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  • Kubernetes for Cloud Engineers: Automating TLS with cert-manager

    posted: Saturday, April 4, 2026

    This is part two of a series for new operations and cloud engineers getting into Kubernetes. In part one we covered how to set default TLS certificates on your ingress controllers. That works, but it means you’re …

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    kubernetesk8stlscert-managerlets-encryptgateway-apicloud-native

  • Kubernetes for Cloud Engineers: Default TLS Certificates

    posted: Saturday, April 4, 2026

    This is the first post in a series for new operations and cloud engineers getting started with Kubernetes. Whether you’re running K3s on a Raspberry Pi, EKS in AWS, AKS in Azure, or anything in between, the …

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    kubernetesk8stlsingressgateway-apicloud-native

  • Engineering Managers Should Make Engineers Better

    posted: Saturday, March 7, 2026

    During my regularly scheduled lurking on Hacker News, I came across Don’t Become an Engineering Manager, making the case that senior engineers should stay IC. The ladder is flattening, Staff pays better, tech is …

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    engineering-management

  • On being 'wrong'...

    posted: Saturday, January 10, 2026updated: Saturday, March 7, 2026

    Every bug I’ve ever shipped happened because the system did exactly what I told it to, not what I meant. That gap, between what I intended and what I actually built, is where most of the interesting lessons live. Last …

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  • Let's Blog Again

    posted: Saturday, April 11, 2020updated: Sunday, September 21, 2025

    Here’s the thing: most developers don’t blog. I haven’t in a long time. And that’s a shame, because it’s one of the easiest ways to level up your skills, stand out, and open doors you didn’t even know were there. …

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