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Alain van Hoof
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3 Kids & beautiful girlfriend. Ice skating, cycling & running. Movie and Single Malt Whisky fan. HPC/Cloud/Super computing. MSc@42. Alain van Hoof.
Member of the Eindhoven University of Technology Supercomputing Center. ¡ʇɥɔoʇuǝpǝʇsɟlƎ
Reposted by Alain van Hoof
By annual tradition, the HPC, Big Data, and Data Science devroom will be part of FOSDEM again next year (Sat-Sun 31 Jan + 1 Feb 2026 in Brussels). \o/

Please help us spread the word, and/or submit a talk proposal by 1 Dec 2025.

All details available via hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io 🍻
FOSDEM'26 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom
FOSDEM'26 HPC, Big Data, and Data Science Devroom
hpc-bigdata-fosdem26.github.io
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Bijna elke dag, maar in iedergeval over elke dag publiseerd @locuta.bsky.social in Reporters Online een overzicht van wat de Regering in de USA nu weer heeft bedenkt en doet. Respect, ze is al bij dag 245! en blijft volhouden reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-24...
Trump dag 245: Trump zegt bij herdenking Kirk dat hij zijn tegenstanders haat, kondigt Medal of Freedom aan voor Ben Carson, 19 hongerstakers in immigratiedetentiecentrum, Murdoch betrokken bij TikTok...
Nieuwe besluiten van Trump en consorten, en nieuwe fallout. Een overzicht van dag 245.
reportersonline.nl
September 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The talk I did about "Kubernetes in de Meterkast" at the Biggest European Hacker Camp WHY2025.org is now available online.

media.ccc.de/v/why2025-5-...
August 13, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Now running Kubernetes 1.33.2 on Alpine VMs on Proxmox, using YOLO-ops upgrade! (sorry still no IPv6)
@alpinelinux.bsky.social @proxmox.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Reposted by Alain van Hoof
Alpine #Linux 3.22 drops Plasma X11 (Wayland is now the default KDE session), deprecates LXD, and introduces kernel 6.12.
linuxiac.com/alpine-linux...
Alpine Linux 3.22 Lands with /usr-Merge Prep, KDE X11 Removal
Alpine Linux 3.22 drops Plasma X11 (Wayland is now the default KDE session), deprecates LXD, and introduces kernel 6.12.
linuxiac.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thanks to a swift merge of @ncopa.bsky.social to the Alpine apk packages i'm now running Kubernetes 1.33.1 on Alpine VMs on Proxmox, using YOLO-ops upgrade! (sorry still no IPv6) @alpinelinux.bsky.social @proxmox.bsky.social
May 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
After my "Kubernetes in the meterkast" at @devworldconference.bsky.social, I was invited to the Dutch Kubernetes Podcast by Jan and Ronald. As the podcast is officially called "De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast", it's in Dutch (Nederlands):
www.k8spodcast.nl/afleveringen...
Aflevering 95: Kubernetes in de Meterkast: Van Marktplaats naar Microservices | De Nederlandse Kubernetes Podcast
Alain van Hoof, HPC-specialist bij de TU Eindhoven. Alain bouwde zijn eigen Kubernetes-cluster letterlijk from scratch, in zijn meterkast. Geen managed cloud, geen helm, geen kubeadm—maar pure nieuwsg...
www.k8spodcast.nl
May 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
@evertkwok.bsky.social was signing his cartoon books on "Strips op de Markt" in Gouda. I got my yearly greetings (Banana for size):
May 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
@van9tot5.bsky.social was signing his cartoon books on "Strips op de Markt" in Gouda. Got my yearly Supercomputing/HPC quote in part 3: (translates to "To Alain, Supercomputing?, should be OK, as long as you keep reading van9to5) #HPC #Supercomputing #cartoon
May 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Reposted by Alain van Hoof
What if you no longer have to install a broad range of scientific software from scratch on every laptop, #HPC cluster, or cloud instance you use or maintain, without compromising on performance?

Join the #EESSI webinar series for more info!
➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2025/04/30/e...

@eessi.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
After Fundamentals it was time for Practitioner in Sim Ops @simopscom.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Being part of this community feels very special.
Amazing #EuroHPCSummit2025, amazing conference center, amazing Kraków - but the best is to connect #HPC, #AI & #Quantum communities.

www.eurohpcsummit.eu

@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social

#Krakow #Wawel #ICE_Krakow
March 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Potdikkie, gevallen en niet meer bij het peloton kunnen aansluiten. Geen succes deze marathon. alain.lafeberhof.nl?p=5547
Veertiende Zondagavond Marathon 2024/2025 « Alain z'n Weblog
alain.lafeberhof.nl
March 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Today I presentaed my "Kubernetes in de meterkast" at DevWorld Conference at RAI Amsterdsam. First experience with an audience wearing headphones.
February 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Baankampioenschappen Marathon 2024/25 alain.lafeberhof.nl?p=5537
Baankampioenschappen Marathon 2024/25 « Alain z'n Weblog
alain.lafeberhof.nl
February 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Whoepie Whoepie.
Now running Version 1.32.1 of K8s on the "Meterkast" Cluster. Updated using YOLO-Ops. K8s From scratch, the hard way.
February 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
On 3 Feb I'll be presenting my experiences running a #K8s cluster "in de meterkast" at of the tenth edition of #cfgmgmtcamp.
This is not the first time i'm doing this talk, so my feelings about presenting changed from "Can I do this?" to "Can I still do this?". cfgmgmtcamp.org/ghent2025/
CfgMgmtCamp
cfgmgmtcamp.org
January 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I didn't know I was taking part in a raffle when I did the SimOps certification, imagine my surprise when I found out I was a winner. And if you didn't do the HPC certification yet, I can recommend it as it is a good Introduction to HPC.
January 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Negende Zondagavond Marathon 2024/2025 alain.lafeberhof.nl?p=5518
Negende Zondagavond Marathon 2024/2025 « Alain z'n Weblog
alain.lafeberhof.nl
December 30, 2024 at 11:00 AM
ʞsɐƆ ɹǝʇɹɐnQ ƃᴉɐoɹɥdɐ˥ :llᴉʞ ǝlʇʇoq
December 27, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Whisky time
December 25, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Whoop, Whoop.
Now running Version 1.32.0 of K8s on the "Meterkast" Cluster. Updated using YOLO-Ops. K8s From scratch, the hard way.
December 22, 2024 at 3:51 PM
6-Banentoernooi Utrecht Masters 2024/2025 #1 alain.lafeberhof.nl?p=5514
6-Banentoernooi Utrecht Masters 2024/2025 #1 « Alain z'n Weblog
alain.lafeberhof.nl
December 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM
First in a life-time: Running MicroPython on RISC-V of the Raspberry PI Pico 2W:
>>> print(platform.platform())
MicroPython-1.24.1-riscv--with-newlib4.3.0
>>>
www.raspberrypi.com/products/ras...
#micropyhton #RISC-V #PI-Pico-2W
Buy a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 – Raspberry Pi
The next big tiny thing. Our next-generation microcontroller board, built using RP2350.
www.raspberrypi.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Reposted by Alain van Hoof
Fri 13 Dec’24 at 14:00 CET we are organising an introductory webinar on EasyBuild, together with EPICURE.

epicure-hpc.eu/2024/11/29/w...

Free to attend, but registration is required.

Learn about basic usage, building on top of EESSI with EasyBuild, and get a sneak preview of EasyBuild 5.0 !

#HPC
Webinar: Building Software With Ease: an Introduction to EasyBuild – EPICURE
epicure-hpc.eu
December 5, 2024 at 6:42 AM