Cloud-Native Architect with 14+ years of experience specializing in Kubernetes, Platform Engineering, and DevSecOps. Proven success in automating secure CI/CD pipelines, building self-service developer platforms, and driving cloud-native transformations for enterprises.
Passionate about reducing developer toil and enabling scalable, secure software delivery
Source-code driven explanations of common Kubernetes misconceptions
- Website: https://kubernetesmyths.com
- Repository: https://github.com/kubernetes-myths/website
Focus:
- Scheduler, kubelet, controllers, GC, authn/authz
- Myths validated with code, logs, and experiments
Golang-powered Kubernetes utilities
A collection of small, focused tools written in Go to solve day-to-day platform engineering problems using Kubernetes APIs.
- Organization: https://github.com/kupher-tools
Includes:
- Kubernetes operators
- Admission controllers
- Custom schedulers
- Automation for DevEx and security
• Infrastructure Plane: K8s, EKS, AKS, GKE, OCP, CNI, Ingress, Load Balancer, Service Mesh, AWS, GCP, Private Cloud
• Integration & Delivery Plane: Jenkins, FluxCD, Terraform, Helm Chart, Kustomize, K8s Operators, Docker, ACR, Harbor, Artifactory
• Security Plane: Vault, Cert-Manager, Wiz, OPA, Snyk, SonarQube, IRSA, Pod Identity
• Observability Plane: OGTM (Open Telemetry, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir), ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Splunk, Jaeger
• Developer Control Plane: Golang, API, Operator SDK, Java, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Maven
Some projects I actively read and learn from:
- kubernetes/kubernetes
- kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime
- etcd-io/etcd
- golang/go
- sigs.k8s.io/kustomize
Reading real systems code is part of my daily routine.
- 🌐 Kubernetes Myths: https://kubernetesmyths.com
- 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajesh-deshpande-1058b9151/
I share learnings from:
- Kubernetes internals
- Golang patterns
- Platform engineering failures & fixes
- Real production lessons
- Contributor to Kubernetes ecosystem
- Actively contributing via issues, PRs, and documentation fixes
- Learning in public through code and experiments
Think You Know Kubernetes?
What most people “know” is often incomplete or wrong.
I validate everything with source code and experiments.