Blogs

Project Coldplay: home elevator project

I love creating cloud-native applications, this not only translates into my field of work but also my projects at home. Projects in which I can simplify processes and apply my knowledge. This also happened with my most recent project: Coldplay. Where I added music to my elevator. How, and why, I'll tell you in this blog.

Kubernetes Autoscaling: Horizontal and Vertical explained

We can all think of a situation where an application became unresponsive due to insufficient resources for the load you’re currently receiving. A solution would be to manually add resources whenever such a situation occurs, but ain’t nobody got time for that. This is where autoscaling comes in. In this blog, I explain what (auto)scaling is and tell you more about the different …

Splitting CI from CD, but how?

In my last blog and video, I went through some of the issues you can have when having a single pipeline do both CI and CD for your applications. In this blog we go into HOW you can split these concepts. Mostly we dive into separation of concerns. Yes, I went there, another buzzword!

DevOps: How to modernize and improve your meeting structures

A lot of teams have an ineffective team workstructure that is not beneficial to their needs or productivity. How do you modernize and improve your way of working? In this blog, I will share my insights and tips to establish a lean meeting structure.

Automating DNS with Kubernetes and Synology DSM

After following an internal CKA training, I needed teaching material and flying hours to familiarize myself with Kubernetes to pass the CKA exam (which I did). For that reason, I bought an Intel NUC and installed Ubuntu, and got started with K3S. In this blog, I will share how to set up external DNS at home.

Setting up your own K3S home cluster

In 2021 I’ve received the components for my Kubernetes Cluster at home. In this blog, I want to share how I have set up my K3S home cluster because I’ve had a lot of trouble finding a single article with a straightforward Kubernetes home setup.

Why you should split CI from CD!

We have used pipelines for the regular implementation of CI/CD principles for years, but we have come to a point where splitting CI from CD makes a lot of sense. Have you ever had to rethink your standard pipelines because it was growing in complexity and difficulty? In this blog, I go into the differences between CI and CD in the often-used acronym CI/CD. This blog is the …