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The M5 Pro Setup: Same Mac, Different Era
Why 48GB changes a Mac from coding laptop into an AI workstation for local models, parallel agents, and platform engineering.
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Observations, reflections, and technical deep-dives on building resilient systems and applied AI.
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Git Commit Signing with GPG on macOS
A practical GPG commit signing setup on macOS, with GitHub verification, pinentry-mac, GPG_TTY, and the parts that usually break.
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SSH Git Commit Signing for Busy Engineers
A clean SSH commit signing setup on macOS, with separate auth and signing keys, local verification, and none of the usual GPG hassle.
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Authentication 101: A Complete Guide to Modern Identity Methods
Authentication gets easier when you separate login, delegated access, SSO, and workload identity. This guide shows where each one fits.
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Google's GAIL Certification: Useful Strategy, Thin Engineering
Notes on Google's GAIL certification from a platform engineer: useful for strategy conversations, thin on the messy reality of shipping AI.
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GKE to AWS Identity Federation: A Guide to Keyless Access
Run workloads on GKE and access AWS without static keys. This guide shows how to federate a Kubernetes service account into an AWS IAM role.
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Terraform and Terragrunt in 2025: Why We Added Terragrunt at Scale
Why we added Terragrunt to Terraform to manage 100 plus services without copy paste, backend sprawl, or one giant state layout.
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7 Books That Shaped How I Build Platforms Developers Actually Use
Seven books that shaped how I build platform products people trust, adopt quickly, and keep using.
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Boost Your Productivity: My Zshrc Configuration for Platform Engineers
A deep dive into my zshrc configuration, featuring shortcuts for Kubernetes, Cloud Platforms, and AI tools to streamline your daily workflow.
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The "It's Not Much, But It's Mine" Mac Setup
A guide to setting up your and high-likely my Mac for development, including tools, configurations, and best practices. As favorite tools and practices change, this guide will be updated. "It's not much, but it's mine" - Every $5000 Setup.
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Writing a Go Client Library Worth Using
Most Go client libraries are a pain to use, test, or extend. Here's how to write one that isn't, covering functional options, context propagation, rich errors, retries, and testability.
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Running Deep Learning Models at the Edge with Intel OpenVINO
A practical guide to deploying deep learning and computer vision models on Intel edge hardware with OpenVINO, from IR conversion to device trade-offs.
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SUSE Cloud Native Foundations: My Study Notes
Structured study notes from the SUSE Cloud Native Foundations scholarship. Covers cloud native design, Docker, Kubernetes basics, and open source PaaS.
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gRPC on Cloud Run
Cloud Run supports gRPC out of the box — once you understand how it handles TLS and HTTP/2. Here's the full picture, in Go.