reflecting on time spent building serverless systems

Long ago, I wrote git-subtree
to work around some of my annoyances with git submodules. I've learned a lot
since then, and the development e...

GCP Config Connector, a Kubernetes add-on for managing GCP resources - GoogleCloudPlatform/k8s-config-connector

TLDR: This will mainly be a story into how I experienced and reacted to my first real-time attack. As you may or may not know, I did work in security for a f...

Kubernetes 1.17 is about to be released! This short-cycle release focuses on small improvements and house cleaning. Here is what’s new in Kubernetes 1.17.

List of "only yours" cloud services for everyday needs :black_flag: - Atarity/deploy-your-own-saas

I wrote a comic about overlay filesystems for a potential future container zine this morning, and then I got excited about the topic and wanted to write a blog post with more details. Here’s the comic, to start out:

Invoking Zsh vcs_info function before rendering the prompt can be a bit slow on large repositories. Executing it asynchronously solves this issue.

(Also published on my blog at robinwinslow.uk) Update: The default used in the official nginx docker image was changed from SIGTERM to SIGQUIT in November 2020, so this should no longer be an issue for Docker or Kubernetes users. nginx is a very popular web…

These two operating systems share much of the same heritage and many of the same goals.

Every sysadmin needs a good troubleshooting strategy, and you can't fix a problem if you cannot identify it. These are my favorite commands to quickly filter through the possibilities of a given problem.

Video tutorials for how to write internet clients using libcurl

Most API developers are well aware of curl, but did you realize just how many features it has? We uncover the hidden features behind curl, HTTP’s Swiss Army Knife.

When it was founded in 2000, uSwitch helped consumers in the U.K. compare prices for their utilities. The company eventually expanded to include comparison and switching tools for a wide...

I’m happy to announce that CNCF will participate again in the Community Bridge Mentorship program. As well as Google Summer of Code and Outreachy, Community Bridge is a platform that brings...