Today I Learned

I think I’m getting really close to having a good workflow setup for using pyapp. Such an amazing project to allow developers to create applications in python without passing on the hassle of python and managing installs to the user.

The work on kopf by nolar.

A Python framework to write Kubernetes operators in just a few lines of code

Watching Wes fiddle through this with what a sane person would write in a normal day application and not applying the tricks for this kind of battle is how I feel when trying to do leetcode.

Check out PrefectHQ and their project marvin.

✨ AI agents that spark joy

This is such a cool idea, I tend to not use laptops at all because they are so uncomfortable I just wait till I’m back at my desk. This solves two main issues I have with laptops, the posture to use them is shit, the keyboards that come on them is not what I want to use. I’ve solved the latter with my own custom keyboard.

Just starred system-upgrade-controller by rancher. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer.

In your Kubernetes, upgrading your nodes

Just starred arcade by pythonarcade. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer.

Easy to use Python library for creating 2D arcade games.

OpenTools is an index for mcp servers to work with new agentic workflows like roo code and windsurf.

I really like this idea for a homelab jbod. Hardware Haven builds out Just a Bunch Of Disks using some pretty affordable hardware and has up to 16 disks added to his homelab with the os having full access to use with zfs.

Nice overview to getting started in zmk

Check out tailscale and their project github-action.

A GitHub Action to connect your workflow to your Tailscale network.

I recently discovered kubevpn by kubenetworks, and it’s truly impressive.

KubeVPN offers a Cloud Native Dev Environment that connects to kubernetes cluster network.

I run tailwind for my personal blog, whenever I update it, pre-commit goes in and fixes end of file. I’m sick of these things fighting each other, since it is a generated app it is going to et ignored from pre-commit from now on.

Zuberios Mantic clamp, would ya look at it. This thing looks like a handy tool for soldering. Excited to give it a try.

Damn this looks good, I’ve been casually keeping my eye out for something like this for quite awhile, I think this will come in handy for keeb builds. Printing one out as I post this, damn I love 3d-printing.

Zach’s site looks sick colors are all on point, the fonts are so good. I really like the idea of a style-guide. I think I might be renaming my Sample post to style-guide now.

Astral uses just in CI, kinda cool to stumble into this setup in the wild.

run: just release-run ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} ${{ github.event.inputs.sha }} ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}

And her is the accompanying justfile. you can see how it accepts arguments, and starts calling out to other just recipes.

fixing more ahrefs issues on the road to fixing all major issues within my control I found a ton of urls pointed to an url with a double slash, turns out I wasn’t properly referencing slug with post.slug.

I found that I had Structured data has schema.org validation error on essentially every single page on my blog, turns out I had made some changes and have never tried to validate it. Damn json and its hatred towards trailing commas.

Long live RSS! Rss is not dead David, you are right there. I really agree with David that learning a topic well enough to form thoughts and write about it really help learning. You don’t need to be an expert, but forming your own thoughts, putting ideas in words takes a lot more than surface level knowledge. When you try to write or speak about something you quickly realize where your holes in understanding are.

Blogging helps me learn. When I commit knowledge to writing it reinforces what I know and shines a spotlight on what I don’t. Most topics require additional research. Even then, I occasionally get things wrong, or miss different ways of thinking, and I welcome corrections. I’ll often update and enrich my posts based on feedback. Without my blog I’d miss other points of view.

As they say, the best way to get an answer on the internet is not to pose a question, but to assert the wrong solution! Most feedback I get is constructive. Sometimes it’s blunt but I try not to read into unspoken sentiment. Some people are more direct. If the end result is positive learning, I can take a hit or two.