Running Docker & Kubernetes… both at home and in the cloud. Tools for making life easy when running your own home cluster, cost breakdowns when choosing cloud providers, observability, and other “lessons learned” as an engineer-turned-engineering-manager.
Deploying Kubernetes has gotten easier than ever. Home Automation with Raspberry Pi(s) can now benefit from some of the tools used by large-scale deployments. There are many. ways to design an IOT...
Grafana is perhaps the most popular, powerful visualization software available. It can be used to monitor a Kubernetes cluster, home-assistant, and just about anything else. Using Grafana+Docker can...
Node-RED allows Raspberry Pis to act as gateways for specific home-automation features, playing an essential role in both the van and the cabin. This is one of several posts on containerization of...
Pi Hole is a network wide ad blocker. It can protect an entire home from advertisements. It can even help to speed up the network. However, running PiHole Docker+Kubernetes poses a couple interesting...
The more you're willing to self-manage your cloud software, the cheaper the costs will be. These days, it's actually relatively easy to use tools like Docker and Kubernetes to deploy stable...
