Articles tagged #kubernetes

More devops than I bargained for

Background

I recently had a bit of impromptu disaster recovery, and it gave me a hunger for more! More downtime! More kubernetes manifest! More DNS! Ahhhh!

The plan was really simple. I love dedicated Hetzner servers with all my heart but they are not very fungible.

You have to wait entire minutes for a new dedicated server to be provisioned. Sometimes you pay a setup fee, et cetera. And at some point to server static websites and serve as a K3S server, it’s simply just too big, and approximately twice the price that I should pay.

Impromptu disaster recovery

Background

im-promp-tu (im-ˈpräm(p)-(ˌ)tü)

  1. made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment: improvised

  2. composed or uttered without previous preparation: extemporaneous

Merriam-Webster

On March 18th, 2025, I thought I would look into self-hosted project management solutions — something kanban-y, but.. better?

A screenshot of WeKan, the open-source Kanban. It looks.. from another age.

This one does not spark joy.

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