6h ago · 4 min read · Running Kubernetes in the cloud provides flexibility, but for I/O and network-heavy workloads, hypervisor overhead can seriously impact your performance. Transitioning to Bare Metal Kubernetes offers
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Feb 17 · 4 min read · If you have ever set up a Kubernetes cluster "the hard way" or even on a managed cloud provider, you have faced the question: "Which CNI should I use?" For a long time, this was a boring decision. You picked the default, or you picked the one that wo...
Join discussionFeb 13 · 7 min read · Kubernetes Network Policies Guide for Pod Security Implementing zero-trust networking with Calico and Cilium As Kubernetes clusters grow in complexity and scale, the default "allow-all" networking model becomes a critical security vulnerability. In 2...
Join discussionFeb 12 · 4 min read · Cilium Service Mesh: eBPF Networking for Kubernetes The 3 AM Production Incident That Changed Everything Six months ago, our infrastructure failed spectacularly. Here's what I learned. Table of Contents Why Traditional Approaches Break Modern Cloud-...
Join discussionFeb 4 · 16 min read · I’ve been slow with the blog posts, I’ve been very busy getting to grips with new tools, systems, ways of working, and just trying to learn as much as I can since starting my new role at a new company 6 months ago and not making my head explode… All ...
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Jan 18 · 1 min read · I forced OpenBSD, Talos Linux, and Cilium into a single BGP-powered Containerlab environment. It's a weird combination that probably shouldn't exist, but sometimes you build things just to see if you can. 💡 Pro-tip: Do not try this in production. 🌩...
Join discussionJan 18 · 6 min read · In my last post, Stop Using the Wrong CNI: Why Your Homelab Deserves Cilium in 2026, we established a production-grade networking foundation for our Talos Kubernetes cluster. But a powerful CNI is only half the story. To truly manage our cluster like...
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Jan 11 · 6 min read · In my last post, The Four-Repo GitOps Structure for My Homelab Platform, I laid out the architectural blueprint for managing my homelab like a production environment. Building on the automation I detailed in my popular post, Need for Speed: Automatin...
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