Lightning Talk: K0s at the Edge: Minimal Kubernetes, Maximum Impact

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k0s runs as a single-binary, fully conformant Kubernetes distribution that installs with curl + token + k0s start and deliberately targets ARM edge devices by running a control plane on an Azure VM and a Raspberry Pi 5 worker in tests. Memory use is much lower than vanilla Kubernetes, a submersible collects coral data over NAT to a mainland control plane, and the project reports ~600,000 clusters with multi-cluster tooling like Cosmotron and Quadrant available.

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