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I’m a software engineer, and systems administrator with 10+ years of experience. Proficient in Go, JS and PHP. Leading a global team of engineers, I manage diverse infrastructure models, from baremetal to cloud. My focus spans scaling server infrastructure and crafting complex API-driven apps while strategically shaping the company’s engineering efforts. Leveraging Kubernetes and OpenStack, I align technical decisions with broader business goals.

Split Ortholinear Keyboards

Like many other programmers, I have a love for mechanical keyboards. I purchased my first back in 2015 after experiencing a friend’s keyboard and loving how it looked and felt; that was a Razer Blackwidow Chroma v1. After a few years of daily driving it, I wanted to try out other mechanical keyboards, particularly smaller boards. I began to spend a lot of time researching TKL boards, but convinced myself to buy a 60% board (despite the fear of losing dedicated arrow keys; I use them a lot). ...

How to Deploy Outline Wiki on Kubernetes

A year ago, I was tasked with finding a knowledge base/wiki that could be self-hosted, was intuitive to use, and was visually appealing. In that time, I tried BookStack, DokuWiki, and WikiJS; while these wikis all did what they needed to, they didn’t quite fit what we were looking for. DokuWiki wasn’t as intuitive for the non-technical users in our organization, BookStack felt a little to rigid in what you could and couldn’t achieve, and WikiJS took quite a while for everyone to wrap their heads around. ...