Three Men in a Boat and Container Orchestration

Scheduling Workloads on the Thames

Jerome K. Jerome · 23 June 2026

“We agreed that the cluster needed discipline, though none of us wished to provide it.”

A cheerful guide to container orchestration, scheduling, resource allocation, and the eternal truth that distributed systems become more complicated when everyone brings luggage.

Contents

1. Chapter 1: Packing the Container
2. Chapter 2: Scheduling on the River
3. Chapter 3: Montmorency Disrupts the Cluster
4. Chapter 4: A Surprisingly Pleasant Rollout to Oxford

Published by Austenpunk, the distinguished imprint for engineers who believe that every production incident would be improved by a stronger sense of narrative irony.

This essential volume combines literary feeling, technical anxiety, and just enough documentation to suggest that somebody once understood the system.