Daniel Meier

Infrastructure, Linux, automation, and operational engineering

The Philosophical Dichotomy Between macOS and Linux

In the ongoing discourse surrounding operating systems, macOS and Linux occupy distinct philosophical and practical niches. Linux, with its open-source ethos, exemplifies adaptability and scalability. It operates seamlessly across commodity hardware, supports a diverse array of CPU architectures, and scales up to the formidable demands of supercomputing environments while also scaling down to function efficiently on cost-effective single-board computers (SBCs).

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Go as a Backend for AI Applications: A Performance Case Study

When developing AI applications in Python, leveraging Go for model serving in the backend can offer significant performance advantages. While Python excels in machine learning model development with its vast ecosystem, Go’s efficiency makes it an ideal choice for serving those models in production.

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Simple Load Balancer Tutorial with k3d

In this brief tutorial, we’ll walk through how to deploy a simple load-balanced application using k3d, a lightweight Kubernetes distribution. This guide will help you set up port mappings and create a basic deployment in just a few minutes.

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Why i switched from cd to zoxide

This is a rather short article, but it highlights a small change with a big impact. I will briefly discuss why I switched from ‘cd’ to ‘zoxide’ and why you might want to consider it as well.

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Why I Continue To Advocate For Centos Stream In Production Environments

A few years ago, there was considerable discussion surrounding Red Hat’s transition of CentOS, which, according to insights shared by “industry experts” on platforms such as Reddit, was perceived as a shift towards an unstable development-oriented rolling-release model. It is possible that you encountered similar information and, perhaps, acted upon the advice of professionals who expressed their opinions online.

This narrative reflects the state of CentOS prior to the aforementioned transformation:

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