Kubernetes
Images That Patch Themselves: Cloud Native Buildpacks on VKS
PHP2Shell got me thinking about patching. So I moved my Python app off its Dockerfiles onto Cloud Native Buildpacks on VKS, and patched it twice without touching it.
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VMware
Automating OIDC Identity for a VCF Lab
Federating a nested VMware Cloud Foundation 9.1 lab to Keycloak with OpenID Connect.
Infrastructure
Design-Driven Automation: When Your Architecture Document Runs the Infrastructure
How a markdown table in a TOGAF design document became the single source of truth for an entire VMware Cloud Foundation lab — no config files needed.
Apps
Home Energy Insight: Making Tomorrow's Energy Decisions Today
Building a unified home energy system that combines live data with forward-looking forecasts to optimise battery charging, grid imports, and appliance scheduling.
Apps
VCF Green Insight: Measuring the Carbon Cost of Going Software-Defined
Quantifying the embodied and operational carbon footprint of VMware Cloud Foundation infrastructure
Apps
From Presentation Slides to Production Metrics: Actually Measuring the Carbon Cost of My Software
I gave a talk about sustainable software with nine takeaways. Then I spent years not following any of them. GreenScope is what happens when you finally put your own slides into practice.
Apps
EquiCalendar: Unifying UK Equestrian Competitions Across Scattered Sources
Building a unified competition calendar for UK equestrian riders from dozens of fragmented sources with wildly inconsistent formats
Automation
The Safety Net: Why E2E Tests Matter More When AI Writes Your Code
When people's paychecks depend on your AI-generated code, Playwright tests become essential. Here's how E2E testing saved EVM in production.
Apps
From Expired Certificate to Production HR System: Building Equestrian Venue Manager with Claude Code
How an expired SSL certificate led to building a full equestrian management system that became a production HR platform people's paychecks depend on.
Automation
Reviving Planespotter: How Claude Code Rescued a Decade-Old Demo from API Death
Ten years ago, Yves Fauser built the perfect NSX micro-segmentation demo. Then the APIs died. Claude Code brought it back to life in days.
Apps
Building a Portable Real-Time Face Detection Web App with OpenCV, Flask, and Docker
Learn how to create a face recognition web application using Python Flask, OpenCV, and package it as a portal Docker image.
Homelab
Service accounts with VMware Aria Automation API
Service accounts with VMware Aria Automation API (formerly vRealize Automation)
Kubernetes
Creating A Knative Function Using Buildpacks
Creating A Knative Function Using Buildpacks
Homelab
Pi Supercomputer
Raspberry Pi Cluster as a Supercomputer using MPI
VMware
Programmatically configuring VMware Storage Profile API with Python
Programmatically configuring VMware Storage Profile API with Python
VMware
Controlling vSphere & NSX-V With Python
Controlling vSphere & NSX-V With Python
Cloud
DynamoDB Python Test Environment with Cloud Formations
DynamoDB Python Test Environment with Cloud Formations
Cloud
Simple REST API For DynamoDB Using Lambda
Simple REST API For DynamoDB Using Lambda
Cloud
How To Use AWS CloudFormation With Ansible
How To Use AWS CloudFormation With Ansible
VMware
Deploying NSX-V With Ansible
Deploying NSX-V With Ansible
VMware
Ansible NSX Configuration - Infrastructure As Code
Ansible NSX Configuration - Infrastructure As Code