Archive - Applied Computing Research Labs

The ACRL Report: State of the Lab

Oct 4 •

September 2024

Analyzing SimKube 1.0: How well does it work?

Ok, this post is the last part of my 3-part series on SimKube 1.0. Over the last couple of weeks, we walked through some background about SimKube, the…

Sep 20 •

Using SimKube 1.0: Comparing Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler and Karpenter

This post is part 2 of a 3-part series on some "real" results that I've gotten from my Kubernetes simulator project called SimKube. If you recall from…

Sep 13 •

Announcing SimKube v1.0!

Ok, folks, this is the one you've all been waiting for. I'm finally at a state where I can share some real results from SimKube.

Sep 6 •

August 2024

Exploring the Kubernetes Graph

OK, I've been promising a post about graph theory for a little while, and a whole bunch of my paying subscribers just re-upped their subscriptions, so…

Aug 23 •

Implementing multi-metric scaling: making changes to legacy code safely

Aug 9 •

July 2024

"Disagree and Commit" considered harmful

Last week I wrote a post (attempting to) deconstruct the well-known tech maxim to "move fast and break things".

Jul 26 •

"Move Fast and Break Things" considered harmful

Author’s note: a previous version of this post referenced the book “The Pragmatic Programmer”, which in turn crafts an analogy between “broken software…

Jul 19 •

June 2024

Disruption, Eviction, Evacuation, Preemption, oh my!

Let's talk about pod disruption in Kubernetes. Suppose you're running a bunch of happy little pods in your cluster, and then you discover that one of…

Jun 21 •

May 2024

NSDI Recap, Part 2 - Load Balancing and Autoscaling

Howdy, friends!

May 31 •

NSDI Recap, Part I - Spot Instances and SkyPilot

Ok, I've been promising this for a while, but it's time to dig into a few of my favorite talks and papers from NSDI '24. This was my first "academic…

May 17 •

Writing Tools that Don't Suck

Ok, I know I promised more KubeCon and/or NSDI content, but that'll have to wait until next week.

May 3 •

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