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Orchestration Allows Microservices to Be Unreliable (That's a Good Thing)

Orchestration Allows Microservices to Be Unreliable (And That's a Good Thing) One of the first features I wanted to build for Kubernetes was service workflows: Service A starts, then B, then C. If B fails, A should know, and C shouldn't panic. Services need to know
14 Jul 2025 3 min read
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Why Single Machines (and Single Clusters) Are Not Enough: The Orchestration Mindset

The Orchestration Epiphany I joined the Kubernetes team in January 2015, and one of my first memories was a late-night chat with Tim Hockin. We were discussing the opportunity in front of us, and he told me about his first experience with Borg, Google's internal orchestration system. "
10 Jul 2025 5 min read
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