Still tuning nodes by hand? GKE Autopilot lets you skip:

• ⛑ Manual patching
• ⚙️ Node autoscaling logic

• 💰 Paying for idle CPU
  Just declare Pods. Google handles the rest:

• One bill line per app

• Free system overhead

• Spot compute classes for batch + GPU jobs

• Cluster can scale to zero
  📎 Full write-up → https://medium.com/google-cloud/hands-off-kubernetes-in-2025-a-practical-walkthrough-of-gke-autopilot-04d82833b2ed