Fresh/Brewed

I'm thinking a lot about office's lately. I've just changed Companies and I'm back in the office. I get the impression this is a topic on people's minds. In fact, as I wrote this, Github copilot jumped in and suggested a non-stop list of lines automatically:

I'm not sure how I feel about it. I've been working from home for the last 3 years and I've gotten used to it.
I've gotten used to the flexibility and the lack of commute. I've gotten used to the quiet and the ability to focus.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and go for a walk or a run. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and play with my kids.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some chores. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some shopping.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some cooking. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some cleaning.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some gardening. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some reading.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some writing. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some coding.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some learning. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some teaching.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some mentoring. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some networking.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some socializing. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some collaborating.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some brainstorming. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some problem solving.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some decision making. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some planning.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some strategizing. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some organizing.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some leading. I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some following.
I've gotten used to the ability to take a break and do some...

AKS and Service Mesh: Istio

Published Apr 14, 2019 by Isaac Johnson

In our prior guides we covered creating and monitoring clusters, but how do we handle service mesh? That is, a service for discovering and routing services. There are many options for “service mes...

Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 5 (AppD)

Published Apr 7, 2019 by Isaac Johnson

In Part 4we explored setting up EFK, both OSS and Commercial. But in considering commercial, there are other great options as well including ApplicationDynamics (AppD).

Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 4 (EFK)

Published Apr 7, 2019 by Isaac Johnson

In the case of those who have a cross cloud or hybrid cloud environment, or prefer to use cloud-agnostic tooling, there are ways to monitor using several other monitoring frameworks.

Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 3

Published Mar 31, 2019 by Isaac Johnson

In our last post, we tackled Auto-Scaling AKS clusters which adjusts the size of our clusters based on load. However, we have yet to address monitoring. How can we monitor our clusters using both...

Backing up and Restoring Containerized PostgreSQL databases

Published Mar 25, 2019 by Isaac Johnson

Using containerized databases in Kubernetes is quick and convenient. But how can we ensure backups and restores work? Let’s examine this in my favourite chart lately, Sonarqube.

Automating AKS Deployments like a Boss: Part 2

Published Mar 17, 2019 by Isaac Johnson

In Part 1 we covered the basics of AKS including installing CLI tools, creating a cluster, installing Helm and launching a stable chart. In Part 2 we will be covering scaling, both veritical and h...