
Problems
- Kubernetes is not a research UIMost researchers want a notebook, SSH shell, or dev server, not resource manifests, PVC details, and service wiring.
- GPU access is hard to share fairlyWithout a quota-aware admission layer, the loudest user wins and queues become IM threads.
- Templates drift into copy-pasteEvery lab repeats setup scripts for CUDA, Conda, Jupyter, SSH keys, storage mounts, and startup commands.
- Utilization and events are scatteredGPU usage, queue decisions, instance events, and failure reasons live across kubectl, metrics dashboards, and logs.

