Building the deployment tool I wish I had(ruuda.nl)
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Building the deployment tool I wish I had
https://ruuda.nl/2026/deptool
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I've written my own DNS server and my own "I can't believe it's not docker compose and kind of ansible", among other more and less esoteric but consistently dubiously motivated enterprises
They all inevitably ended up with me using them for a good 1-2 years, while also gaining an appreciation for whatever I thought was over-complicated about the OSS version (not ansible tho. But maybe pyinfra.). And I learned soooo much. I can't tell you how helpful it's been both here and there while designing architecture for actual work ("this is basically just DNS") and especially in interviews, both just having something to talk about, and also having a story arc to it showing lessons learned etc. plus it's nerdy which is always helpful branding as long as you done come off too weird or boastful along the way.
They all inevitably ended up with me using them for a good 1-2 years, while also gaining an appreciation for whatever I thought was over-complicated about the OSS version (not ansible tho. But maybe pyinfra.). And I learned soooo much. I can't tell you how helpful it's been both here and there while designing architecture for actual work ("this is basically just DNS") and especially in interviews, both just having something to talk about, and also having a story arc to it showing lessons learned etc. plus it's nerdy which is always helpful branding as long as you done come off too weird or boastful along the way.
I actually really like this!
This is unique and cool. And it’s a n actual new take on something and I could totally see it working on some use cases I personally have atm.
Even stuff like k8’s the whole thing other than like kube-api if I had time would just be the same binary as kubelet lol
It would solve a ton of things
This is unique and cool. And it’s a n actual new take on something and I could totally see it working on some use cases I personally have atm.
Even stuff like k8’s the whole thing other than like kube-api if I had time would just be the same binary as kubelet lol
It would solve a ton of things
There's definitely a much smaller, cleaner kubernetes hiding inside the current monstrosity.
LB, Services, pods, DNS gets you like 99% of the way there
LB, Services, pods, DNS gets you like 99% of the way there
What's wrong with OpenTofu and cloudinit?
Note that I have no idea if this is vibed! It might not be! I just like the general theme of lots of pretty specific tooling.