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Kubernetes cheatsheet for beginners
Ultimate Kubernetes Commands Cheat Sheet: Your K8s Command ReferenceBy Giuseppe Santoro - CKA Certified | Kubernetes SpecialistSkip the documentation maze! After passing my CKA certification and worki...
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What if I tell you that you could use SQL to query the status of your cloud infrastructure?

Today, I would like to introduce you to https://steampipe.io/, a tool I recently added to my arsenal of DevOps power tools.
April 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Unlock the power of Cloud Native Engineering: Expert guides & hands-on learning for Kubernetes, DevOps & tools

- 💻 Kubernetes Essentials
- 📈 Elastic & Observability Fundamentals
- 💡 System Design Principles
- 🤖 DevOps & Tools
- 💻 Programming Fundamentals
April 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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March 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The DuckDB Local UI
DuckDB introduces a local UI starting from version 1.2.1. The UI is a web page served by a HTTP server running on localhost.

Read more: https://duckdb.org/2025/03/12/duckdb-ui.html
March 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The DuckDB Local UI
DuckDB introduces a local UI starting from version 1.2.1. The UI is a web page served by a HTTP server running on localhost.

Read more: duckdb.org/2025/03/12/d...
The DuckDB Local UI
The DuckDB team and MotherDuck are excited to announce the release of a local UI for DuckDB shipped as part of the ui extension.
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March 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
I'm excited to share that I'll be attending KubeCon Europe 2025 in London from April 1-4!

If you'll be there too, drop me a message so we can arrange a time to meet. Looking forward to seeing familiar faces and making new connections!

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March 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Unlock the power of Cloud Native Engineering: Expert guides & hands-on learning for Kubernetes, DevOps & tools

- 💻 Kubernetes Essentials
- 📈 Elastic & Observability Fundamentals
- 💡 System Design Principles
- 🤖 DevOps & Tools
- 💻 Programming Fundamentals
February 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Elevate your #Python practice with Uv, the developer-friendly package manager of modern development workflows 🚀

• The story so far
• UV adopts the industry's best practices
• Why is UV better than other solutions?
• How do I use UV in my development tools?
• Bonus feature: Inline dependencies
February 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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February 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is DeepSeek-R1 a real competitor to ChatGPT?

So far I have only heard that “DeepSeek's approach is restricted to chains-of-thought that can be verified mechanistically, mainly useful for coding and mathematics”

What do you think?
January 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Protect your eyes during your night coding with Dark Reader

By far the best Chrome extension for dark mode.

Key points:
- Eye Care: inverts bright colors, creating high contrast and easy-to-read content.
- Adjust the brightness, contrast, sepia filter, and font settings to suit your preferences.
January 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ditch Zapier and Taplio for Make.com!

Key points:
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January 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I have just published my latest article on Cloud Native Engineer.

Beware this is a non-technical one.

> A Thank You to my 1K Subscribers (And How Being Seen Changed Everything)

> Episode #42: On passing a thousand subscribers and how I "went viral" (at least for my standards).
January 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Take your content creation to the next level with Flux: Unlock better API access, pay-per-use models, and local mode

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- 🏭 Training Custom Models
- 💰 Free vs Paid Models
January 22, 2025 at 10:32 AM
📣 Exciting news! Cloud Native Engineer newsletter is going 100% free in 2025.

Want to support this mission?

Check out my practical Kubernetes Commands Cheat Sheet ($1+) - the reference guide I wish I had when starting with K8s: cloudnativeeng.gumroad.com/l/oziwiz
Kubernetes cheatsheet for beginners
Ultimate Kubernetes Commands Cheat Sheet: Your K8s Command ReferenceBy Giuseppe Santoro - CKA Certified | Kubernetes SpecialistSkip the documentation maze! After passing my CKA certification and worki...
cloudnativeeng.gumroad.com
January 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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January 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Unlock efficient load balancing in Kubernetes with our expert strategies and networking architectures

- 🔒 ClusterIP: Exposing Services Internally
- 🌐 LoadBalancer: Exposing Services in the Cloud
- 🚫 Ingress: A Single Gateway for All Services
- 🚀 Kubernetes Gateway API Overview
January 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
To learn more about Steampipe, head to my newsletter

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January 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Discover the Kubernetes Gateway API, a game-changing project for load balancing and service mesh management.

- Support for North-South (Ingress) traffic
- Support for East-West (Service Mesh) traffic
- Flexible Configuration

Read more at: https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/
December 31, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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December 30, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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December 30, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Unleash the power of HTML parsing with Htmlq, a powerful Rust-based tool for extracting insights from web content!

- 🔍 Command-Line Interface
- 📝 CSS Selectors
- 📚 Installation
- 👩‍💻 Syntax Highlighting
- 📊 Automation Capabilities
December 29, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Unlock the full power of Kubernetes with the simple yet powerful kubectl wait command!

- ⏰ Waiting for Resource Deletion
- ✅ Waiting for a Condition
- 📅 Waiting for a Pod to be Ready
- 🚫 The Case of Services
- ℹ️ Scheduling with initContainers
December 27, 2024 at 10:31 AM
What if I tell you that you could use SQL to query the status of your cloud infrastructure?

Today, I would like to introduce you to Steampipe, a tool I recently added to my arsenal of DevOps power tools.
December 25, 2024 at 10:31 AM