Enabling Karpenter on EKS with Terraform: What It Is, Why It's Worth It, and How to Set It Up

Karpenter replaces the old "guess an instance type, set a min/max, wait for Cluster Autoscaler" model with something simpler: watch for pods that can't schedule, and launch exactly the EC2 capacity they need. This guide covers how it actually works, why teams adopt it, and the Terraform you need to wire up to run it on EKS. Prerequisites Before...