April 2026 — field notes from wiring a Kubernetes SRE agent to Gemini 2.5 Flash
I spent the better part of two days debugging an AI agent that would reliably respond with… nothing.
February 2026 — backup is easy, restore is where you find out if your backup actually works
Every infrastructure guide talks about backups. Almost none talk honestly about restores.
February 2026 — on the commit history that nobody wants to show their colleagues
Every GitOps practitioner has a section of their git history they’d rather not talk about.
January 2026 — a post-mortem on why your branch protections mean absolutely nothing when an AI is at the wheel
It started with a reasonable idea I run a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster.
December 2025 — because “fresh cluster” should not take a day
Every time I’ve needed to spin up a new Kubernetes cluster — new hardware, new lab environment, disaster recovery test — I’ve gone through the same ritual.
May 2024 — because your home produces data worth keeping
Smart home devices generate a constant stream of data. Temperature readings, power consumption, motion events, CO₂ levels, humidity.
