The Elephant in the Room So, you want to learn yourself some Kubernetes. That buzzwordy bundle of techy goodness that everyone seems to be talking about. I can’t tell you how many recruiters have approached me with Kubernetes work. Kubernetes is definitely the cool kid in town! Perhaps one of the following applies to you: …

It’s okay to be confused I once interviewed with a hiring manager who confessed to me that he feels like an impostor. This, coming from a super-smart dude who knew his stuff. I couldn’t help but be impressed by his candour. I think that anyone who is remotely good at what they do suffers from…

As a developer, I spend hours poring through half-baked vendor documentation, StackOverflow questions with “Hey, I have the same problem!” followed by a bunch of crappy, voodoo-esque answers, blog posts that end abruptly, and GitHub repos with partially-working examples…all of which I ultimately “Sherlock Holmes” (used as a verb 😊)…

How Did We Get Here? In my previous tech post, I talked about how I wanted to create a Kubernetes-native build and release pipeline using Tekton and ArgoCD, and I walked you through how to install Tekton and ArgoCD on your Kubernetes cluster with Ambassador Edge Stack (with TLS) as your API Gateway. Today, I…

Now entering the Big Leagues… In my last tech post, I walked you through how to create a Kubernetes-native build & release pipeline with Tekton and ArgoCD. Today, I want to focus on configuring ArgoCD so that it can be used by you and others in your organization. For that, we need to step beyond…

One bad day away from Kubernetes despair Most days, I really enjoy working with Kubernetes. I really do. But far too often, I find myself in a situation whereby I am thoroughly lost in a deep black hole. The black hole of, “Hey, I want to try this Kubernetes-native thingamaroo and the vendor’s docs make it look…

Well folks, it’s been a few months now since we’ve started on the ArgoCD journey together, and it’s been a wild ride. But we’re not done yet! If you’ve been following along at home, we’ve gone from setting up ArgoCD and Tekton on Kubernetes, to creating a Kubernetes-native build and…

So, you’ve set up TLS on your Kubernetes cluster managed by cert-manager, serving up Let’s Encrypt certificates. And then you get an email like this:

Double-take A few years ago during a job interview, someone asked me the difference between Ansible and Terraform. I confidently told them that Ansible is used for configuration management, and Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning. …

The New Kid in Town Ever since a former co-worker pointed me in the direction of Crossplane, I’ve been both obsessed and intrigued. I just HAD to try it out for myself. In case you’re not familiar with it, Crossplane is an open-source a Kubernetes-native tool for provisioning Cloud infrastructure. …