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A list of kubernetes FAQs or lesser known information about it
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The implicit permissions of a service account in Kubernetes
A fresh Kubernetes service account with zero Roles and zero RoleBindings still isn't powerless. Here's what permissions it actually has by default — and where they come from in the source code.
How to Set Up Workload Identity Federation between K3s and AWS IAM
Learn how to set up IAM roles for service accounts (IRSA) in your K3s cluster
Go v1.21+ Auto-Downloads Toolchains and Verifies Them Using a Transparency Log
since Go 1.21, the go command can automatically download newer toolchains—and verify them against a cryptographically auditable log. This led me down a rabbit hole into how transparency logs work, what Merkle trees actually do, and why someone is independently rebuilding every Go toolchain from source.
Why is Golang's atomic.Bool 32 bits (not 8 bits)
Exploring why Go's atomic.Bool uses 32 bits internally instead of a single byte—it's all about CPU architecture and atomic operation efficiency.
Backup your GitHub repositories now!
Account suspensions on GitHub are unpredictable and appeals take months. Here's how I use gickup to automatically backup all my repositories daily with a simple, hands-off setup.
Delete all files in a Cloudflare R2 bucket using rclone
How to quickly delete all files from a Cloudflare R2 bucket using rclone instead of the web UI or AWS CLI
Fix invalid version: unknown revision from go get
Running go get on a version that hasn't been released poisons the go proxy cache. Here's how you can bypass the cache and hit the module directly.
Git Objects
The best way to take your git knowledge to the next level is to understand the 4 fundamental objects in git.
Running AI agents in parallel
Parallel agents to brrrr ....
Bypassing DRM protection to download a movie
Here's how I obtained a DRM protected video with Go and FFMPEG.
ARP - The DNS for IP addresses
Address Resolution Protocol maps IP addresses to MAC addresses similar to how DNS maps domains to IP addresses.
IP Routing in Linux
Learn how a linux system decides to route packets out of it
Golang Footgun: Why is this interface not nil?
I recently ran into this nasty bug in Go where an interface that was supposed to be nil wasn't.
Git Hygiene: How to Automatically Delete Stale Local Branches
Learn how to keep your Git workflow clean by automatically detecting and removing stale local branches that no longer exist in the remote repository. This step-by-step guide shows you how to create a custom Git alias to streamline branch management
Why I switched from Arch Linux to MacOS
I recently bought a Macbook Pro and I've been using it exclusively as my development machine.
A breath of fresh air
Exploring AI tools like Cursor, Cline, ClaudeCode and SuperWhisper, investing in a BlueAir purifier for Kathmandu's pollution, and continuing my driving lessons.
Don't think with your fingers
Using SuperWhisper to write better blog posts
Motorcycle Trip: Kathmandu to Mustang
Jomson, Mustang Itenerary for a motorcycle trip
Podcast Notes & Review - Modern SQL
My notes on an episode of postgres.fm
Reflecting on My iPhone Experience: The Good and the Bad
My experience as an Android user moving to Apple.
How I use SimpleAnalytics to monitor traffic on this blog
My simple setup for checking blog stats: SimpleAnalytics + a custom Telegram bot
SET LOCAL, Stay GLOBAL - A PostgreSQL Cautionary Tale
A hidden quirk in PostgreSQL's SET LOCAL command and how it unexpectedly affected our Row Level Security policy.
Debugging disk usage On Linux
Here's how I am monitoring disk usage on Linux
Video Files Demystified
A Guide to Understanding Containers, Codecs, and Transcoding
Understand Public Key Infrastructure & Certificates
Learn about about the shortcomings of public key encryption and the need for a trusted 3rd party - Certificate Authority.
An overview of the gzip & zip file formats
This blog post explores the differences between gzip and zip, two popular file compression formats
No, your sudo password is not incorrect
sudo rejects password that is correct
How to setup debugger for Golang in VS Code
Setup and configure Go debugger in VS Code. Learn to create launch.json, attach to running processes, and troubleshoot common issues for effective Golang debugging in VS Code.
Setup DNS Over TLS with systemd-resolved & Next DNS
Setup DNS over TLS with systemd-resolved, NetworkManager and NextDNS
Flying with NixOS
My NixOS Proxmox VM is ready to fly!
Developing on a NixOS VM in Neovim
I did a lot of neovim work this week.
All about Git & Unix
This week I share a couple of new things that I learned about Git
Dockerfile isn't the only way to create Container Images
Dockerfiles are a common way to create container images, but they aren’t the only option
My Backup Strategy
The 3-2-1 backup strategy with Restic, Backblaze B2 and rclone.
Improve your Google dorking with keyboard shortcuts
In chrome based browsers, you can setup keyboard shortcuts for site search & search engines.
Pacman for newbies
A list of commonly used commands for the Pacman package manager.
Here's how you can wake up early without waking up early
Here's a silly but effective life hack for the night owls out there.
My New Year's Resolution for 2023
It's that time of the year again... Here's my New Year's resolution for 2023. Unlike previous ones, I'm going to stick to this one.
Places To Go On A Ride Around Kathmandu
Sharing a handful of places I've gone on a motorcycle ride around Kathmandu.
Hands-on Aerospike with Go
Get hands on introduction to Aerospike with Golang
Cursor-based pagination vs Offset-based pagination
The basics of cursor vs offset based pagination
Dependency Injection In Go With Context API
This week I share a couple of new things that I learned about Go
Git tricks & Deterministic builds on NPM install
Try out this git one-liners like a git ninja!
Number of lines of code in my website
My website apparently has fewer lines of code than I expected
Make sure to clean your Go build cache
For faster build time, the go command caches build outputs for reuse in future builds. This cache dir piles up, so make sure to clean it periodically.
Security and Analytics
This week I re-added simple analytics to my website and fixed a major bug that was costing me $70 every month
Introducing Weekly Journals
I have added a weekly journal section in my blog where I'll post updates about the things that I learn, build and experience every week
GRPC, ProtoBuf and weekly journals
This week I learned about ProtoBuf, gRPC & sql in Go
Anatomy of Go Slices
Let's take a closer look at the anatomy of Slices in Go.