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Production Kubernetes & Talos

Architect and manage immutable, bare-metal Kubernetes clusters with Talos Linux, Cilium eBPF network security, and declarative GitOps pipelines.

What this is, and who it is for

Kubernetes is the orchestration layer; the platform around it decides cost, security and uptime. This practice covers immutable node images on Talos Linux, eBPF networking and micro-segmentation with Cilium, GitOps delivery with ArgoCD or Flux, policy as code through OPA Gatekeeper and Kyverno, and observability with OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. It is for teams running production workloads on managed Kubernetes who are paying for control-plane overhead they do not use, or who need node-level control and network throughput that managed services do not expose.

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Capabilities

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Native Moroccan Darija, 3arabizi, French & Arabic NLP

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Official Meta WhatsApp Cloud API verification & setup

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Automated COD order confirmation & delivery scheduling

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Seamless human agent handoff & CRM synchronization

Delivered architecture

Self-Healing Bare-Metal Kubernetes Stack

ProblemHigh AWS EKS management and compute overhead with mutable OS configuration drift.
ArchitectureImmutable Talos Linux bare-metal on Hetzner with Cilium eBPF host routing and ArgoCD GitOps pipelines.
DeliverablesSubstantially reduced monthly infrastructure costs through bare-metal migration while improving network throughput and eliminating OS vulnerabilities.

Questions, answered

Technical questions, answered directly.

What is Talos Linux and why use it for Kubernetes?

Talos Linux is an immutable, API-managed operating system built solely to run Kubernetes. There is no shell and no package manager on a node, so configuration drift and OS-level vulnerabilities are removed by design instead of being patched.

Who needs a bare-metal Kubernetes platform?

Teams whose managed Kubernetes bill is dominated by control-plane and node overhead they do not use, or teams that need network throughput, GPU passthrough or kernel-level control that managed offerings do not expose.

What results have you delivered on Kubernetes?

An immutable Talos Linux cluster on dedicated servers replacing expensive managed cloud Kubernetes: reduced monthly compute overhead, improved network throughput, and zero OS-level vulnerabilities.

How are networking and security handled on the cluster?

Cilium eBPF provides network policy and host routing without a sidecar per pod, so micro-segmentation is enforced in the kernel. Secrets are encrypted with SOPS and Age, container images are signed, and admission policies block non-compliant workloads before they start.

How long does a Kubernetes engagement take, and how is it priced?

A migration sprint runs for two weeks; an architecture audit is a fixed scope ending in a 90-minute readout. Ongoing platform work is a monthly fractional retainer. Scope, deliverables, timing and fees are agreed in writing before work begins.

Facing a cloud cost or reliability bottleneck?

Talk directly about your current architecture.

You can start with a focused 15-minute diagnostic call with me on Google Meet or WhatsApp to audit your bottlenecks and define an actionable engineering roadmap.

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