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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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