Kubernetes
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How I Fell into my Dream Job (AGAIN): A journey from RIF to Renewal
Job Search Update So, for most of my life, when it came to work, I generally knew about jobs because of someone I knew. I mean, most people find jobs that way. On rare occasions, when friends and acquaintances don’t know of any new jobs and I had to “cold call” to find work, I… Continue reading
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$#@! I learned today: kubectl vsphere login and verbosity
So apologies for not posting recently. I took a week off (in the form of a staycation with my wife) and finished recording lecture for an update to a Tanzu Kubernetes Grid course. And while I was creating demos for those recordings, I decided to poke more at the various CLI (command-line interface) commands for… Continue reading
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Containers: The Magical Boxes that Keep Your Apps Running Smoothly (No Rabbits Involved)
Last week, I delved into cgroups and namespaces, the foundational pillars of containers. But before we dive deeper into containers, let’s take a step back and define what an application is. Applications are so ubiquitous today that it’s almost impossible to go a day without using one (unless you’re like my uncle, a carpenter by… Continue reading
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Understanding Container Technology: The Magic of cgroups and Namespaces
I originally planned to make a video this topic, but my 2019 MacBook Pro (Intel) had other ideas. Adobe Premiere Pro demands at least 2GB of GPU memory, and my MacBook sheepishly offered just 1.5GB. Trying to edit videos turned my computer into a spinning beach ball death machine. UGH! (And yes, I did turn… Continue reading