kubectl-find - UNIX-find-like plugin to find resources and perform action on them

Recently, I have developed a plugin for kubectl inspired by UNIX find utility to find and perform action on resources. And few days ago number of stars in the repo reached 50! I think it’s a good moment to tell more about the project. ...

The Simple Habit That Saves My Evenings

As a software engineer, I often work on big tasks that require hours of continuous and focused work. However, we have plenty of meetings, colleagues asking us something in Slack, and lunch breaks. Add a colleague who comes to you and calls you for a cup of coffee if you work from the office. And usually, we don’t really have such a luxury as hours of uninterrupted time. Nevertheless, sometimes we catch the flow of productive and focused work at the end of the workday. Imagine you come up with an elegant solution to a problem you’ve been tackling all day, or maybe even the whole past week. You can’t wait to implement and test your solution. And of course, you are so driven by your idea that you decide to continue working despite your working day being over. “20 minutes more and I will finish it,” you think. Obviously, this is not the case; some edge cases and new issues will inevitably arise. You come to your senses only 2–3 hours later—tired, hungry, demotivated, and still struggling with your problem. You just wasted your evening, with nothing to show for it. Worse, you overworked and didn’t recover that night. Thus, you were already exhausted when you started working. ...

ChatGPT: oauth2-proxy protecting services in k8s

OAuth2-proxy: protect services in kubernetes

The original post wrote about oauth2-proxy over seven years ago was quite popular at the time and attracted a lot of organic traffic to my blog, which still benefits my SEO today. Since the tutorial had become outdated, I decided to rewrite it. ...

Note on cable management for standing desk

Hey! Eventually, my desk got pretty messy with all the cables and other stuff piled up on it. Also, my cats started playing with and gnawing on wires. So, I decided to reorganize everything on my desk. Check it out! I’ve got a medium-sized table, about 120 by 80 cm. It’s wide (deep) but not too long. I need to keep everything in order and clean so I can work comfortably. ...

How to Use 3 Computers with One Monitor, Keyboard and Mouse – Without a KVM Switch

Hi there! Today, I want to share how I organize my three-computer setup (MacBook Air, Mac mini, and Raspberry Pi) without a KVM switch, using a single keyboard, mouse, and monitor. ...