Category: Software

  • Tech Tip – Configuring RKE2 Nginx Ingress using a HelmChartConfig Resource

    The RKE2 documentation is there, but, well, it is not quite as detailed as I have seen in other areas. This is a quick tip for customizing your Nginx Ingress controllers when using RKE2 Using Nginx Ingress in RKE2 By default, an RKE2 cluster deploys the nginx-ingress Helm chart. That’s great, except that you may…

  • Snakes… Why Did It Have To Be Snakes?

    What seems like ages ago, I wrote some Python scripts to keep an eye on my home lab. What I did not realize is that little introduction to Python would help me dive into the wonderful world of ETL (or ELT, more on that later). Manage By Numbers I love numbers. Pick your favorite personality…

  • My 15 pieces of flair… Cloudflare

    With parts of my home lab exposed to the internet for my own convenience, it is always good to add layers of protection to incoming traffic. At a colleague’s suggestion, I took Cloudflare up on their free WAF offering to help add some protection to my setup. As a bonus, I have a much better…

  • Badges… We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!

    Well… Maybe we do. This is a quick plug (no reimbursement of any kind) for the folks over at Shields.io, who make creating custom badges for readme files and websites an easy and fun task. A Quick Demo The badges above are generated from Shields.io. The first link looks like this: My Github username (spyder007)…

  • Building Software Longevity

    The “Ship of Theseus” thought experiment is an interesting way to start fights with historians, but in software, replacing old parts with new parts is required for building software longevity. Designing software in ways that every piece can be replaced is vital to building software for the future. The Question The Wikipedia article presents the…

  • D-N-S Ja!

    Yes, I still write software, even if it is just to support my home lab habit.

  • Installing Minio on a Synology Diskstation with Nginx SSL

    In an effort to get rid of a virtual machine on my hypervisor, I wanted to move my Minio instance to my Synology. Keeping the storage interface close to the storage container helps with latency and is, well, one less thing I have to worry about in my home lab. There are a few guides…

  • Using SonarCloud for Open Source

    My last few posts have centered around adding some code linting and analysis to C# projects. Most of this has been to identify some standards and best practices for my current position. During this research, I came across SonarCloud, which is Sonarqube’s hosted instance. SonarCloud is free for open source projects, and given the breadth…

  • Publishing Code Coverage in both Azure DevOps and SonarQube

    I spent more time than I care to admit trying to get the proper configuration for reporting code coverage to both the Azure DevOps pipeline and SonarQube. The solution was, well, fairly simple, but it is worth me writing down. Testing, Testing… After fumbling around with some of the linting and publishing to SonarQube’s Community…

  • Tech Tips – Adding Linting to C# Projects

    Among the Javascript/Typescript community, ESlint and Prettier are very popular ways to enforce some standards and formatting within your code. In trying to find similar functionality for C#, I did not find anything as ubiquitous as ESLint/Prettier, but there are some front runners. Roslyn Analyzers and Dotnet Format John Reilly has a great post on…