<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kevin Medeiros — Notes from the cluster</title><description>Field notes on GitOps, Kubernetes and cloud cost.</description><link>https://kevinm.tech/</link><item><title>Migrating four products to ArgoCD without downtime</title><link>https://kevinm.tech/blog/gitops-with-argocd/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kevinm.tech/blog/gitops-with-argocd/</guid><description>The playbook for standardizing deployments across multiple products with ArgoCD and a GitOps workflow.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gitops</category><category>argocd</category><category>kubernetes</category><category>devops</category><category>secrets</category></item><item><title>Running k3s on GCP with Rancher &amp; SOPS</title><link>https://kevinm.tech/blog/k3s-on-gcp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kevinm.tech/blog/k3s-on-gcp/</guid><description>A lean, secure cluster topology for small teams: lightweight control plane, GitOps-friendly secrets and TLS done right.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>kubernetes</category><category>k3s</category><category>gcp</category><category>gitops</category><category>security</category></item><item><title>Cutting cloud spend 30% without slowing anyone down</title><link>https://kevinm.tech/blog/finops-cloud-cost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kevinm.tech/blog/finops-cloud-cost/</guid><description>How a simple inventory of third-party services and committed-use discounts turned a vague cloud bill into a roadmap.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>finops</category><category>cloud cost</category><category>devops</category><category>gcp</category><category>cost optimization</category></item></channel></rss>