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Sidero Labs
Company blog · siderolabs.com/blogsystemsprogramming
Sidero Labs is the company blog at siderolabs.com, writing about systems and programming. Since 2021, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “There are only 12 binaries in Talos Linux”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-30, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked for posts about Talos, a Linux OS for running Kubernetes, including a walkthrough of bare-metal Kubernetes on Hetzner. Commenters value the candid account of problems hit and fixed.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Talos Linux is the open-source, immutable OS for Kubernetes, virtual machines and AI. No SSH, no shell, no drift. Manage it with Omni, Director and Cupar.
Most-linked posts?
- There are only 12 binaries in Talos Linux2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-03-04
- Sidero Labs (Talos Linux) Joins Yardi2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-09-14
What Hacker News says?
90MB is the size of the kernel, our init binary (written in go), the 12 binaries we include by default, and various required config files and drivers https://www.siderolabs.com/blog/there-are-only-12-binaries-i...
Comment linking /blog/there-are-only-12-binaries-in-talos-linux/
on “Talos: Secure, immutable, and minimal Linux OS for running Kubernetes”Submitted There are only 12 binaries in Talos Linux as a story · 156 points
HN discussionA related insightful read: https://www.siderolabs.com/blog/there-are-only-12-binaries-i...
Comment linking /blog/there-are-only-12-binaries-in-talos-linux/
on “Talos: Secure, immutable, and minimal Linux OS for running Kubernetes”Submitted Sidero Labs (Talos Linux) Joins Yardi as a story · 19 points
HN discussionGreat write up and what I especially enjoyed was how you kept the bits where you ran into the classic sort of issues, diagnosed them and fixed them. The flow felt very familiar to whenever I do anything dev-opsy. I’d be interested to read about how you might configure cluster auto scaling with bare metal machines. I noticed that the IP address of each node are kinda hard-coded into firewall and network policy rules,…
Comment linking /platform/saas-for-kubernetes/
on “Bare-Metal Kubernetes, Part I: Talos on Hetzner”Submitted Comparing the smallest, production-ready Kubernetes options as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Talos Linux vs. Flatcar as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Sidero Labs Joins Yardi as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Patching Won't Save You as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Talos Systems Is Now Sidero Labs as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bottlerocket vs. Talos Linux as a story · 1 points
HN discussion