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10 years of Home Assistant: my favorite software
Ten years of Home Assistant, why it's my favorite software and what my setup looks like.
Implementing AI in your application
Lessons learned from implementing an AI feature in Metric Moose
Giving structure to your Kubernetes configuration
Best practices for giving structure to your Kubernetes configuration
Monitor business KPIs using the OpenMetrics standard
Visualizing the important business KPIs in one dashboard by using an open standard and open source software
How to make a load testing plan
A practical guide to creating a load testing plan for your web application, covering test scenarios, concurrent user calculations, and result analysis.
Checklist: Prepare your website for Go-Live
A comprehensive go-live checklist covering DNS, SSL, SEO, testing, monitoring, backups, caching, and security to ensure a smooth website launch.
The key components of Kubernetes autoscaling
Explore the four key components of Kubernetes autoscaling: Resource Requests, Pod Disruption Budgets, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler, and Cluster Autoscaler.
Create a DB backup from a pod running MySQL on Kubernetes
A single kubectl command to create a MySQL database dump directly from a Kubernetes pod, using the container's environment variables for credentials.
Doing maintenance & debugging on Kubernetes with a support pod
Using a support pod is a simple and secure way to take a look around from within the Kubernetes cluster without interfering with the workload or expose a security risk.
Connect a relay board to your Raspberry Pi
Learn how to wire an 8-channel relay board to a Raspberry Pi using GPIO pins and control it with WiringPi to switch lights and other electronics.
Quickly add a cachebuster to @import statements
A CLI one-liner to automatically add a cache-busting query string to CSS @import statements, ensuring browsers always load the latest stylesheet versions.
Caching WordPress with Nginx
Speed up WordPress on a small VPS by configuring Nginx to cache PHP-FPM responses for up to a week, with smart exceptions for logged-in users.
Debugging Varnish requests with varnishncsa
Use varnishncsa with a custom format string to log response times and cache hit/miss status, making it easy to spot backend bottlenecks.
Using Logstash, Elasticsearch and Kibana to get insight in my spending
A weekend project using the ELK stack — Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana — to import bank transactions and visualize spending patterns.