Kubernetes the Hard Way in 2026: Kubernetes 1.37 From Scratch
Kubernetes the Hard Way, updated for Kubernetes 1.37 and Debian 13. Every command tested end to end, on local machines and on Hetzner Cloud.
From the Ankra team
Product walkthroughs, practical engineering and ideas about building an operating platform for people and agents.
Kubernetes the Hard Way, updated for Kubernetes 1.37 and Debian 13. Every command tested end to end, on local machines and on Hetzner Cloud.
Take an app built with Cursor, Claude Code, Lovable, Bolt or Replit to production in 2026. What production adds, the hosting routes compared, how to pick.
Twelve AI tools for Kubernetes compared, from open source troubleshooters to AI operations platforms and MCP servers, and how each one handles write access.
Flux with a web UI, Akuity, Harness, Octopus, Rancher Fleet, Devtron and Ankra compared, plus when plain Argo CD is still the right call.
Hosted European PaaS or push-to-deploy in your own EU cloud account? Nine Heroku alternatives compared by headquarters, hosting location and fit.
Rancher, OpenShift, Spectro Cloud, Kubermatic, Portainer, Mirantis, Platform9, Azure Arc, Omni and Ankra compared, with who each fits.
Hetzner has no managed Kubernetes. Eight ways to run it in 2026, from kube-hetzner and Talos to Syself, Cloudfleet and Ankra, and what each leaves to you.
Northflank, Qovery, Porter, Ankra, Coolify, Dokploy, Kamal, Render and Railway compared, with where each runs your apps and who it fits in 2026.
Eight Rancher alternatives for 2026 compared side by side, from OpenShift and Spectro Cloud to Portainer and Omni, with when each one fits.
Moving a Next.js app on Vercel with a Supabase backend onto a Kubernetes cluster you own. What maps across, the database move, and the hard parts.
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