# The feedback loops behind Kubernetes

DevFeed: [The feedback loops behind Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-feedback-loops-behind-kubernetes-2336.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://planetscale.com/blog/the-feedback-loops-behind-kubernetes>)

Author: Fatih Arslan

Published: 2026-06-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- PlanetScale](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-planetscale.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [loops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loops.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>)

## AI overview

An explanation of Kubernetes operators as feedback controllers that reconcile desired and observed state, illustrated through running a production database in containers.

## Source excerpt

Kubernetes is a framework for feedback controllers: write down what you want, observe what exists, make the next change, and repeat.