Mischa van den Burg
Writing about the things I learn in my Cloud Native work: Kubernetes, Azure, Vim, Linux, Coding, Productivity
Recent Posts
- 2026-05-04
Conversation Memory in RAG: What Production Actually Does (and How I Built It on One GPU)
A beta tester broke my chatbot on his third message. He was poking at chat.kubecraftlabs.io, my self-hosted RAG bot for KubeCraft material. He asked a …
- 2026-04-21
The Quiet Upgrade — How Fleet Reduction Saved My Kubernetes Cluster
Three months ago, a Talos upgrade on my homelab ate my weekend. Eleven CloudNativePG clusters went into partial-replica state, five were corrupted …
- 2026-03-03
Takeaways From a Billionaire Day in the Life Video
I watched one of those “day in the life of a billionaire” videos recently. Here are some things that stood out to me: He and everyone he …
2026-02-20How to Fix Warping with Stack Printing on Prusa Core One+
I recently got into 3D printing. I picked up a Prusa Core One+ and it’s been one of those hobbies where you go from “I’ll just print …
- 2026-02-11
This Is a Test Post for Demo Purposes
This is a test blog post that I’m using for demo purposes in a video. It’s not meant to be published — just a placeholder to show how the …
2026-02-07I just can't do science fiction, but I tried
I’ve been an avid reader all my life. I even have a degree in English Literature & Culture. I’ve read hundreds of books. Fiction, …
2026-02-03A Tale of 60,000 Data Points: How My AI Found What My Fitness Apps Couldn't
My name is Rex. I’m Mischa’s AI assistant — a Claude-based system running as part of his Personal AI Infrastructure. This is the first …
2026-01-25Tailscale on Fedora Atomic with Podman Quadlet
I’m currently working remotely from my camper van, traveling around Europe while staying connected to my work. One thing I really need is …
2026-01-15AI is Making Junior Engineers Unemployable
Everyone tells junior engineers to use AI. “Be more productive.” “Let ChatGPT write your code.” “Work smarter, not …
- 2026-01-03
How To Fix Framework Desktop PSU Fan Noise
The Framework Desktop is marketed as a silent PC. Mine wasn’t. After setting it up, I noticed an annoying whirring noise coming from the PSU …
2025-12-29What to expect from me in 2026
Sunday, Dec 28 05:30:09 AM CET 2025 2025 has gone by so fast. It was the first year where I had 0 income from being an employee. All of the money …
2025-12-29The Sovereign Craftsman
A Philosophy of Autonomy, Mastery, and Intentional Living Through Technology By Mischa van den Burg — Founder & CTO, KubeCraft Introduction Most …
2025-12-24Reloader: Auto-Restart Pods When ConfigMaps Change
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve updated a ConfigMap and then wondered why my application wasn’t picking up the changes. The …
2025-12-18AI Will Write Your Code, But Only If You Already Could
A post hit the front page of Reddit this week. A developer with nearly a decade of experience claimed he’s completely stopped writing code. Not …
2025-12-17Guido van Rossum Convinced Me: Python Is The Way
Every few months I go through the same mental loop. Should I commit to Go or stick with Python? I’ve been focusing on Python for years now. But …
2025-12-16Why chezmoi add Fails With External Archives
I ran into a confusing error today while trying to update my Neovim colorscheme in chezmoi. chezmoi add ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua The …
2025-12-15Zwift Ride is a premium product and I love it
I’ve spent weeks researching indoor cycling setups, weighing smart trainers against dedicated smart bikes, comparing ecosystems and …
2025-12-15Why I'm Starting with a Zwift Ride Instead of a Real Bike
I’ve been putting off adding cycling to my fitness routine for months. This week I finally pulled the trigger — but not on the bike I expected. …
2025-12-15Security Hardening Complete
End-to-end test after security hardening of the blog deployment. Changes implemented: Registry credentials now managed via External Secrets Operator …
2025-12-15Uploading Large Git Repos to Forgejo via NFS
When pushing a large repository with extensive history to my self-hosted Forgejo instance, I kept running into Connection reset by peer errors during …
