Introduction I wanted to build my own personal website, using tools from my day job as a fun exercise to stay current on my technical skills. The idea of a flat file CMS appealed to me greatly: no complex tapestry of backend plugins or server administration to worry about. Plus: all served content is raw Markdown at its core! This allows me to simply deploy my site to an Amazon S3 bucket, and then use CloudFront to serve it globally. ...
We Have k8s At Home: how I run my personal cluster
The Problem For years I was running a Raspberry Pi Model B+ behind my desk as a “let me just dump scripts into my rc.local file” sort of server on my private network. It worked nicely enough but I wanted something powerful, efficient, and cool. I wanted to get a working and persistent Kubernetes lab running on my personal network to practice with software I use at my day job, as well as use those tools to solve problems on my personal network. This leads nicely into… ...
My NH48: five years in the making
In late 2018 I first experienced the White Mountains like many do, with a hike starting at Lincoln Woods. I moved to New England several months before and was finding my footing; searching for outdoor recreation opportunities to fill the hole in my heart left after I finished my college career as a guide in the Boundary Waters. I was hiking with an old friend from my time as a guide; he lived in Montreal and I lived in Nashua at the time, so meeting in the middle was a natural pick. I chose Bondcliff mostly by accident, Googling things like “best first hikes in NH” and “best views in the White Mountains”. The highway-like grade of the Lincoln Woods Trail lulled me into a false sense of security, only to get greeted by those ridiculously steep grades and rock scrambles the Whites are famous for. ...