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· 5 min read

Deploying an Astro site to AWS Amplify

This post walks through the technology stack used to deploy this blog as a website on the internet using AWS Amplify.

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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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apcupsd_exporter forks and app setup

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

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