Migrating from Docker to Podman

Docker has recently announced that Docker Desktop will soon require a subscription and, based on the size of your company, may require a paid subscription. (It remains free for personal use). There has been quite a bit of reaction to this news...

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Job hunting / hiring during a pandemic

I’ve recently accepted a new job offer and wanted to share a little about my experience job hunting during a global pandemic. Even after more than a year it was clear that some companies still hadn’t adjusted or taken the time to stop and look at the approach they were taking and the effect it had on the interview candidate. Hopefully some of this will be of use to someone looking to hire during similar situations.
Most of what’s to come is aimed at those doing the hiring rather than the hunting but I think it could be of benefit for both sides to be aware of what might come up.

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Multicloud Kubernetes

I've been using Scaleway's Kapsule managed Kubernetes offering for my personal projects for a while now (this blog is running on it) so I was pretty excited when they announced a new managed Kubernetes offering dubbed Kosmos. What makes Kosmos really interesting is it's sold as a multi-cloud Kubernetes offering.

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T.I.L. CLI flag handling in Bash using getopts

Today I Learnt: CLI flag handling in Bash using getopts

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T.I.L. YAML keys allow for spaces in them

Today I Learnt: YAML keys allow for spaces in them

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