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Mac Chaffee's essays on infrastructure, Kubernetes, security, self-hosting, software engineering, and technology's social impact.

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Am I the problem? Interviewing another team to find out. #Tech #SoftwareEngineering #Interviewing
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Aug 7, 2026
Self-hosting on a (knowledge) budget #SelfHosting #Tech #OpenSource
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Sep 1, 2025
Avoid building a security treadmill #Security #Tech #SoftwareEngineering
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Mar 23, 2025
Deno shows us there's a better way #Tech #Software #DevOps
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Feb 28, 2025
Tech and the climate crisis #Technology #Climate #Sustainability
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Feb 25, 2025
The next platform #Tech #Platform #Future
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Dec 2, 2024
Dear friend, you have built a Kubernetes #Kubernetes #DevOps #CloudNative
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Nov 23, 2024
Flouting the Internet Protocols with Tunnels #Networking #Security #Protocols
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Nov 12, 2024
Non-compete clauses won't go away unless we act #Law #Labor #Policy
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Aug 24, 2024
Security in the 2000s #Tech #Security #History
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Jun 19, 2024
DDoS attacks can threaten the independent Internet #CyberSecurity #Networking #Internet
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Jun 15, 2024
Is there room for Docker Compose in a Kubernetes world? #Kubernetes #Docker #DevOps
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Jan 20, 2024
Stop deploying web application firewalls #Security #WebSecurity #Infrastructure
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Nov 11, 2023
Book Review: Security Chaos Engineering #Security #BookReview #ChaosEngineering
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Aug 3, 2023
Obtaining database passwords from a billion-dollar company #Security #Kubernetes #Hacking
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Jun 6, 2023
We've learned nothing from the SolarWinds hack #Security #Cybersecurity #Infosec
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May 21, 2023
Self-attesting to a code of ethics #Ethics #SelfAttestation #Professionalism
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May 20, 2023
Hacking myself to prove a point #Tech #Security #SelfHosting
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Jan 21, 2023
Know your carrying capacity #Productivity #SelfImprovement #WorkLifeBalance
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Oct 8, 2022
Under-documented Kubernetes Security Tips #Kubernetes #Security #DevOps
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Sep 18, 2022
The Fumbled Deprecation of PodSecurityPolicies #Kubernetes #DevOps #Security
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May 8, 2022
Plain Kubernetes Secrets are fine #Kubernetes #DevOps #Security
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Apr 30, 2022
Trust the Maintainers #Tech #OpenSource #Security
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Aug 14, 2021
Please make your advice more specific #Tech #SoftwareEngineering #Advice
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Jul 26, 2020