Going To Production: Spot Instances, Karpenter, And The Graviton Advantage
March 23, 20265 min read
An e‑commerce platform cut its Kubernetes bill by 42 % and a fintech firm by 38 % using Spot instances, Karpenter auto‑scaling, and a move to Graviton ARM servers. Classifying workloads, handling node termination, and shipping multi‑arch images made scaling safe and delivered 20‑40 % better price‑performance.