December 30, 2024

With another year drawing to a close, I wanted to reflect on some of my favorite open source community highlights of 2024.

1. More fun with the kubernetes release team

I remember when I first joined the Kubernetes release team. Now I guess I’m an old timer and have been a part of every Kubernetes release since 1.27… (eek!)

This year, I had the opportunity to lead the Release...

January 14, 2024

Kubectl is the all powerful command-line tool that you can use to manage Kubernetes resources and cluster- everything from creating, deleting resources, switching contexts, accessing containers- and more!

Not sure how to pronounce kubectl? Check out kubectl: The definitive pronunciation guide. I’m a monster and pronounce it “kube-see-tee-l”, but I also pronounce systemctl as “system-see-tee-l” so at least I’m consistent. Hopefully this also inspires you to just...

January 08, 2024

I love tea… It’s not only my prefered source of caffine, it’s also a good excuse to have tiny sandwiches and pastries like this excessive high tea I had at the Delft Blue Museum:

Maybe because of my tea addiction, one of my favorite “easter eggs” in networking is the 418 status code. The teapot...

December 26, 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on some highlights.

1. Joining the Kubernetes release team

I first joined the enhancements team for the 1.27 release and wasn’t sure what to expect. It ended up being a great experience and introduction to the open source Kubernetes community. I enjoyed it so much I came back for the 1.28 and 1.29 release teams!