn about and use cloud-native technologies.

A curated list of standout CNCF projects that enhance cloud-native development, operations, and scalability.

This article contains ten projects, including Kubernetes, the leading container orchestration system; DevSpace, which is used to improve developer experience; vcluster, which aids in cluster virtualization; and Grafana and Prometheus, which aid in monitoring your cluster's resources and objects.

Streamline virtual Kubernetes cluster deployment with Loft Labs' new open-source Cluster API provider for vCluster.

Now, deploying virtual clusters can be done exactly the same as deploying physical Kubernetes clusters on a cloud platform or on-premises data center.

Introducing a plugin system and SDK to customize and extend vcluster's synchronization logic for enhanced Kubernetes multi-tenancy.

vcluster users can now define which resources get synchronized to the underlying Kubernetes cluster and how.

7 companies that we expect big things from in 2022 - Arrikto, Chainguard, Civo, Isovalent, Kasten by Veeam, Komodor and Kubecost

Kubernetes brings some challenges to developers. They need to learn some new concepts, how they connect to each other, and most importantly, how to develop applications using a Kubernetes cluster.

I was recently on a YouTube stream explaining jsPolicy, an open source project for managing policies in Kubernetes clusters that we maintain at Loft Labs. CEO Lukas Gentele joined me, and our host was Saiyam Pathak.

Streamline Kubernetes development workflows with DevSpace, a powerful alternative to Docker Compose.

Discover how DevSpace enhances Kubernetes development by offering features like hot reloading, simplified configuration with devspace.yaml, and seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines, providing a more efficient alternative to Docker Compose.

Kubernetes now runs in more than 70 percent of container environments. Monitoring has become a key way to extract as much information as possible during container runtime. This data is critical when troubleshooting issues.

Headlamp is an open source web UI for Kubernetes created by the team at Kinvolk, which was recently acquired by Microsoft. It’s a great-looking alternative to the built-in Kubernetes Dashboard.

An insightful walkthrough of vCluster's features and use cases with Loft Labs CEO Lukas Gentele and Kubernetes expert Saiyam Pathak.

Join Saiyam Pathak and Loft Labs CEO Lukas Gentele as they explore vCluster's capabilities, including workflow management, Ingress integration, and storage considerations, providing a comprehensive overview for Kubernetes enthusiasts.

Exploring Lens: A comprehensive Kubernetes IDE offering a graphical interface for efficient cluster management and development.

Dive into Lens, an open-source Kubernetes IDE that provides developers with a powerful graphical interface to manage clusters, monitor metrics, and streamline workflows.

Explore top open-source tools that enhance Kubernetes development, testing, and operations.

Discover a curated list of 11 essential open-source tools that streamline Kubernetes workflows. This collection includes utilities for managing clusters, improving developer experience, and automating operations, helping teams navigate the complexities of Kubernetes with greater efficiency.

Exploring the concept of running virtual Kubernetes clusters within virtual clusters using vcluster.

Discover how to deploy a virtual Kubernetes cluster inside another virtual cluster using vcluster. Watch the step-by-step video tutorial and follow along.

Introducing jsPolicy: A JavaScript-based policy engine simplifying Kubernetes policy management for enhanced clarity and maintainability.

Loft Labs announces jsPolicy, an open-source Kubernetes policy engine utilizing JavaScript to make policy creation and management more accessible and maintainable. By leveraging the familiar syntax of JavaScript and the performance of Google's V8 engine, jsPolicy aims to streamline policy enforcement in Kubernetes clusters.

What makes developers happy and productive? If you talk to people who work in the tech industry, they will likely all have opinions on it, but there's no clear, shared definition of developer productivity. So how can we measure developer productivity? And how can we improve it?

Loft Labs introduces vCluster, an open-source solution enabling lightweight, virtual Kubernetes clusters for enhanced multi-tenancy and cost efficiency.

Loft Labs has open-sourced vCluster, a pioneering virtual cluster technology for Kubernetes. vCluster allows organizations to deploy lightweight, fast virtual clusters within a single Kubernetes cluster, facilitating workload consolidation, resource sharing, and significant infrastructure cost savings.