Why Kuben ships as one binary
A PaaS is usually a fleet of services. Kuben is one process with roles. This post explains the architecture behind that choice, and what happens when you want three replicas.
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Leader election without trusting clocks
Running several Kuben replicas meant deciding which one reconciles. We built the election on a Kubernetes Lease and compare-and-swap, and made sure clock skew can never produce two leaders.