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rootsongjc/kubernetes-handbook
Kubernetes 架构与生态：从云原生到 AI 原生基础设施的构建指南
A Chinese-language Kubernetes reference handbook started in 2016 by Jimmy Song, now covering the full cloud-native stack from core K8s concepts through Istio, serverless, edge computing, and AI-native infrastructure. It's a documentation project, not runnable code — the primary artifact is a GitBook-style site. The audience is Chinese-speaking developers learning or working with Kubernetes in production.
Well-organized topic hierarchy covering areas that the official docs treat as afterthoughts: service mesh patterns, GPU scheduling, operator development, and multi-cluster federation. The ai-native section (vLLM, HAMI, device plugins, inference optimization) is a recent addition that reflects where the ecosystem is actually heading. Kept current against K8s v1.31+ with a December 2025 commit. PDF releases make it usable offline without a browser.
Content is entirely in Chinese, which caps the audience at roughly 20% of the global K8s practitioner base — no English translation exists or appears planned. The repo's primary language is listed as Mermaid, which means the diagrams are the only code; there's nothing to run, test, or contribute to beyond prose edits. CC BY-NC-SA license blocks corporate training use, which limits adoption in enterprise learning programs. Depth varies noticeably across sections — some topics like RBAC and StatefulSets are thorough while others like edge computing are shallow overviews that add little beyond what a vendor README already says.