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Random thoughts on technology, teams, and leadership. Content from defunct blogs and companies will be added from time to time. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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Feb 21, 2025

The Fence We Keep Ignoring

During my master’s program, I was introduced to the concept of Chesterton’s Fence, first described by writer and philosopher G.K. Chesterton in 1929. The concept is simple yet profound: “Imagine you come across a fence built across a road. You don’t see any immediate purpose for it, so you propose to remove it. However, before doing so, you are challenged to first understand why it was put there in the first place. Read more

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2025

  • Feb 21, 2025 - The Fence We Keep Ignoring
  • 2024

  • Dec 23, 2024 - The Parable of the Slow-Boiled Frog
  • Aug 13, 2024 - Managing Kubernetes Contexts with kubectx
  • Apr 18, 2024 - Mirroring Github to Gitlab…Without Premium
  • Apr 15, 2024 - Of NGINX and Pianos
  • Feb 7, 2024 - Cleaner Dockerfiles with HEREDOC
  • Jan 22, 2024 - Adding Trivy to Harbor
  • Jan 7, 2024 - Setting up Harbor as a Local Docker Registry
  • 2023

  • Sep 10, 2023 - Installing the Official NGINX OSS via Ansible Playbook
  • Aug 7, 2023 - Installing the Official NGINX OSS Package via Script
  • Aug 1, 2023 - Breaking Down Silos
  • Jul 14, 2023 - Proxmox LXC and Terraform
  • Jul 13, 2023 - Setting Up Devboxen With Ansible
  • Jul 5, 2023 - Proxmox VMs and Terraform
  • Jun 25, 2023 - Building Proxmox Templates via Script
  • Jun 22, 2023 - Convergent and Divergent Thinking
  • Jun 14, 2023 - Systems and the Cobra Effect
  • Jun 13, 2023 - Umpires
  • Jun 12, 2023 - Situational Awareness
  • Jun 9, 2023 - Back Online