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Passwordless DB Access and Least Privilege - IRSA, rds_iam, ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES
Aug 6, 2026
How a Kubernetes pod connects to a database with no password anywhere (IRSA and rds_iam), and how the account that connects keeps its privileges minimal (owner separation and default privileges).
Why Kubernetes Kills My Pod: Health Probes
Mar 17, 2026
Kubernetes provides two kinds of probes for determining a Pod's state. A liveness probe asks, "Is this container alive?" The kubelet periodically calls a configured endpoint and restarts the container if the call fails or receives no response. This automatically recovers an application that has become unresponsive because of a deadlock or memory leak.