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Heba Elayoty

@helayoty.org

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Used to be just a SWE who codes behind the screen. I became a human who codes for a purpose. Still love containers and Kubernetes... co-founder of @amalinitiative.org . Don't forget to sign up and volunteer @volunteersforpalestine.org

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Apr 25

For all new followers, it seems you followed me as a part of some sort a #cncf list. I don’t know why they still put me there. I thought I did my part as a #DEI back then and it’s over now, right? For more details, check this blog.

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Retaliation Even in the OSS!

Tech workers retaliation for speaking up!

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 8h

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Deep Dive into the Kubernetes Scheduler Framework

*This is the second in a series of blog posts exploring the Kubernetes kube-scheduler from the perspective of someone who has dug deep into…

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 8h

New blog: Deep Dive into the Kubernetes Scheduler Framework

Covers extension points, plugin orchestration, and more

Check it here 👇👇

#Kubernetes #DevOps #CloudNative #k8s #Golang #OpenSource

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 17h

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 5d

Lina carries the past and present, but also a vision of the future.
With her team at Yalla Cooperative, she built an app to help Gazans share their stories in their own voices.

Please take a moment to check it out and amplify their voices.(2/2)

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Gaza: A living story

A digital map for memories

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 5d

When you look at the face of my friend Lina, you feel like you’re seeing Palestine.
When you talk to her, it feels like you’re talking to Gaza, with all its strength, beauty, and pain. (1/2)

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 11d

Gang scheduler (alpha) KEP has been merged.🥲
github.com/kubernetes/e...

an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...

ALT: an elderly woman says it 's been 84 years ...

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 13d

I wrote a deep technical breakdown explaining this design. The first part is out now.

🤓Read it here: medium.com/@helayoty/in...

@kubernetes.io #Kubernetes #Scheduler #CloudNative #SIGScheduling

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 13d

Every decision, from node filtering to pod binding, happens inside plugins. Even core logic, like resource checking and affinity evaluation, lives in plugins; the scheduler core orchestrates.🎶

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · 13d

Most people think the Kubernetes scheduler makes scheduling decisions itself. Well, it doesn’t.

The real power lies elsewhere.

🧵 Let’s talk about how the kube-scheduler is actually a plugin-first orchestration engine, not a decision-maker.

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Sep 18

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Sep 17

They are live now. Share… donate … don’t be silent

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Together for Palestine

YouTube video by Brian Eno

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Aug 12

If you could declare SLA for a workload and have the scheduler honor it, what would you need?

Draft KEP for SLA-aware scheduling is up. Would value your input: github.com/kubernetes/e...

#kubernetes #scheduling

KEP-5471 Extended Toleration Operators for Threshold-Based Placement by helayoty · Pull Request #5473 · kubernetes/enhancements

One-line PR description: Add numeric comparison operators (Lt, Le, Ge, Gt) to Tolerations for SLA-based scheduling with threshold-based taint matching. Issue link: Extended Toleration Operators ...

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Aug 4

We’ve just released the first version of the #kubectl #krew plugin for #kaito.

Check out the release and try it out: github.com/kaito-projec...

Feedback and contributions are welcome as we continue to evolve the plugin.

#kubernetes #oss

GitHub - kaito-project/kaito-kubectl-plugin: A kubectl plugin for deploying and managing AI/ML models using Kaito.

A kubectl plugin for deploying and managing AI/ML models using Kaito. - kaito-project/kaito-kubectl-plugin

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Aug 1

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Aug 1

Imagine a solider who went to war zones for 25 years breaks down in the front of camera when he was talking about Gaza….

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jul 28

Excited to share that I’ve joined #Microsoft ’s #Azure Cloud Native Upstream team and will be working 100% on #Kubernetes, #OSS, and #CloudNative!

Looking forward to contributing upstream full‑time, collaborating with this amazing community, and helping push Kubernetes forward ... all in the open.

Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jul 28

#Kubernetes community, SIG-apps is working on adding new metrics to the StatefulSet controller upstream. Are there specific metrics you’ve felt were missing that would help in debugging or operating StatefulSets in production?

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jul 8

Ishaan Sehgal wrote about #Kaito project and how to optimize usage in #LLM fine tuning.

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Optimizing memory usage in large language models fine-tuning with KAITO: Best practices from Phi-3 - Microsoft Open Source Blog

The Cloud Native team at Azure is working to make AI on Kubernetes more cost-effective and approachable for a broader range of users. Learn more.

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jul 7

We tell ourselves “they’re strong” to ease our own conscience.
But they’re human, living through conditions no mind can truly grasp.
They want to live. They want to dream. They deserve to.
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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jul 7

Today in our English session with Palestinians from Gaza - some still trapped under siege, others recently displaced - we were asked:
“Where do you see yourself in 5 years? What obstacles stand in your way?”
I still haven’t recovered from the answers. 💔
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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jul 1

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social statement on the “president” threat to deport and denaturalize him!

Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jun 27

I’m donating to @RepThomasMassie and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social . Why? Because I’ll back anyone, anywhere who puts principle before profit, who puts country over lobby money. I’ll stand with anyone who stands for justice and I’d do anything to put my country first.

What a wild time to be alive!

Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jun 25

A massive bill called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act just passed the House, and now it’s under review by the Senate. Don’t be fooled. act.represent.us/sign/big-ugl...

Send Texts to Stop the Big Ugly Anti-Voter Bill

A massive bill called the One Big Beautiful Bill Act just passed the House and now it’s under review by the Senate. Don’t be fooled. Behind the name is a thousand-page monster filled with corruption a...

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Heba Elayoty @helayoty.org · Jun 25

The death concentration camps!

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