Blog
From small tricks to large ideas
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How I built an Internal Developer Platform for DevOps Engineers
Since the beginning of 2024, I’ve been leading the effort at Gluo to build an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) tailored for our DevOps engineers.
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Working with Trivy's vulnerability database ratelimits
If you are new to Trivy, let me quickly explain; Trivy is a vulnerability scanner (created by Aquasecurity) for container images and various configuration languages; it can scan your Terraform, Helm and Kubernetes files for misconfigurations. To increase the security of your deployments, it is a very versatile tool.
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An afternoon of Kubernetes hacking at Kubecon Europe
Last week some of my colleagues and I attended Kubecon Europe 2024, a CNCF event about everything related to Kubernetes.
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How to display the current Git branch in your Terminal
Have you ever wondered how a tool like Git Bash can dynamically display the current Git branch of a software project in the terminal? Have you ever asked yourself if you can have this functionality in your own shell?
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Why Kubernetes is not made for Developers in 2024
Maybe you don’t know what Kubernetes is. Then you will probably not realize that most things you do online are powered by Kubernetes. A LinkedIn post, a breaking news article, a chat message to your colleague… chances are high the system under the hood is powered by Kubernetes
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None of your business! Why IT is every business' core business in 2023
The past years I have had countless discussions with engineers, salesmen and managers about IT strategy. I find it very interesting, because many times we have vastly different ideas, since we work in the same industry but with different priorities and goals. Such discussion are always very valuable learning opportunities.
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Be aware of these top 3 risks in your CI/CD environment
In recent years, ever more organisations are becoming aware of the neccessity of CI/CD to deliver software of higher quality, faster. Since the complexity of software exploded, it became almost impossible to deliver software without a CI/CD environment.
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I went to Kubecon Amsterdam! This is what happened on day 2.
After a good night sleep and a refreshing shower I am ready to commence the second day of Kubecon! Ironically, a Kubernetes cluster I manage went down overnight, so the first 2 hours in the morning I was literally troubleshooting a cluster while in the talk..
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I went to Kubecon Amsterdam! This is what I saw on day 1.
The summit of the Kubernetes and Cloud Native industry, Kubecon, took place this year from the 18th until the 21st of April in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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I visited FOSDEM 2023
You might (not) have heared of it; FOSDEM is a conference on Free and Open Source software that takes place every year in Februari. The conference is located at the ULB (Université Libre de Bruxelles) campus in Ixelles (a district in Brussels).
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How I helped an OEM to decrease time to production by a factor of 10.
For almost a year I worked for a client, the biggest manufacturer in the world when it comes down to Arcade games. You will probably this product, since you can find these machines in almost all arcades, fairs and theme parks all over the world. There’s a big chance you have already played with it, possibly under the pressure of your son or daughter.
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Why you need to destroy production everyday
Very often I see organizations struggling with continuous delivery, because they only apply the practice to one layer of the whole technology stack.
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Why a federated internet is a better internet
Since Facebook took over the world by storm, the internet has gone through a very fast evolution. After it became open for everyone, there was a decade of optimism, innovation and experimentation, which led us into the dotcom bubble. When that bubble popped, a new era began. The internet became more professional, with lots of investment in tech startups, and more and more people went online.