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Nerd Humor
Easter eggs in software are not a new thing. And I will always appreciate a good pop culture reference when I find it. As I was cycling my Kubernetes clusters, I had an issue with some resource contention. Things were not coming up as expected, so I started looking at the Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2…
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Centralized Authentication: My Hotel California
When I left my previous role, I figured I would have some time before the idea of a centralized identity server popped back up. As the song goes, “You can checkout any time you like, but you can never leave…” The Short Short Version This is going to sound like the start of a very…
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Tech Tip – Formatting External Secrets in Helm
This has tripped me up a lot, so I figure it is worth a quick note. The Problem I use Helm charts to define the state of my cluster in a Git repository, and ArgoCD to deploy those charts. This allows a lot of flexibility in my deployments and configuration. For secrets management, I use…
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Printing for Printing’s sake
I have spent a good portion of the last two weeks just getting my Bambu P1S setup to where I want it to be. I believe I’m closing in on a good setup. I thought you were printing in 15 minutes? I was! Out of the box, the P1S is great, and lets me start…
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Using Git Hooks on heterogenous repositories
I have had great luck with using git hooks to perform tool executions before commits or pushes. Running a linter on staged changes before the code is committed and verifying that tests run before the code is pushed makes it easier for developers to write clean code. Doing this with heterogenous repositories, or repos which…
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Spoolman for Filament Management
“You don’t know what you go ’til it’s gone” is a great song line, but a terrible inventory management approach. As I start to stock up on filament for the 3D printer, it occurred to me that I need a way to track my inventory. The Community Comes Through I searched around for different filament…
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A new To(y)ol
I have wanted to pick up a Bambu Labs P1S for a while now. I saved up enough to finally pull the trigger, and after a few days of use, I could not be more pleased with my decision. Why Bambu? There are literally dozens of 3D printers out there, and choosing can be difficult.…
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Foyer Upgrade
Not everything I do is “nerdy.” I enjoy making things with my hands, and my wife has an eye for design and a sadistic love of painting. Combined, we like to spend some time redesigning rooms around the house. We save a ton doing the work ourselves, and for me it is a great break…
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Cleaning out the cupboard
I have been spending a little time in my server cabinet downstairs, trying to organize some things. I took what I thought would be a quick step in consolidation. It was not as quick as I had hoped. POE Troubles When I got into the cabinet, I realized I had 3 POE injectors in there,…
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Building a new home for my proxy server
With my BananaPi up and running again, it’s time to put it back in the server cabinet. But it’s a little bit of a mess down there, and I decided my new 3D modeling skills could help me build a new home for the proxy. Find the Model When creating a case for things, having…
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