You
Should requests equal limits?
ChatGPT
For memory, yes: memory is incompressible, so a limit above the request means the pod gets killed rather than throttled. For CPU, set requests and leave limits off unless you need hard isolation, because CPU limits throttle in ways that look like random latency.
You
What would you skip entirely?
ChatGPT
The reporting layer, until something forces it. It is the part that feels productive to build and the part nobody opens twice.