What I'm Focused on Now
Current interests, projects, and priorities
Last updated: May 2026
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Sprinkling Svelte on Astro: Two Islands That Earn Their Hydration
May 1, 2026 · 3d ago
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Running v1.1.13
Built with Astro, shipped via ArgoCD, signed with cosign.
Right now in Allerød
16:57
Monday, May 4
Technology I'm Exploring
- Svelte - Picking up Svelte (and its 5 runes) as a small, compiler-first companion to Astro for the few interactive bits this site needs
- SPIFFE/SPIRE - Implementing zero-trust identity for service-to-service communication
- Vault Internals - Deep diving into secrets management and dynamic credentials
- Platform Engineering - Exploring developer experience and platform maturity models
Personal Projects
- Homelab on Talos / Hetzner - Migrated my homelab to a Talos-based Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner — immutable nodes, API-driven, no SSH
- Cluster automation - Cert-manager, ArgoCD, Hetzner CSI, the CloudNativePG operator and friends — all wired up so adding a new app is a Helm chart and a Git push
- Pipelines, GitOps, and ergonomics - GitHub Actions for hosted CI, plus Make and Taskfile for the local pipelines that drive day-to-day work on the cluster and on this site
- Home Automation - Home Assistant with custom automations
Learning Goals
- Security Architecture - Deepening understanding of zero-trust principles and implementation in practice as well as how to move from legacy to modern security architectures
- Platform Maturity - Studying organizational models and platform team structures
- System Design - Exploring distributed systems patterns and trade-offs
- Technical Writing - Improving documentation and knowledge sharing practices
Personal Priorities
- Daily exercise - Walking, jogging, and cycling — moving every day, not just when there's time
- Reading - Focusing on technical books, blogs and system design literature
- Community - Contributing to open source and mentoring others
- Cooking - Playing around with new recipes and ingredients with my kids