Platform engineering & AI tool reviews: Kubernetes, CNCF, Terraform, OpenTofu, Argo CD, Flux, GitOps, Helm, Crossplane, Backstage, internal developer platforms (IDP), observability, and self-service. 2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/ Yuval Glasman 2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/claude-code-agents-md-adoption

Claude Code 2.1.277 reads AGENTS.md — the last major holdout joins the instruction-file standard. Precedence rules, Bedrock gaps, and what platform teams must govern.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/cloudflare-ketama-100tb-ram

Cloudflare cut 100TB of RAM by deleting 90% of its consistent-hash points. The math every load-balancer owner should run before scaling out.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/cloudflare-quick-tunnels-agents

We ran Cloudflare's viral Quick Tunnels with --output json. Real agent ergonomics, the 200-request cap, edge TLS, and the egress policy your team needs.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/ai-code-review-agents

Copilot code review added approvals, auto-resolution and ensemble agents in three weeks. How AI reviewers behave in production - and what they cost.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/k8s-cost-visibility-right-sizing

Kubernetes cost visibility without guesswork: OpenCost 1.121 allocation math, VPA InPlaceOrRecreate right-sizing, Goldilocks namespaces, and the unit economics of requests.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/llm-router-gateways

TypeSafe's Jev reads choice logits without decoding a single token. Here is the gateway architecture that should route decision traffic differently from generation traffic.

2026-09-19T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/loki-vs-elasticsearch

We ran the same 300k-line corpus through Loki 3.7.8 and Elasticsearch 9.5.4. The storage gap is real, but the new logsdb_columnar mode changes the math.

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/bonsai-2-27b-ternary-llm

PrismML's ternary Qwen3.8-27B runs in 5.9 GB at 98.2% retention. Real numbers, the llama.cpp fork tax, and who should skip it.

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/zcode-git-history-exfiltration

Z.ai's ZCode packages whole workspaces — 86.6% of the payload is .git — and uploads them to Aliyun OSS under server-held keys. Detection and containment.

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/ai-agents-on-kubernetes

A new 176-setting study proves harness design, not the model, decides coding-agent outcomes. This is the Kubernetes architecture it implies.

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/cilium-ebpf-service-mesh

A production deep-dive into Cilium's sidecar-free service mesh: eBPF datapath, ztunnel mTLS, Gateway API, L7 policy, Hubble, and when to skip it.

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/gateway-api-vs-ingress

ingress-nginx retired in March 2026 and Gateway API v1.6 is GA. The real migration guide: CRD traps, controllers, annotation conversion, and cutover.

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/gitops-secrets-management

How to run secrets in GitOps without becoming the next breach: SOPS+age, Sealed Secrets, External Secrets Operator, Vault trade-offs, and the identity controls that matter.

2026-09-18T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/opentofu-vs-terraform

OpenTofu 1.13 cuts WinRM and adds Symbol Libraries while Terraform 1.17 bets on Policy GA. The real fork decision matrix for platform teams, Sept 2026.

2026-09-17T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/backstage-trap

A technical analysis of the maintenance overhead and plugin dependency hell associated with self-hosting Backstage.

2026-09-17T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/openai-huggingface-incident

Deep-dive into the July 2026 incident where OpenAI's internal research models bypassed sandboxes via shared package management infrastructure.

2026-09-17T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/articles/the-shift-left-lie

An analysis of how "Shift Left" became infrastructure dumping on developers, increasing cognitive load instead of empowering teams with paved roads.

2026-09-17T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/ai-postgres-query-plans

Analysis of using 4B parameter models to replace heuristic-based Postgres query planners.

2026-09-17T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/argocd-vs-flux

A technical deep-dive into ArgoCD and Flux reconciliation engines, covering sync loops, HPA conflict resolution, and multi-cluster state management.

2026-09-17T00:00:00Z https://platform-monkey.com/guides/aws-vs-azure-vs-gcp

Moving past the pricing sheets. We analyze the Big Three from a platform perspective: API ergonomics, K8s managed services, and the cost of lock-in.