Kevin N.
noel-kevin.be
Kevin N.
@noel-kevin.be
Dev, K8s, Infra, SRE, Golang, ex-Java
@kevinnoel_be@fosstodon.org
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Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.

Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.

Just fuck you. Fuck you all.

I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Boris is still at it and still gets it. Logging properly is on you and rn your: loggingsucks.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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What we are working on right now: blog.exe.dev/meet-exe.dev

We all need more virtual machines. We keep building software to work around the fact that VM infrastructure is clunky. Let's have good VM infrastructure instead.
December 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"

Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/

#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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They Cry, le prochain tome de la Compagnie Noire, dévoile sa couverture et son synopsis. Sortie comme prévu en novembre 2026.

torpublishinggroup.com/they-cry/?is...
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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TL;DR

Middle management is hard. Caring is required, but the kind of care you provide matters.
Ashley Willis
The other day I texted my group chat with other leaders outside my organization. The ones I go to when the leadership stuff gets messy and I need perspective fr...
ashley.dev
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Now that Kubernetes has been extended into a general use platform and matured to a point that the API and cost of change is enormous, yet basic things don’t come out of the box and the default security posture is disappointing…

Is it really the best option for any use case any more?
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Encore un duel très disputé !
Si ça vous dit de discuter de Frieren ou Hazbin Hotel sur le forum, c'est par ici :

www.forum-elbakin.net/viewtopic.ph...

forum-elbakin.net/viewtopic.ph...
Pas de répit le samedi dans le Tournoi 2025 ! ⚔️

👉 www.elbakin.net/vote/185
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Cloudflare down worldwild including API and most apps and Cloudflare hosted sites returning HTTP/500 status. Even their own status site is broken right now.
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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“Go’s Sweet 16” by Austin Clements, for the Go team — https://go.dev/blog/16years

#golang
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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‼️Helm v4.0.0 is now officially live! github.com/helm/helm/re... ‼️

New updates include:

🎉 plugin system that supports WASM based plugins

🎉 Server side apply support

🎉 & LOTS more

Go check it out! & if you’re around at #KubeCon, come chat about it at the Helm booth!
Release Helm v4.0.0 · helm/helm
The Helm Team is proud to announce the first stable release of Helm 4. New Features Helm 4 has numerous new features, but a few deserve highlighting here: Redesigned plugin system that supports We...
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Side projects, blog, podcasting is hard with 2 small kids, but I eventually managed to find time for a blog! (PS: I had to switch to 5am routine 🙈)

Wrote some words about #lazygit OSS tool and what we can learn from its UX. Enjoy! 🤗

bwplotka.dev/2025/lazygit/
The (lazy) Git UI You Didn't Know You Need
When my son was born last April, I had ambitious learning plans for the upcoming 5w paternity leave. As you can imagine, with two kids, life quickly verified this plan 🙃. I did eventually start some p...
bwplotka.dev
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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SARCASM : un robot railleur qui résout les Rubik’s Cube
SARCASM est un formidable projet complètement documenté qui nous montre comment résoudre un Rubik's Cube avec un robot..
buff.ly/qOrEOmA #diy
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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🎊 Go 1.25.4 and 1.24.10 are released!

📡 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/tVVHm9gnwl8/m/-oTvYIjCAQAJ

🗃 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.4

#golang
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I don't post so often, these days, but this made my day.

Versioned rollback is finally a thing in k8s.

cloud.google.com/blog/product...
Kubernetes gets minor version rollback | Google Cloud Blog
In the event of an error when upgrading a Kubernetes cluster, a new minor version rollback feature lets you revert to a known-good state.
cloud.google.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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📣 OTel Unplugged is headed to Brussels in February 2026!

A full day of in-person conversation and collaboration! Unconference sessions only—no organized talks. We’ll shape the next chapter of the #OpenTelemetry roadmap. Details on registration and sponsorship in our latest blog.

buff.ly/vC9kqtZ
OTel Unplugged EU at FOSDEM 2026
OpenTelemetry is coming to FOSDEM! When we put out our community survey, you requested more meetups and we have heard you! We’re happy to announce that we are bringing back OTel Unplugged, the…
opentelemetry.io
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Rendez-vous lundi midi pour le premier duel de notre édition 2025 ! ⚔️ #VendrediLecture
Le Tournoi 2025 débute lundi 6 octobre !
Découvrez tous les matches du premier tour... On vous en parle depuis quelque temps dans la foulée de notre 25eme anniversaire... Le Tournoi prépare donc son gr...
www.elbakin.net
October 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Spent a couple evenings reverse engineering how Gerrit auth works, concluded it's OAuth2, started building a proxy to replace the long-lived ~/.gitcookies file...

Then found github.com/hickford/git... which works beautifully out of the box. Oh well.
GitHub - hickford/git-credential-oauth: A Git credential helper that securely authenticates to GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket using OAuth.
A Git credential helper that securely authenticates to GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket using OAuth. - hickford/git-credential-oauth
github.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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“Flight Recorder in Go 1.25” by Carlos Amedee and Michael Knyszek — https://go.dev/blog/flight-recorder

#golang
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I recently spoke at GopherCon UK 2025 about the hidden power of #Go’s `-toolexec` flag. How it can turn every `go build` into a programmable pipeline for things like error-handling enforcement and observability hooks. Here’s the recording:
Unleashing the Go Toolchain - Kemal Akkoyun
The -toolexec flag hides a super-power in the Go toolchain: it lets you turn every go build into a programmable pipeline. In this session we’ll reveal how a simple wrapper command can inject custom…
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Ironic: Gartner had my post ridiculing Gartner removed. The one that shared Gartner's Magic Quadrant about AI Code Assistants, which does not include Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and ranks Amazon above Cursor.

This one: github.blog/ai-and-ml/gi...

Are they embarrassed to share their Magic Quadrant?
September 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM