Author: Christoper George Stradtman
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A little bit of IBM history preserved in brass
I was digging through some of my grandfather’s belongings recently and came across this little gem: a brass letter opener from IBM’s early days. On one side, it features the slogan “WILL CUT YOUR EXPENSES,” a clever nod to its dual functionality as both a marketing tool and a practical object. The other side lists…
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CDN-ON-A-DIME
During my job hunt, I decided to challenge myself by building a proof-of-concept to see if I could extend Kubernetes with CDN-like functionality. Check out my new page describing this project.
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Breathing New Life into My Kubernetes Cluster and Blog
At the beginning of the COVID era, I found myself without any active contracts. Having worked with Kubernetes in a previous role, I was captivated by its potential, even though it was often perceived as an expensive and complex platform to set up. To stay productive, I decided to build my own Kubernetes cluster using…
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Kube-Demo, Covid-19, Docker and Kubernetes
Kube-Demo BOINC When looking for a demo workload to use in demonstrating Kubernetes on this low budget cluster, I decided that I would at least try to lend a hand where I can to help with the pandemic. I decided to use 2 BOINC projects Rosetta@Home and OpenPandemics. Both of these projects are working to…
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Sharing this Blog
I’ve made the decision to start sharing this blog even though it’s not anywhere near done. I sometimes fall in the trap of continuing to work on a project like this until I feel it’s perfect before I share it and then I never share it because there is always “one more thing to…
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Using USB ethernets in this project
I know every system and network purist is going to say “WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!”. Even I was asking myself that question. It started as just an easy simple way to attach the storage server to the management network. Then the coronavirus shows up and most retail and not a few…
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updates on this project
Unfortunately, the COVID shelter in place order has kind of thrown a few wrenches into this project. The group that I was buying my used gear from had to close their doors for an undetermined period. The group that I was working with is https://www.freeitathens.org/. They are a great group of people doing a good…
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Reason for this blog
I’ve been working for several years with containers and Kubernetes, and I’ve been working with hypervisors/virtual machines for at least a decade. Most commercial production work has been implemented in the Google Cloud, Digital Ocean, AWS, and friends. However, in the interest of saving on the commercial cloud costs(I was working for a startup), …