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    Writing

    Technical thinking archive organized by theme.

    Articles focus on mental models, implementation analysis, and field notes from building and operating platforms.


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    Platform Engineering

    • Building a Production-Grade k3s Cluster on Spare Capacity Implementation Analysis

    • How NFS-Backed Persistent Volumes Actually Work in Kubernetes Implementation Analysis

    • Kubernetes Cluster Configuration: Decisions That Shape Everything Implementation Analysis

    • Kubernetes Manual Certificate Updates and Upgrade Bug Fixes Implementation Analysis

    • Kubernetes ServiceAccount Tokens and CI/CD Authentication Field Notes

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    Infrastructure as Product

    System Design

    • Understanding Byte Size Units (Without Overthinking Them) Field Notes

    Operating Models

    • Recovering from Toolchain Drift on macOS Field Notes

    • Docker CLI Aliases for Day-to-Day Work Field Notes

    • Chef Knife Bootstrap: Practical Notes for Linux and Windows Nodes Field Notes

    • Create a New Git Merge Request from the Command Line Field Notes

    • Three Useful fzf Commands for Everyday Terminal Work Field Notes

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    Data Systems

    • Operational Guardrails for Multi-Tenant PostgreSQL Implementation Analysis

    • Operational Realities of Running PostgreSQL Implementation Analysis

    • Active Record: Query Only the Columns You Want Field Notes

    • Shrink a SQL Database Log File Safely Field Notes


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