What I'm Focused on Now

Current interests, projects, and priorities

Last updated: July 2026

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July 2, 2026 · 2d ago

Running v1.1.18

Built with Astro, shipped via ArgoCD, signed with cosign.

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Saturday, July 4

Technology I'm Exploring

Airgapped Kubernetes - Delivering and operating Kubernetes where there's no path to the internet, so every image, chart, and dependency has to be mirrored across the gap and kept in sync
Architecture and simplification - Spending more time on deliberate architecture up front, and on cutting code that got developed into an over-engineered mess (often AI-accelerated) back to the boring version the problem actually 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

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
Observability and SSO - Stood up a full observability platform on the cluster (Prometheus, Loki and Tempo behind Grafana), with Keycloak providing single sign-on for it and the other internal apps
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

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

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