The Container paradox: Why the Inference Cloud Demands a “Decoupled” Database

Kubernetes has won the cloud-native war for a reason: it’s one of, if not the most powerful tool we have for scaling applications and ensuring they stay up when unexpected things happen. But as we move into the era of the Inference Cloud, we’ve fallen into a trap. We’ve become so enamored with “everything-as-code” that we’re forcing our most sensitive data inside the cluster.