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Why I Don’t Always use Kubernetes

Why I Don’t Always use Kubernetes

Kubernetes is a fantastic product that I always enjoy, but there are some moments where it is either overkill or just not helpful to systems. For the sake of this discussion Kubernetes, Fargate, Cloud Run, and Fly.io are all being dumped into the same category. This...
Caesars and MGM Ransomware hack

Caesars and MGM Ransomware hack

I have been waiting to write anything on this for a little while. Ultimately everything in here is purely my opinion as an outsider. I think there is always something that can be learned when these things happen, but I do try to be respectful of people since no one is...
10/13/2023 — This Week in DevOps

10/13/2023 — This Week in DevOps

So this week in DevOps there was some stuff around DDoS attacks and getting mitigated. Along with just some other things that I found interesting. GCP Mitigating a record breaking DDoS attack So Google Cloud Platform (GCP) had a massive DDoS attack recently. Normally...
The Importance of Personal Backups

The Importance of Personal Backups

So this is one of those topics that I feel like everyone writes off and doesn’t give a second thought about or thinks they have things good enough. Backups are important and I believe we can all agree on that. However, mine really got to get tested this past...
Why I Like GitHub Actions

Why I Like GitHub Actions

So if you have ever done anything in DevOps you have worked with some kind of CI/CD. I have worked with multiple different ones over the years and have certainly generated some opinions around them and which ones I prefer. Ease of Use GitHub Actions has been one of...
Hosting a Web3 Service Provider

Hosting a Web3 Service Provider

Over the past few months, I have been running hirenodes.io as a provider for various Web3 services. This includes helping to ensure data integrity as well as just keeping the availability of the services high. This has allowed for many interesting discoveries with why...