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A blog about technical things and longer thoughts. Because technology should be simple.

Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! We'll Meet Again!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here are lessons for the enterprise use of K8s, its overall potential, and why we'll meet again in the future.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 8 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! Thanks for the Lessons!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's everything we wish we would have known before using the platform.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 7 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! It's Still a Business!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's everything we wish we would have included in the business case.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 5 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! Welcome Back, Old Friend!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's why a realistic assessment drove us back to an old friend. And what we're getting now.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 5 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! This Isn't Working!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's what the platform required and all the reasons that drove us away from it in the end.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! This Is Excellent!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's what the platform gave us and how it shaped our multi-cloud technology stack.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Goodbye k8s!

Goodbye K8s! We Had So Many Plans!

We've exited Kubernetes after 20 months. Here's what we originally set out to achieve. And by using the platform.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Aws

The Curious Case of CloudFront Origin Custom Headers

Long origin custom headers can lead to 403 errors for S3 static website origins. Are there implicit restrictions in place?

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 5 min read
Visual studio code

Native VS Code Spell Checking on macOS

Fond of VS Code on macOS but missing a proper spell checker? Here's how to leverage the macOS system dictionary.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 4 min read
Chrome os

Installing Community-Built VS Code on a Chromebook

Like VS Code but not the official one? Got a Chromebook capable of running Linux Apps? Here's how to get the best of both.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 14 min read
Chrome os

Installing VS Code on a Chromebook

Like VS Code? Got a Chromebook capable of running Linux Apps? Here's how to get the best of both.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 13 min read
Ghost

Getting All Draft Posts from Ghost

Mirroring your glorious Ghost blog but missing out on those drafts you don't want the world to see just yet? Here's how to download them using the Admin API.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 5 min read
Gke

When GKE Tells Your Terraform Service Account to Go Away

GKE tells you 'Error 400/403: Missing edit permissions on account' but actually something else is off. More fundamental. But easy to fix.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
Post2ghost

Introducing Post2Ghost and "Articles as Code" for a GitOps Workflow in Ghost

A GitOps inspired workflow for "articles as code"! From your favourite editor and Git straight to the API. Stop the copy and paste madness and start using Post2Ghost. Readily available as a Python3 CLI app on GitHub.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 11 min read
Thoughts

How Hard Can It Be?!

Time to give back to the community! Because technology should be simple.

Dominic Dumrauf Dominic Dumrauf 3 min read
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