I've been using a Raspberry Pi to serve as a kubernetes master, with a few Intel NUCs to run as the workers, and I've loved it. The whole setup is small and cheap to run; I installed everything into a switch depth rack in my basement. I'm now trying to figure out how to add some GPU to the cluster, and I'm undecided whether to build a switch depth 3U server or go another route. Most people I've talked to with homelabs are running a full depth rack, so they can easily accommodate full size equipment, but I have size constraints so I can't fit something that large.
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timmahoney commented on Ask HN: How do you not take criticism of your work personally? · Posted by u/molly0
I have no ego about my code. As long as you're not being a "jerk" about it, I'm all for any opportunity to improve it. Constructive criticism is always welcome.
timmahoney commented on Ask HN: How do you balance support and sprint tickets? · Posted by u/throwawayops123
DevOps lead here; technically we have 2 week sprints, but we use kanban and basically add support tickets for each item that the team needs to work on during the sprint. This means that sometimes our "burndown" is more of a level line, but when that happens my manager understands, and we either determine the type of work that would reduce it or discuss adding more capacity.
For tracking types of support tickets that come in, we try to determine which ones we can automate or heal completely so that those types of tickets dry up. Those items get roadmapped and worked down... eventually.
It works OK, not perfect but I haven't found a better method so far, and everyone's happy with my team's work.
timmahoney commented on · Posted by u/timmahoney
Interesting linkedin post from a colleague I used to work with.
timmahoney commented on Effects of grill patterns on fan performance/noise (2011) pugetsystems.com/labs/art... · Posted by u/yread
I put together a silent pc earlier this year and I'll never go back. I had a Dell "new" XPS with 16 cores and 32GB on it, and the fan for the laptop itself runs 80% of the time, and even the docking station for it has a fan that runs pretty often. This thing in contrast never makes a single sound.
timmahoney commented on Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs experimentalhistory.subst... · Posted by u/irajdeep
That's a very uncharitable take. What part of my comment makes you think that I live dispassionately?
The whole point is that my work is almost single-handedly defined by passion. When that runs dry, I take a break and do other things. It's easier to do good work with a well-rested mind full of ideas.
Not to mention, the work you perform while in that rested, ready state is of better quality than it would be otherwise.
I was working at Capital One a while back, and like most larger companies, they have a referral bonus and an internal recruitment website where you can refer candidates. They also have a personal link so that if you share it with a friend, and they apply, you get credit and the referral bonus automatically. You might know where this is going.
Every month I would post on Hacker News' "Who's Hiring" post with a rundown on a few of the positions we were hiring for, and while I was there I probably picked up referral bonuses for like 10 people.
One thing that I think could be updated in the 12F approach is the use of env vars for config, especially secrets.
I’ve generally found it much better to mount these into the filesystem and read from there. It helps with, for example, secret rotation for long running processes. Relying on process restarts can be ugly in some setups, especially if startup time is expensive.
In kubernetes I run external secrets, which is nice. I store The secrets in key value or file format in AWS Secrets Manager, which gets synchronized to the cluster into a secret. From there it gets mounted into the running pod via the envFrom or volume mount method.
timmahoney commented on The bottom is dropping out of Netflix pajiba.com/tv_reviews/the... · Posted by u/bryanrasmussen
Honestly for me I just do not know all the content Netflix has because the browsing is so bad. I wish instead of pushing shows to me best on algorithms, it would just let me browse categories and recent additions etc in a simpler way. Maybe categorised by year.
I can't agree with this more. I find it extremely difficult to find something I want to watch, because I simply can't find out how to look at their entire library.