Cluster API Intro and Deep Dive

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Cluster API reaches v1 with v1beta1 APIs and about 30 providers and shows production adoption (Twilio >100 clusters, Mercedes ~700 moved, U.S. Army in production). Management cluster runs on kind or cloud and uses provider CRDs; demo creates Docker-backed workload clusters from ClusterClass templates and executes a live upgrade from 1.23.3 to 1.23.4. Upgrades proceed as a phased upgrade (control plane first, then machine deployments), rollbacks are not supported and downgrades are blocked.

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