Argo CD Tutorial: From Installation to App of Apps and ApplicationSets
Install Argo CD, deploy real applications with the app of apps pattern, and scale your GitOps setup with ApplicationSets — plus Argo CD support in Lens.
Flavius Dinu10 min read
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The OpenClaw Fallout: Why Banning Ungoverned AI Agents Doesn’t Work (and What to Do Instead)
OpenClaw hit 500,000 exposed instances and got banned everywhere. The demand didn't disappear, it migrated. Here's how to govern agents instead.
Flavius Dinu10 min read
How to run Hermes Agent Securely in Enterprise Environments
Hermes Agent runs autonomously with your credentials. Harden it in six steps: identity, default-deny egress, credential isolation, containment, and audit.
Flavius Dinu9 min read
VMs vs Containers vs MicroVMs: Which to Choose for Your Workloads
VMs, containers, and MicroVMs each trade isolation for speed differently. Learn how each works, when to use them, and why MicroVMs are the new standard for untrusted code and AI agent workloads.
Flavius Dinu8 min read
MCP Security: Tool Poisoning, Line Jumping & Rug Pulls Explained
Every MCP server you connect to sends information to your model's context, and the model treats descriptions as trusted developer instructions. Tool poisoning hides malicious orders in the metadata, so a simple function can exfiltrate credentials, while still returning the right answer.
Flavius Dinu11 min read
You can now try Lens Agents on your own machine
Until now, seeing Lens Agents meant talking to us. That is the right call for a platform built for production and enterprise governance — but it's a slow way to answer the most basic question a builder has: what does this actually do?
Mario Sarcher3 min read
AI Agents are Non-Human Identities. Treat Them Like One.
Non-Human Identities now significantly outnumber human users, making AI agent governance a critical security priority. This article explains how to treat AI agents as enterprise identities with proper credential management and access controls.
Flavius Dinu9 min read
The Math Behind Why Your Multi-Step AI Agentic Workflow Fails in Production
Agent reliability compounds: 95% per-step accuracy gives only ~60% success over 10 steps and 36% over 20 steps. This post explains why multi-step AI agents fail in production despite working in demos.
Flavius Dinu5 min read
Why AI Agents Fail in Production (and How to Fix It)
Most AI agents fail in production because of multiple reasons: no governance implemented, poor context management, fragile tool connectors, and compounding errors across multi-step workflows.
Flavius Dinu10 min read
What Is Platform Engineering? A Practical Guide for Kubernetes Teams
Platform engineering transforms internal infrastructure into a product for developers. Internal Developer Platforms abstract Kubernetes complexity through self-service portals and automated governance, with Gartner projecting 80% of large enterprises will have dedicated platform teams by 2026.
Flavius Dinu7 min read
Implementing GitOps for your Kubernetes Workflows using ArgoCD and Flux
GitOps uses your version control system (VCS) as the single source of truth for your deployments. In Kubernetes, it uses an in-cluster agent that continuously reconciles the desired and actual state.
Flavius Dinu11 min read
18 Best DevOps MCP Servers for 2026 | The Definitive Guide
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard introduced by Anthropic at the end of 2024, which lets AI agents use different tools using natural language. This article covers 18 relevant MCP servers across DevOps categories.
Flavius Dinu8 min read
Managing Multi-Cloud Infrastructure with Crossplane
Managing multi-cloud infrastructure has traditionally been associated with Terraform, its open-source alternative OpenTofu, Pulumi, or a mix of vendor-specific infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation or Azure Bicep.
Flavius Dinu8 min read
Kubernetes RBAC Tutorial: Roles, ClusterRoles, and Service Accounts
RBAC in Kubernetes is the authorization layer that decides if an API request succeeds or fails. Without least-privilege implementation, a single compromised account can access an entire cluster.
Flavius Dinu8 min read
How To Manage Kubernetes from Claude Desktop Using MCP Servers
The Model Context Protocol enables Claude Desktop to connect directly to Kubernetes clusters for natural language management of pods, deployments, and services without memorizing kubectl commands.
Flavius Dinu6 min read
How to Connect to a Kubernetes Pod Shell with kubectl exec
The kubectl exec command lets you run commands and open interactive shell sessions inside running containers in your Kubernetes pods. This article covers everything you need to know to connect to a Kubernetes pod shell and execute commands inside its running containers.
Flavius Dinu6 min read
How to Use Trivy with Kubernetes: From CLI to CI/CD to Lens
Every container image you deploy, configuration you apply, and dependency you include is a potential attack surface. This article explores Trivy, a popular open-source security scanner, with practical examples for the CLI, CI/CD pipelines, and Lens.
Flavius Dinu7 min read
12 Best Kubernetes Security Tools You Need in 2026
One of the biggest challenges in cloud-native infrastructure is securing Kubernetes. Knowing which security tools to implement can be the difference between a hardened cluster and a vulnerable one.
Flavius Dinu6 min read
Enforcing Kubernetes Security and Compliance with Kyverno: A Complete Guide
Kubernetes excels at container orchestration, but it doesn't natively enforce security best practices or organizational policies. Kyverno is a CNCF incubating project that enables your team to define, validate, and enforce policies across your Kubernetes projects.
Flavius Dinu8 min read
How to use Kubernetes Secrets
Hard-coding sensitive data in your applications makes it very easy for attackers to gain access to your systems and compromise them.
Flavius Dinu9 min read
Accessing Private Kubernetes Clusters Through a Bastion Host with Lens
When you are working with Kubernetes in production, security best practices dictate that your cluster's API server should not be exposed to the public internet.
Flavius Dinu6 min read
Kubernetes ConfigMaps Tutorial: Best Practices & Examples
Managing multiple application configurations in Kubernetes can be inconvenient. This guide walks through everything needed to understand Kubernetes ConfigMaps, from basics to practical implementation strategies.
Flavius Dinu7 min read
How to Use Kubectl Port-Forward: Complete Guide for Kubernetes Developers
Port forwarding is a powerful Kubernetes feature that helps you debug applications, test connections, and access internal dashboards without modifying cluster network configuration.
Flavius Dinu7 min read
How to Manage Kubernetes Deployments: Complete Guide 2025
Managing Kubernetes deployments involves handling pods, replicas, and updates. This guide walks through essential deployment management tasks you'll encounter in practice.
Flavius Dinu6 min read
How to Set Up Prometheus and Grafana in Kubernetes with Alertmanager and Slack Alerts
Monitoring your Kubernetes clusters is a mandatory step, but the process doesn't have to be intimidating. This tutorial walks through setting up Prometheus with Grafana dashboards on a Minikube cluster and sending Slack alerts via Alertmanager.
Flavius Dinu7 min read
Mastering Kubernetes Deployment Strategies: Complete End-to-End Guide with Real Example
Kubernetes offers many deployment options for your applications, and what options you implement determine whether your strategy is smooth or risky. This guide walks through the most important strategies with a real, follow-along example.
Flavius Dinu12 min read
Best AI Tools for Kubernetes in 2025: Optimize, Troubleshoot & Scale with AI
Managing Kubernetes, especially in enterprise environments, has outpaced what most humans can manage manually. AI tools powered by ChatGPT, Claude, and AI agents can help reduce operational risk and make systems reliable.
Flavius Dinu8 min read
Top 15 Kubernetes Use Cases
Kubernetes has transformed how organizations deploy and scale applications. This guide explores the top 15 use cases where Kubernetes excels, from microservices management to AI workloads, and when simpler alternatives may be more appropriate.
Flavius Dinu15 min read
14 Best Kubernetes Tools in 2025
Kubernetes is flexible, scalable and powerful, but without the right tools, running it in production environments can quickly turn into chaos.
Flavius Dinu14 min read
Managing AWS EKS Clusters at Scale: Best Practices & Tools
Running Kubernetes (K8s) clusters in Amazon Web Services (AWS) is an easy process thanks to Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS). Managing them at scale, however, is an entirely different process as complexity starts to increase.
Flavius Dinu8 min read
The Most Common Kubernetes Errors (and How to Fix Them)
Managing Kubernetes at scale can quickly become cumbersome. Learn the most common Kubernetes errors and how to fix them fast with Lens and Lens Prism.
Flavius Dinu13 min read
Lens Kubernetes IDE Overview: How to simplify Kubernetes Management
Managing Kubernetes clusters at scale can be an overwhelming process. Lens - The Kubernetes IDE removes the friction by offering a visual, real-time interface for troubleshooting, monitoring, and inspecting your clusters at scale.
Flavius Dinu14 min read
Simplify Kubernetes Monitoring and Management with Lens Desktop: A Comprehensive Guide
Managing Kubernetes workloads efficiently is crucial for ensuring the stability and performance of your applications. Lens Desktop streamlines this process, providing real-time insights and control over your Kubernetes environments.
Daiani Macedo4 min read
How to Add a Cluster to Lens: A Step-by-Step Guide
Adding your Kubernetes cluster to Lens is a straightforward process that enables you to manage and monitor your workloads with ease.
Daiani Macedo4 min read
Lens Kubernetes is all you need in the development env to build, ship, and run
How containers and Kubernetes let developers build, ship, and run cloud-native applications, and how the Lens Desktop Kube feature in Lens 6 consolidates many developer tools into one to reduce complexity.
Elodie Meste1 min read
Easily Manage Lens Subscriptions for Teams with Lens Business ID
Lens Business ID is designed to make purchasing and managing multiple Lens subscriptions as easy as possible for larger teams, businesses and organizations.
Elodie Meste1 min read
Eliminating Kubernetes Complexity for Developers Using Lens
Containers and Kubernetes changed how we build, deploy, and run applications, yet getting started with Kubernetes development and daily cluster interactions remains extremely complex. This post walks through the typical developer workflow and how Lens Platform simplifies it.
Lee Namba1 min read
5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do with Lens
Over 750,000 users and many thousands of organizations rely on Lens to interact with Kubernetes clusters. Even experienced users may not have discovered every feature Lens has to offer.
Lee Namba1 min read