Rockin’ in a Winner’s Wonderland
Welcome back! On this 9th Day of Kubernetes you’ll see what it’s like to experience a magical sense of accomplishment and wonder that comes from winning against the odds – specifically the odds of optimizing your Kubernetes resources when faced with a nearly infinite number of configuration permutations. Best of all, you’ll see that there’s no effort required to optimize your way to a Kubernetes winner wonderland!
Holiday Quiz
The Simpsons, America’s longest running television sitcom, began its historic run in 1989 – probably before many of you were born! Episode #1 was a holiday-themed show called Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire. In it, Bart gets a tattoo, which causes his parents to spend their entire holiday budget on its removal using an expensive laser treatment. What was the tattoo design and who did Bart get it for? (Answer is at the bottom of this page)
- A donut with sprinkles for Homer
- A heart for Marge
- A Malibu Stacy for Lisa
- A Radioactive Man for Milhouse
- A Happy Little Elf for Maggie
The Foundation for Kubernetes Success
Today we’ll do a bit of a refresher, but we’ll also take a closer look at StormForge’s ML-powered performance and resource optimization solution that does the work that just can’t be done by humans – or by elves – or by any other solution out there. And it does this faster, more accurately and more cost-effectively.
The platform combines performance testing and automated resource tuning to deliver best-in-class application performance at the lowest possible cost, without manual configuration or tuning.
Check out this easy-to-follow demo and you’ll see what the foundation for Kubernetes success looks like. You’ll begin to experience the wonderland of Kubernetes as it was promised to be – flexible, efficient, powerful! And that gives you plenty of time to grab the cookies and milk, kick back on your rocker, and wait for Santa.
Sign up for a FREE 15-day StormForge product trial during the 12 Days of Kubernetes and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win a $100 Amazon gift card!

JAMES GOVERNOR, PRINCIPAL ANALYST AND CO-FOUNDER, REDMONK
“It is a challenge to efficiently provision the correct resources for containerized apps, and organizations are left either overprovisioning or doing a lot of manual work to calibrate their infrastructure. Every enterprise is trying to find the optimal balance between performance and cost. StormForge is trying to make this process easy and intuitive for cloud native development teams with machine learning and automation.”
Holiday Quiz Answer:
2. A heart for Marge