How to use multiple Docker registry mirrors
One of the first things we ran into when building self-hosted GitHub Actions runners with Firecracker (actuated.dev) was the rate limits for the Dock...
Blazing fast CI with MicroVMs
Around 6-8 months ago I started exploring MicroVMs out of curiosity. Around the same time, I saw an opportunity to fix self-hosted runners for GitHub...
Fixing the UX for one-time tasks on Kubernetes
I wanted to run a container for a customer only once, but the UX just wasn't simple enough. So I created a new OSS utility with Go and the Kubernetes...
Your pocket-sized cloud with a Raspberry Pi
Many of us own at least one Raspberry Pi, and if it's not doing duty as a media player, retro gaming console, blocking ads, or reporting the weather,...
Do your demos like a boss at KubeCon
I don't think that I heard the term "live demo" until I went to my first Dockercon event in 2016. The implication was that some demos wouldn't be run...
The Internet is my computer
In 1984 John Gage of Sun Microsystems was credited as saying "The Network is the computer." Almost four decades ago, John had a vision of distributed...
State of netbooting Raspberry Pi in 2021
> TLDR; When I tried netbooting 24 RPi3s in 2017, it failed miserably. Find out what changed when I built my private cloud with the newer Raspberry P...
How I test OpenFaaS changes with Kubernetes
There are several ways to test changes in OpenFaaS with Kubernetes. I wanted to outline an approach that I find useful, so that new and potential con...
Still in the game: My 2020 Year in Review
I'm still in the game, so join me as I explore the highlights of a second year of independent business and creating Open Source software. I'll share...
Self-hosting Kubernetes on your Raspberry Pi
The aim of this post is to show you how to build a Kubernetes cluster with Raspberry Pi 4s for self-hosting APIs, websites and functions so that you...