Kubernetes Practical By Samson Tanimawo, PhD Published Jan 25, 2026 4 min read

Pod Spec Fields: 2026 Best Practice

Most pods missing fields. The checklist.

Must have

resources.requests, resources.limits.

Readiness probe. Liveness probe (with care). Security context.

Should have

nodeSelector or affinity. Tolerations. PriorityClass.

Tunable for the workload.

Avoid

hostNetwork: true. privileged: true.

Specific use cases only.