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011 supernote nomad first use takeaways 2025-10-24

My main takeaways after briefly using the Supernote Nomad

010 i can git subtree and so can you! 2025-06-18

Git worktrees and subtrees are useful but not well known features. And knowing is half the battle!

009 give yourself permission to make something imperfect 2025-02-01

Sometimes you have to get out of your own way and send it. If you can figure out how.

008 kubernetes rbac concepts 2022-01-11

A brief introduction to Kubernetes RBAC and its associated logical application identity objects. This model provides a different perspective than "standard" human identity User and Group definitions.

007 retrospective: mind blowing moments from kubecon na 2019 2021-02-15

Some interesting technologies I learned about at the 2019 Kubecon NA conference in San Diego.

006 linux capabilities and kubernetes 2020-02-27

Linux capabilities are a mechanism to assign specific sets of privileges to processes. Container runtimes leverage Linux privilege capabilities to selectively grant elevated system permissions to as needed. Kubernetes builds on this approach to grant permissions to pods. It's turtles all the way down!

005 systemd unit files, overrides, and override ordering 2019-05-02

Systemd apparently has a hierarchy of override locations and files for services. Let's walk through them together.

004 using the opennebula monitoring driver to populate host attributes 2019-05-01

An example of collecting and exposing Opennebula IAAS VM host information. We use this to schedule VMs to specific hardware stacks, but the options are endless!

003 chef tooling in 2019 2019-04-13

Dive into and map out the state of the art of Chef supportig tooling together to understand how they all fit together.

002 building a good foundation with chef default generator templates 2018-07-08

Configuring sane defaults in Chef with default generator templates can help kickstart projects and deliver results more quickly.

001 getting an mvp out with chef 2018-07-03

Shipping anything with an established technology has risks of endless yak-shaving. Starting a new project with Chef in 2018 can be a challenge.