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Part 2: Kubernetes-Based Platform Engineering with Guard Rails
In the previous post, we explored two contrasting ideas - the unconstrained and the constrained visions - and their implications for technology and innovation within businesses. Now, let's delve into the middle ground, a concept inspired by economist and author Thomas...
Striking the Perfect Balance: Kubernetes-Based Platform Engineering – Part 1
In today's fast-paced technology landscape, businesses constantly seek ways to innovate, adapt to changing market dynamics, and deliver software faster than ever. However, in the modern day, where regulation, security and compliance requirements on business continue to...
The Quadlemma
Suppose you're like me and you've worked in project-driven organisations; you've presumably been caught in the trade-off between time, budget, quality, and scope. You may feel pressured to compromise on one or more of these factors to meet project deadlines and stay within...
Bitcoin Node – Configuration
My History with BitcoinUnfortunately for me, my story with Bitcoin didn't start in 2011. While I'd heard about it back in 2012, I'd started a new job at Wotif.com and was deep in building and deploying two new data centres, networks, server farms and more. My time was...
Holiday In Germany – Part 2
In the last post, I wrote about Britta and the kids visiting Germany for the first time after three pandemic years. Britta's family live in northern Germany on a property, so there's heaps to keep the kids entertained. Tractors, animals, gardens and more. Here's part two....
Holiday In Germany – Part 1
Britta and the kids took a trip to Germany to see family and friends after 3 LONG pandemic years. Unfortunately, I couldn't travel this time; I had abundant work, so I decided to hold the fort at home. Just me and the dog! Sally, our 13-year-old Golden Retriever,...
Fishing with my Dad and Freddy
In Dec 22, we took a grandfather, father and son trip to fish the beautiful Moreton Bay (Brisbane). We started the day at Green Island, then motored over to King Island, just off Wellington Point. I recorded a little throughout the day, here's the GoPro edit. I hope you...
Deleting WordPress Comments in Bulk
What Happened?My blog has been up and running in some form since 2007 and over years, I've had times where I had time to write, and times where I didn't. Over the last weeks, I've been working to restore all of the functionality, do updates and get it back on track. I...
Let’s go boating!
We decided to buy a boat! After almost 12 months of searching, I stumbled across a post in the Stejcraft owner's forum on Facebook which looked interesting. The only issue; the boat was in Newcastle, NSW, not Brisbane. Over the next few weeks, we worked with the owner to...