This was one of the keynotes last week at kubecon. One of the ones I felt was the best. He merges ‘hidden figures‘ (the people doing the math behind the space race, black, female) with a demo of his competitor (AWS) product, masterfully, with a bit of humour. Oh, and the demo is in fortran.…

So last week I was @ Kubecon. Cloud Native yada yada. But, many people were finding it too complex to explain to folks what they do. Yada yada container yada yada declarative, etc. So, well, its now a childrens book and video. Read all about it @ “Phippy and Friends” for an illustrative story book…

I have a ‘bench’ power supply, a BK-305D from the well-known brand ‘baku’. It works, it was cheap. Its loud. Or, should I say, it *was* loud. And that is today’s hack. Silence the supply. If you open this up, its a pretty typical linear supply. A big transformer, a small amount of low-tech electronics.…

There’s an interesting dynamic here @ Kubecon. Some of the sponsors are nearly certainly only here in a talent-acquisition mode. For example, apple, shopify. They are not meeting their customers here, their presence is small (apple has a 5×10′ tabletop w/ a curtain backdrop… big marketing$$$!). Interestingly, there’s a big whiteboard you can scribble out…

I don’t know where to even begin here. I’m staying in a ‘not so nice’ hotel in a ‘not so nice’ part of Seattle. Out front at the reception they have a ‘food bank’ donation bin. Side note: give cash, not food. The food bank can buy wholesale, making your $1 worth much more, and,…