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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 87 posts.
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The future of Kubernetes is virtual machines
Note: If this topic has peaked your interest, you can join me for a Webinar on August 15 where I’ll dive deep into Cloud Native Operations with Kubernetes and CI/CD Pipelines. Peering into the crystal ball Kubernetes as a technology has been very important to my career this year, and will be even more so for next year…
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Build your own bare-metal ARM cluster
Learn everything you need to know about building your very own bare-metal ARM cluster with Docker and Kubernetes including real life use-cases.
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My one-liner Linux Dropbox client
In this blog post, I want to discuss one of my recent attempts to create asimple one-liner Linux Dropbox client using only free and open-sourcecomponents, in...
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Wireguard VPN: Typical Setup (2017)
I recently discovered the awesome Wireguard VPN tunnel and I was sold. Wireguard is a simple, kernel-based, state-of-the-art VPN that also happens to be ridiculously fast and uses modern cryptographic principles that all other highspeed VPN solutions lack.
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Mail Loop From Hell (2012)
One of those awesome 90ies computer stories...
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You might not need Kubernetes
Why use something bloated when you could use something minimal.
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OpenBSD on a Laptop
A guide to a secure and streamlined installation of OpenBSD 6.4 on a laptop.
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An AWS Region is coming to South Africa
In the first half of 2020 we plan to launch an AWS Region in South Africa
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Massachusetts gas fires: Another technological tragedy
One Thursday afternoon last month, dozens of fires and explosions rocked three towns along the Merrimack River in Massachusetts. By the end of the day 131 buildings were damaged or destroyed, one person was killed, and more than 20 were injured. Suspicion focused immediately on the natural gas system. It looked like a…
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Microservices Are Something You Grow Into, Not Begin With
Let's talk about when it might be a good or bad idea to start using microservices. SPOILER ALERT: it's not the same for every project.
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Snap, Flatpak and AppImage, package formats compared
Compare real-world RAM consumption of AppImage and Flatpak packages on low-memory Linux hardware. See how each format handles dependencies and…
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Optimising Docker Layers for Better Caching with Nix
Nix users value its isolated, repeatable builds and simple sharing of development environments. Nix makes it easy to go back in time and rebuild software from years ago without issue.
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Kubernetes Is a Surprisingly Affordable Platform for Personal Projects
Hi I'm Caleb Doxsey and welcome to my website. I'm a software developer. If you'd like to contact me, you can email me here: [email protected] .
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Dmesg under the hood
Dmesg allows us to grasp what's going on under the hood when the kernel gets bad. Check out how dmesg is able to read kernel logs and show to the user.
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Briar and Bramble: A Vision for Decentralized Infrastructure
What if we could build secure systems that didn't depend on central servers or even Internet access to let people collaborate? What would a system like this mean for political organizing, disaster relief, or even civic infrastructure? The Briar app and the Bramble framework are an attempt to find out.
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Serverless: Cold Start War
Comparison of cold start statistics for FaaS across AWS, Azure and GCP
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Starting an ISP: Deploying Fiber
The personal site of Chris Hacken — entrepreneur and operator who founded and sold Loop Internet. Essays and a podcast on building internet infrastructure, companies, and other hard things.
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