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The Optimal – June 2026
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The Optimal – June 2026

In the June 2026 edition: why Netflix says CPU utilization alone tells you nothing, the two misconfigurations behind Spark OOM…

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  • Your GPUs Are 95% Idle, and Buying More Won’t Fix It
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    Your GPUs Are 95% Idle, and Buying More Won’t Fix It

    AI is reshaping every industry, and agents are at the center of that shift. Many companies are racing to put…

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  • The Optimal – May 2026
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    The Optimal – May 2026

    In the May 2026 edition: hunting CPU zombies in Kubernetes, when observability becomes the outage, and how JDK 27’s compact…

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  • The Optimal – April 2026
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    The Optimal – April 2026

    In the April 2026 edition: engineering cost-efficient microservices with backend FinOps, why Java pods keep hitting Kubernetes OOMKills, and the…

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  • The Michelin Star Dilemma and the Secret to a Perfect Service
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    The Michelin Star Dilemma and the Secret to a Perfect Service

    In the world of fine dining, the tension in the kitchen is palpable long before the first guest arrives. Imagine…

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  • The State of Cloud Native Optimization 2026
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    The State of Cloud Native Optimization 2026

    A critical realization has emerged within the platform engineering community. We have excelled at creating golden paths that streamline the…

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  • Kubernetes Performance Tuning, Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Introducing Tuning Profiles
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    Kubernetes Performance Tuning, Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Introducing Tuning Profiles

    Modern Kubernetes clusters are not monolithic; they host many applications with very different operational needs. Treating a whole cluster as…

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  • The Optimal – March 2026
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    The Optimal – March 2026

    In the March 2026 edition: why cloud cost is really a distributed systems bug, the performance debt left behind by…

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  • Akamas named a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Cloud Resource Optimization 2026
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    Akamas named a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm Radar for Cloud Resource Optimization 2026

    Recognized once again as a Leader and Outperformer in the 2026 GigaOm Radar for Cloud Resource Optimization, extending Akamas’ four-year…

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  • Why Your Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler Wastes Resources, and How to Fix It
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    Why Your Kubernetes Cluster Autoscaler Wastes Resources, and How to Fix It

    Platform engineers rely on the Kubernetes cluster autoscaler to control cloud cost. However, the autoscaler is only as efficient as…

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  • Beyond the JVM: Full-Stack Optimization for Node.js on Kubernetes
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    Beyond the JVM: Full-Stack Optimization for Node.js on Kubernetes

    The promise of Kubernetes lies in seamless scalability, yet running high-performance Node.js applications often reveals “invisible” friction. While JVM tuning…

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