[WIP] Add performance improvements to Kubernetes VPA

[Copilot]

Thanks for asking me to work on this. I will get started on it and keep this PR's description up to date as I form a plan and make progress.

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Can you make a feature for the kubernetes VPA for me?
Fork the repo into my account, name it "autoscaler-test", and look for places where it can have performance improvements

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