Mischa van den Burg
Writing about the things I learn in my Cloud Native work: Kubernetes, Azure, Vim, Linux, Coding, Productivity
Recent Posts
- 2026-01-03
How To Fix Framework Desktop PSU Fan Noise
The Framework Desktop is marketed as a silent PC. Mine wasn’t. After setting it up, I noticed an annoying whirring noise coming from the PSU …
2025-12-29What to expect from me in 2026
Sunday, Dec 28 05:30:09 AM CET 2025 2025 has gone by so fast. It was the first year where I had 0 income from being an employee. All of the money …
2025-12-29The Sovereign Craftsman
A Philosophy of Autonomy, Mastery, and Intentional Living Through Technology By Mischa van den Burg — Founder & CTO, KubeCraft Introduction Most …
2025-12-24Reloader: Auto-Restart Pods When ConfigMaps Change
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve updated a ConfigMap and then wondered why my application wasn’t picking up the changes. The …
2025-12-18AI Will Write Your Code, But Only If You Already Could
A post hit the front page of Reddit this week. A developer with nearly a decade of experience claimed he’s completely stopped writing code. Not …
2025-12-17Guido van Rossum Convinced Me: Python Is The Way
Every few months I go through the same mental loop. Should I commit to Go or stick with Python? I’ve been focusing on Python for years now. But …
2025-12-16Why chezmoi add Fails With External Archives
I ran into a confusing error today while trying to update my Neovim colorscheme in chezmoi. chezmoi add ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/colorscheme.lua The …
2025-12-15Zwift Ride is a premium product and I love it
I’ve spent weeks researching indoor cycling setups, weighing smart trainers against dedicated smart bikes, comparing ecosystems and …
2025-12-15Why I'm Starting with a Zwift Ride Instead of a Real Bike
I’ve been putting off adding cycling to my fitness routine for months. This week I finally pulled the trigger — but not on the bike I expected. …
2025-12-15Security Hardening Complete
End-to-end test after security hardening of the blog deployment. Changes implemented: Registry credentials now managed via External Secrets Operator …
2025-12-15Uploading Large Git Repos to Forgejo via NFS
When pushing a large repository with extensive history to my self-hosted Forgejo instance, I kept running into Connection reset by peer errors during …
2025-12-01Running these apps in my homelab made me $600K
One of the questions I get often is: so I built my home lab. What do I do with it? And it’s one of my favorite questions to answer. Every week I …
2025-11-24I'm leaving Arch Linux. Here's why:
After 4 years of daily driving Arch Linux, I’m leaving. You may think I’m leaving because Arch Linux breaks often. Or because it’s unstable. But …
2025-11-17The Unexpected System That Landed Me A $150K DevOps Job
When I was coming up in my career, I spent dozens of hours every week watching video courses about Kubernetes. When someone asked me what a CNI was …
2025-11-10Stop Asking Which Cloud to Learn (Here's How to Decide in 5 Minutes)
“Should I learn AWS or Azure?” I get this question every week. And most people overthink it. Here’s the truth: It doesn’t matter as much as you …
2025-11-03The $200K Skill Everyone Says Is Too Hard (It's Not)
There are two types of engineers: engineers who are learning Kubernetes and those who haven’t read the data. Whenever I post about …
2025-10-27Microsoft Just Abandoned You - Here's Your Revenge Plan
On the 14th of October 2025, Microsoft ended support for Windows 10. It will no longer receive security patches, bug fixes, or technical assistance. …
2025-10-20Everyone tells you to learn AI. The hiring managers want Linux.
Some tech “influencers” will tell you to learn AI to get a tech job. But the best skill to learn to land a tech job in almost any tech …
2025-10-13The system I used to quit drugs works for DevOps too
A student of mine quit his job to go full-time on his DevOps career change. Three weeks later, he was playing video games instead of studying. Here’s …
2025-10-09Tired of having to go into the office? Read this
It’s 1pm as I’m writing this, and I’ve just completed one of my 4-hour focused work blocks. I recorded a few personal videos for …
