6d ago · 9 min read · My team's internal tooling cluster hit a wall in late January. We had about 20 services running across two Docker hosts — managed manually with docker-compose and a lot of wishful thinking. One host was at 80% memory constantly. In December alone we ...
Join discussionMar 3 · 11 min read · Container Orchestration: Docker Compose vs Kubernetes vs Nomad vs Swarm Container orchestration is the most over-engineered decision in modern software. Teams running three containers reach for Kubernetes. Startups with one server set up Helm charts....
Join discussionDec 26, 2025 · 7 min read · Introduction: The End of Roaming Fees? If you are a frequent traveler, a digital nomad, or just someone planning a holiday, you know the struggle of landing in a new country. You’re tired, you’re jet-lagged, and the first thing you have to deal with ...
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Sep 12, 2025 · 15 min read · Selon le dernier rapport de l'Agence Internationale de l'Énergie (AIE), les datacenters représentaient 1,5 % de la demande mondiale d'électricité en 2024, avec 10 % de cette demande liée à l'intelligence artificielle. L'AIE prévoit que les datacenter...
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Aug 24, 2025 · 6 min read · Introduction When working with PostgreSQL in production environments, SSL encryption is crucial for securing database connections. However, implementing SSL for PostgreSQL through an Nginx proxy can be tricky due to fundamental differences in how dat...
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Aug 18, 2025 · 5 min read · The open road used to mean something. It meant sticking your thumb out into the abyss and hoping humanity would stop for you. It meant trusting physics, strangers, and luck to align just enough so you didn’t end up spending the night talking to crick...
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Jul 5, 2025 · 1 min read · In May 2025, authorities arrested Alexander Gurevich, an American-Israeli national, for his alleged involvement in laundering funds from the Nomad hack. Investigations revealed that Gurevich utilized various methods to obfuscate the origin of the sto...
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Jul 1, 2025 · 4 min read · Kubernetes (K8s) is an open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Here’s why it’s essential in modern software development and operations: 1. Container Orchestrat...
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May 12, 2025 · 5 min read · I’ve recently started to work on a new (to me) project that will make use of the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO’s) new Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) instrument control software framework (IFW). I’m currently trying to understand various parts...
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Apr 20, 2025 · 5 min read · The time has come: my homelab, for which I have been writing how-tos and occasional status updates on this blog had / has been serving me very well, but k8s ecosystem has reached maturity levels and broad acceptance and my Nomad cluster raises more q...
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