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by benatkin 971 days ago
I understand what GatewayClass means and still think it could have been repeated less. I didn't say it was buzzword soup. I think it's good but I wouldn't want this to become the prevailing style.

This paragraph:

> Subsequently, cluster operators utilize these GatewayClasses to deploy gateways. A Gateway in Kubernetes' Gateway API defines how external traffic can be directed to Services within the cluster, essentially bridging non-Kubernetes sources to Kubernetes-aware destinations. It represents a request for a load balancer configuration aligned with a GatewayClass’ specification. The Gateway spec may not be exhaustive as some details can be supplied by the GatewayClass controller, ensuring portability. Additionally, a Gateway can be linked to multiple Route references to channel specific traffic subsets to designated services.

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Unfortunately, in terms of Kubernetes this is written pretty clearly about what it’s doing and how it interacts with other parts.
Well it's the subject of the vast majority of the sentences. I fail to see how you can write this information in a way that doesn't use it multiple times without going out of your way to imply the subject instead of just stating it clearly as is done here.