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Hosting Kubernetes in Canada: Sovereign Infrastructure and Self-managed Clusters

August 26, 2026

Managing Eks Access at Scale with Centralized Identity and Short-lived Credentials

August 23, 2026

Single-node K3s: Production-grade Homelab Foundation

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Running Gitea Actions Without Docker on Kubernetes

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Migrating Kubernetes Workloads: Tools and Tradeoffs for Cluster, Storage, and Dependencies

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Hosting Kubernetes in Canada: Sovereign Infrastructure and Self-managed Clusters

For Canadian Kubernetes hosting, OVH's Quebec data center offers a sovereign.

August 26, 2026 JR

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For Canadian Kubernetes hosting, OVH’s Quebec data center offers a sovereign, cost-effective option with self-managed clusters on bare metal or VPS, balancing control and operational overhead.

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Managing Eks Access at Scale with Centralized Identity and Short-lived Credentials

Large organizations centralize EKS access using IAM federation, RBAC.

August 23, 2026 JR

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Large organizations centralize EKS access using IAM federation, RBAC, and short-lived credentials to enforce least privilege and audit compliance.

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Single-node K3s: Production-grade Homelab Foundation

Single-node K3s is a pragmatic choice for homelabs and lightweight production workloads.

August 22, 2026 JR

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Single-node K3s is a pragmatic choice for homelabs and lightweight production workloads, offering Kubernetes compatibility without the overhead of multi-node clusters.

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Running Gitea Actions Without Docker on Kubernetes

Use containerd directly with kaniko for building images and avoid DIND complexities.

August 20, 2026 JR

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Use containerd directly with kaniko for building images and avoid DIND complexities.

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Migrating Kubernetes Workloads: Tools and Tradeoffs for Cluster, Storage, and Dependencies

Use Velero for cluster state, Kube-state-metrics for workloads, and Rook/Ceph for storage.

August 19, 2026 JR

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Use Velero for cluster state, Kube-state-metrics for workloads, and Rook/Ceph for storage, but expect manual steps for dependencies and validation.

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Hosting Kubernetes in Canada: Sovereign Infrastructure and Self-managed Clusters

August 26, 2026

Managing Eks Access at Scale with Centralized Identity and Short-lived Credentials

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Single-node K3s: Production-grade Homelab Foundation

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Running Gitea Actions Without Docker on Kubernetes

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Migrating Kubernetes Workloads: Tools and Tradeoffs for Cluster, Storage, and Dependencies

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