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Tony Norlin
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Homelabber (BSD/illumos/Linux/Kubernetes), Interests span across tech, music, photo, food (pasta & pizza napoletana), coffee and my family
so apparently it's not just RAM that got horribly expensive...
September 2021, I bought a the 1.92T Samsung PM9A3 for 4.363 SEK ($480 USD)... a price I thought were extremely expensive back then. Current price: 13.500 SEK ($1500 USD) and it's not just this fairly old model - all flash gone pricy
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Up until now I've used Zotero (and sometimes SingleFile) as my personal archive for pages, but it is very heavy and I seldom read later. Today I deployed Readeck in my k8s and to a CNPG instance - for sure this will be my new way to bookmark stuff! Really handy
January 30, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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The @rejekts.io org team are full steam ahead working hard to make Amsterdam happen but they're in need of YOUR help!

If you, or you know someone, can help make the event a success by sponsoring please take a look at the prospectus and get in touch! 💙

cloud-native.rejekts.io/Rejekts_Spon...
January 23, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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I was laid off last week. I'm excited to start a new chapter where I can put my knowledge and dedication to work. I believe every chapter closes to make room for something more rewarding. I'm keen to discover the next opportunity. Learn more: www.linkedin.com/pos... #OpenToWork
Chris Short Résumé | Chris Short
I'm looking for a new role! With 30 years in the industry, I'm excited to start a new chapter. I believe every ending creates space for something more rewarding. I love taking intricate technical concepts and making them click for people. Whether through content, community work, or strategic enablement, my best days are when I help practitioners understand powerful tools and drive adoption. What I Bring My career bridges deep technical capability with clear communication: Content That Drives Adoption: I've created 700+ hours of video content and maintain newsletters reaching 6,300+ subscribers (DevOps'ish, EKS.news). I've given countless talks that translate complexity into clarity, driving revenue and reducing support load. Community Impact: As a former CNCF Ambassador and current Kubernetes Contributor Comms co-lead, I led communications for the K8s registry migration, achieving zero downtime globally. I've onboarded dozens of contributors and helped shape how we discuss cloud native tech. Shipping Big Things: I led the AWS re:Invent 2023 Kubernetes track with 50+ speakers and 30+ sessions, improving CSAT scores. I drove Valkey's developer engagement strategy—it's now the de facto Redis fork worldwide. I organized and hosted GitOpsCon EU 2021 with 300+ attendees, making it a top 2 KubeCon Day 0 event. Earlier in my career, I led a $1M AWS cloud migration with measurable savings. Technical Depth: I bring 30 years across IT ops, DevOps, the Kubernetes/CNCF ecosystem, open source tooling (Linux/Ansible), multi-cloud environments, and container technologies. Bonus: I'm now AI-enabled. What I'm Looking For Roles where technical experience meets storytelling. Three must-haves: customer-facing, cloud-native, and storytelling-heavy. Developer Advocate, Technical Marketing Manager, and Product Marketing Manager roles fit perfectly. Solutions Architect positions could work if they involve customer-facing technical communication and enablement. I'm especially interested in companies building cloud native tools or Kubernetes-based platforms—that's my playground. The Remote Piece I need remote work as a disabled veteran managing nerve/spine damage, PTSD, and anxiety. My Detroit care team keeps me going. I'm near a major Delta hub and have done same-day international trips when needed. Remote doesn't mean unavailable—I'm committed to being responsive and engaged. Let's Connect After three decades, I know my value: I make complex tech accessible, build communities around products, and drive adoption through authentic technical storytelling. I'm available now for full-time roles; contract work could also fit. If you're building something great and need someone who translates technical depth into business impact, let's talk. Contact: https://lnkd.in/g-CbGNdT Resume: https://lnkd.in/gzdjdQxB Here's to embracing new chapters and exciting challenges ahead.
www.linkedin.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Started off 2026 with some sourdough bread, fresh from the oven
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Happy New Year! Gott Nytt År!
December 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Kubernetes (ha ha, I first wrote Libernete^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H until I looked at the screen.
Anyhow, Timbernetes (v1.35.0 of Kubernetes) was released yesterday and I've updated my port for illumos, FreeBSD and OpenBSD...

#kubernetes #homelab #illumos #freebsd #openbsd

github.com/tnorlin/kube...
Releases · tnorlin/kubernetes
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management - tnorlin/kubernetes
github.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Life with (a good) oven is much easier
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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The recordings from #CiliumCon North America 2025 are live!

If you couldn't attend or want to catch a detail you missed, the full playlist is here ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y8f...

#KubeCon #Cilium #CloudNative
CiliumCon | Welcome + Opening Remarks - Bill Mulligan & Hemanth Malla, Program Committee Co-Chairs
Don't miss out! Join us at our next Flagship Conference: KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (23-26 March, 2026). Connect with our current graduated, incubating, and sandbox…
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tried out the Marcato pasta roller for the first time. Multi layer deployment straight to production.
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Tricks & treats at Halloween evening.. since some 5-6 years ago I switched from loop-AES to OpenZFS encryption for my main storage...
October 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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The FreeBSD extensions got merged into the OCI Runtime Spec today! This is another step on the way to bringing the container ecosystem to FreeBSD. runj will add support for this soon (most of the work is already done): github.com/opencontaine...
Add FreeBSD as a platform by dfr · Pull Request #1286 · opencontainers/runtime-spec
This uses FreeBSD jails to implement container isolation.
github.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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📚 The 2nd edition of 🔒Container Security 🔒 is out now! 📚
bookshop.org/p/books/cont...
Container Security: Fundamental Technology Concepts That Protect Cloud Native Applications
Fundamental Technology Concepts That Protect Cloud Native Applications
bookshop.org
October 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Kubernetes v1.34.0 - Of Wind & Will (O' WaW) was released Today and I've updated my port for illumos, FreeBSD and OpenBSD (with corresponding binaries).

github.com/tnorlin/kube...

#kubernetes #homelab #illumos #freebsd #openbsd
Releases · tnorlin/kubernetes
Production-Grade Container Scheduling and Management - tnorlin/kubernetes
github.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kubernets v1.34 - Sneak Peek is about to be released!

This time it breaks for me:
+++ [0827 17:47:48] Building go targets for illumos/amd64
k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver (static)
# k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/securitycontext
pkg/securitycontext/util.go:212:23: undefined: possibleCPUs
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
that's a wrap on summer 2025 and it's about time to get that homelab in shape again (it has not really been it since I moved into a house last year).
August 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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🔐 Secure your files with Tetragon! Real-time enforcement and eBPF-based security in Kubernetes. @rawkode.dev 🚀
Restrict Access to Secure Files with Tetragon
Watch on the Rawkode Academy
rawkode.academy
August 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Why Did Oxide Raise $100M USD? FAQ Friday #12
August 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Debian 13 "Trixie" is just around the corner — I just published my Ansible test image for Docker/Podman, you can get it here: hub.docker.com/r/geerlinggu...
hub.docker.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is fantastic! 🥳 Congrats!
🎉We raised $100M USD in our Series B financing. Thank you to USIT for leading this round, to our existing investors for their participation, and to our team, customers, and community for getting us to where we are today!

oxide.computer/blog/our-100...
Our $100M Series B / Oxide
Raising our Series B round of financing
oxide.computer
July 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
pruning and stabilizing.. it feels like a never ending story. I hope the result ends up with lots of tasty tomatoes #rapunzel
July 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
When on summer vacation in Italy we were a couple of days in the Liguria region. The bartender asked what the next destination would be "Grosseto, oh no.. ya'll be eaten by mosquitos over there!"
Well, it was very evident that he never visited Sweden. Five minutes were like five days in Grosseto. 🦟
July 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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We built Talos Linux for teams like yours. And we want your take.

What’s working? What’s not? What should we tackle next? Take our short survey and help shape what comes next.

➡️ Take the survey sidero.surveysparrow.com/s/talosuseq2...

#TalosLinux
July 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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"Democratizing AI Model Training on Kubernetes: Introducing Kubeflow Trainer V2" blog.kubeflow.org/trainer/intro/
Democratizing AI Model Training on Kubernetes: Introducing Kubeflow Trainer V2
Running machine learning workloads on Kubernetes can be challenging. Distributed training and LLMs fine-tuning, in particular, involves managing multiple nodes, GPUs, large datasets, and fault toleran...
blog.kubeflow.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM