Blog Archive

Shell Functions

A collection of useful shell functions and aliases for Kubernetes debugging and daily operations, from context switching to JWT decoding to Prometheus config extraction.

Engineering Standards

Security, reliability, and compliance are non-negotiable. A comprehensive guide to Golang coding standards, testing practices, infrastructure patterns, observability, and the philosophy of craftsmanship in software engineering.

Cross-Cloud Kubernetes Clusters with AWS IRSA and Talos Linux

How to provision Kubernetes clusters on Talos Linux with OIDC-based AWS IRSA integration using Terraform, enabling cross-cloud workloads that authenticate to AWS services without static credentials.

FITFO - Figure It The (Fun?) Out

A reflection on how learning to program as a small business owner built the FITFO skill -- the ability to figure things out from scratch -- which became the foundation of a DevOps career.

Golang Design Tips

Many of Golang's unwritten rules can be summed up by the Go Proverbs. Here are practical extensions and recommendations for writing idiomatic, maintainable Go code.

Auto Updating AMI's on a Rolling Window with Terraform

A Terraform pattern for automatically selecting the newest AMI that is at least two weeks old, enabling a rolling window approach to AMI updates that avoids deploying untested images to production.

The Documentation Problem

Documentation is like pizza -- when it is good, it is really good, and when it is bad, it is still pizza. A perfect documentation system makes it more likely that docs will be written and maintained than not.

Vault Operator Notes

Operational notes on running the Vault Operator in Kubernetes, covering CRD configuration, secrets management, authentication testing, and Cert Manager integration.