For My Own Sake I Do It(opens in new tab)
!!! note "Isaiah 48:9-11" My thoughts here feel hard to put together - it's a comforting thing to me to hear God say he restrains his anger for t
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Forge Ahead(opens in new tab)
Yesterday's [[reflection-contentment-and-work]] has a second-part this morning. As I was wrapping up a project I didn't realize the closed-off-ness of
helm(opens in new tab)
helm - package manager for k8s
kind(opens in new tab)
kind - kubernetes in docker
kubectl(opens in new tab)
kubectl - canonically pronouned kube-control
Kubernetes External Secrets Operator(opens in new tab)
I wanted to put a short demo together of using External Secrets Operator (ESO) to expose secrets from a vault (like Hashicorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, etc) t
My Thoughts on Beads(opens in new tab)
[Steve Yegge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Yegge) is a pretty well-known individual in the tech field, having been around for a long time at some of the
paynepride dot com outage on vacation(opens in new tab)
The day after I leave for vacation I start getting SSL errors on every homelab service I host for myself and others. The culprit was my Cloudflare API token exp
Pulled Pork Notes(opens in new tab)
April 2026 Threw 2 shoulders in the Traegar this morning. This time I didn't put much thought into the seasonings, we'll see how they turn out. Hot Ho
Reflection - 2 Corinthians 7:6(opens in new tab)
!!! note "2 Corinthians 7:6" Paul didn't have to credit God as one "who comforts the humble" - he could've just praised God for th
Reflection - Contentment and Work(opens in new tab)
!!! note "Philippians 4:11" Context This verse showing up in Spurgeon's **Morning and Evening** is a divine grace to me. Today is a significant d
Reflection - Hebrews 13:5(opens in new tab)
!!! note "Hebrews 13:5" Hebrews is a long sermon and near the end of that sermon are some imperatives for God's people. The Bible is anything but
Reflection - Luke 22:48(opens in new tab)
Spurgeon's **Morning and Evening** today I almost skipped, not that I'm diligent to sit down every day anyways, but because I'm struggling with s
Remote Terraform State Requires Working Traefik... DUH!(opens in new tab)
I'm working on some spring cleaning in my homelab and backed myself into a hilarious corner yesterday. I use Open Tofu for any of my Terraform needs now, a
The Irony of 10x(opens in new tab)
Opener Agentic coding has been an exciting change to me over the last couple of months specifically. I've been using AI tools for a few years now but somet
The Ridiculous Blessing of the Lord(opens in new tab)
I went to sit down this morning with a cup of coffee and do a meditation like I try to do at least a few times a week. I meditate on the Bible, on God's wo
The Wrath to Come(opens in new tab)
!!! note "Matthew 3:7" `The coming wrath`... This is a tough one to think about, and I'm not sure I have a ton of hard opinions about that coming
The Wrath to Come pt 2(opens in new tab)
The Beginning [[the-wrath-to-come]] is only the beginning, because for the true son or daughter of the King, the wrath directed at the enemy, at the threat, is
To Live In A World Without AI(opens in new tab)
I'm finding lately that I wish we could go back to pre-ChatGPT... A world without a code-gen easy button, where "easy" was LSP autocomplete, wher
Trials Reveal Faith (short)(opens in new tab)
Spurgeon's "Morning and Evening" today ended with a poem: Trials forge and reveal faith in our lives - faith in something that is... Yahweh uses
Retros Suck, But They Don’t Have To(opens in new tab)
A short, cynical guide to running retros that don’t waste everyone’s time.
Newsletter(opens in new tab)
Occasional cynical essays. No spam. No meeting invites.
Where I'm At(opens in new tab)
Last updated: 8th January 2026 Life has calmed down and I’m officially on holiday. First time in my entire career I’ve been between jobs and I’m enjoying the change of pace but also looking forward to the next challenge. ⚙️ ...