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· 7 min read

Migrating this blog from Hugo to Astro

How and why I migrated this blog from Hugo to Astro, and what improved as a result.

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· 9 min read

Terminal AI Coding Tools

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· 7 min read

Manage Helm apps with ArgoCD app-of-apps

How to manage Helm applications using the ArgoCD app-of-apps pattern, including structuring Git repositories for GitOps, automating app enrollment, and best practices for maintaining Kubernetes app deployments.

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· 13 min read

k3s kubernetes cluster

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· 4 min read

apcupsd_exporter forks and app setup

Forking and maintaining apcupsd_exporter and its Go client for a clean modern setup.

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· 19 min read

Store Metrics with InfluxDB v3

This post is an introduction to influxdb version 3 which is a modern time series database for storing metrics. Tips for influxdb version 1 users are included to migrate to the new version. Examples for storing and querying data are included.

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