The Cloud Native Craftsman#
Welcome to my website. I’m Mischa, a Cloud Native Engineer from Amsterdam.
Here I share thoughts and learnings about technical topics such as Microsoft
Azure, Kubernetes, Cloud Native technologies, DevOps and Linux. I’m also very
interested in anything that increases my productivity, so you will also find
writings on Zettelkasten, (Neo)vim, study techniques and anything that has to do
with taking notes.
In 2024 I was awared the Microsoft MVP title for my efforts of sharing knowledge
with the community.
Years of sharing knowledge on YouTube and this blog have uncovered a talent for
tackling difficult technical topics and explaining them in simple terms to
others.
In other words, I’ve found out that I have a knack for teaching. Following this
curiousity I started a Skool Community
where I create video courses on Kubernetes, Productivity, DevOps and much more.
My courses are also available on
Udemy
My courses have been received very well and I receive plenty of positive
feedback.
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Knowing Containers, Databases & Code is Magic Forget making money.
If you learn to write Python code, work with containers, and how to store data in databases, there are so many interesting things you can build to enhance your life.
These three elements are all that are needed to create comprehensive applications that you can use to track, store and manipulate massive amounts of data.
Whether it is your own knowledge, health metrics, or data from sensors, the possibilities are endless.
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[!IMPORTANT] Remember to create a custom image including iscsi-tools when using the Synology CSI driver
Set up CLI environment and set databases to maintenance mode export TALOS_CP="192.168.100.107" export TALOS_W1="192.168.100.245" export TALOS_W2="192.168.100.60" export TALOS_W3="192.168.100.228" # Set databases to maintenance mode k cnp maintenance set --all-namespaces [!WARNING] Use the --preserve flag on single-node control plane clusters. Only needed for the control plane node.
Upgrade path from 1.7.5 to 1.7.7 from 1.7.7 to 1.8.2 Upgrade 1 export TALOS_IMAGE='factory.talos.dev/installer/c9078f9419961640c712a8bf2bb9174933dfcf1da383fd8ea2b7dc21493f8bac:v1.7.7' talosctl upgrade --preserve --nodes $TALOS_CP -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE talosctl upgrade --wait --debug --nodes $TALOS_W1 -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE talosctl upgrade --wait --debug --nodes $TALOS_W2 -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE talosctl upgrade --wait --debug --nodes $TALOS_W3 -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE Upgrade 2 export TALOS_IMAGE='factory.talos.dev/installer/c9078f9419961640c712a8bf2bb9174933dfcf1da383fd8ea2b7dc21493f8bac:v1.8.2' talosctl upgrade --preserve --nodes $TALOS_CP -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE talosctl upgrade --nodes $TALOS_W1 -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE talosctl upgrade --nodes $TALOS_W2 -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE talosctl upgrade --nodes $TALOS_W3 -e $TALOS_CP --image $TALOS_IMAGE Kubernetes Upgrade [!WARNING] Make sure to upgrade the Talos CLI before proceeding. “It is advisable to use the same version of talosctl as the version of the boot media used.” - Talos Docs
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Now that I’m daily driving Arch Linux again, I’ve been thinking about how to handle my tasks. I use Apple Reminders because the iWatch functionality with Siri is so good. I’ve been thinking of setting up a self-hosted solution, but then I would lose the Siri integration.
In the meantime, I figured I would just try to access Apple Reminders from Linux. Using it from the browser worked surprisingly well.
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I’ve been daily driving Qutebrowser for over a month now, and I’m starting to feel at home in it.
Since it doesn’t have any extensions, you have to hack things together yourself, which is why I like it so much.
Today I wanted to add an article to my Wallabag instance, which I usually did by using the browser extension.
I installed this Wallabag CLI:
https://github.com/artur-shaik/wallabag-client
pipx install wallabag-client
After setting up the config I can now add entries from the command line. By running wallabag add [url]. Neat!
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Transition to manifest V3 is now starting and Ublock Origin might not be supported in Chrome in the future.
Because of my transition from a mouse to a pen tablet, I’ve already been experimenting with Qutebrowser for the past couple of weeks and I really enjoy it. It feels much closer to vim because I can run commands like this: “:set darkmode” which feels familiar and I can search my history very easily.
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I upgraded my homelab cluster using Talos Linux today.
I made a mistake and forgot to use the custom-built image using iscsi-tools.
Learning the hard way.
Here are my notes:
Talos upgrade [!IMPORTANT] Remember to create a custom image including iscsi-tools
Set up CLI environment and set databases to maintenance mode export TALOS_CP="192.168.100.107" export TALOS_W1="192.168.100.245" export TALOS_W2="192.168.100.60" k cnp maintenance set --all-namespaces [!WARNING] Use the --preserve flag on single-node control plane clusters. Only needed for the control plane node.
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I relied on iCloud sync for my Obsidian backup for many years. However, my vault has grown significantly and has reached nearly 3500 notes. This leads to problems when opening the vault on other iOs devices, because iCloud sync removes files from devices when they are not used. When the vault is reopened, it takes over 5 minutes to sync everything. Having this 5 minute waiting time every time I open up my vault on my iPad was a problem which I needed to address.
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I’m planning to do a series on Linux on my YouTube channel. The idea is to cover the fundamentals of Linux, either by teaching them myself or to link to existing resources. When the basics are done, I will take over and we’ll build an Arch Linux desktop together.
I use my MacBook for normal productive work and coding, and I have a Thinkpad T480 which I have for experimentation, and mostly for writing notes and browsing while I’m in the living room. It was running Fedora using the Sway spin, and it worked fine.
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Just realized I never posted on the blog that I achieved the CKS a month ago.
I even created a study guide for it:
Links: 202406152006
I’ve been obsessed with Devcontainers and Devpods recently, and I’m learning a lot about portable dev environments. This is truly the next level of config management and the future of dev environments in my opinion.
I relied on brew as my package manager, however, I ran into problems when I wanted to run my Linux dev containers on my M2 Silicon Mac. Linux brew is not supported on ARM architecture.
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