Some containers are big and with a good enough reason to be big. Reliably reducing their size isn’t difficult or complicated. Big images can be secure, too. Let’s unpack the relationship between...

Working with teams along their container adoption journey, I have a lot of conversations about “container size insecurity” from engineers comparing their new infrastructure to … anything, really. ...

One of the most misunderstood parts of software supply chain security is the difference between signing and attesting. It’s both getting more attention lately and with it, a lot more vendor FUD. ...

Let’s chat about that AI recorder in job interviews. Since I’ve been asked a few times about it on interviews, it can’t be that common yet. I’ve been using it a lot while in the hiring loop for v...

When I’d started out building images for actions-runner-controller, I’d only built them for amd64. This was fine until I got a new job working with folks on ARM instead. I still use this project ...

This is post #75 - meaning I’ve written 42 posts this year! 🥂 A fantastic year ✨ The past year had a ton of exciting things going on, led first and foremost by starting a shiny new job! Despite ...

People don’t quit bad jobs, they quit bad managers. – some person on the internet (probably) I really like my job. I get to spend perhaps an hour with someone before they’ll receive the abili...

How long do cows live? The best communication lesson I’ve learned makes me a better human every day, told as an ancient Greek tragedy. 🐄 🎭 👋🏻 Hi, I’m Natalie. I currently work as a solutions en...

While waiting for my delayed flight, I figured it would be fun to dive into a new project to pass the time. After connecting to the airport WiFi, I tried cloning the public repository. That’s whe...

A grimoire is a book of spells - a collection of snippets found on StackOverflow or got Slack’d by a coworker that got me out of a jam. There’s a decent chance it can’t be found again. This is w...