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beerclue

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  • VMware’s rivals ramp efforts to create alternative stacks

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  • I don't use any GUI... I use terraform in the terminal or via CI/CD. There is an API and also a Terraform provider for Proxmox, and I can use that, together with Ansible and shell scripts to manage VMs, but I was looking for k8s support.

    Again, it works fine for small environments, with a bit of manual work and human intervention, but for larger ones, I need a bit more. I moved away from a few VMs acting as k8s nodes, to k8s as a service (at work).

  • VMware’s rivals ramp efforts to create alternative stacks

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  • I do the same in Proxmox VMs, in my homelab, which is... fine. I was talking more about native support, manageable via an API or something.

    Say I need to increase the number of nodes in my cluster. I spin up a new VM using the template I have, adjust the network configuration, update the packages, add it to the cluster. Oh, maybe I should also do an update on all of them while I'm there, because now the new machine runs a different docker version. I have some Ansible and bash scripts that automates most of this. It works for my homelab.

    At work however, I have a handful of clusters, with dozens of nodes. The method above can become tedious fast and it's prone to human errors. We use external Kubernetes as a service platforms (think DOKS, EKS, etc), who have Terraform providers available. So I open my Terraform config and increase the number of nodes in one of my pre-production clusters from 9 to 11. I also change the version from 1.32 to 1.33. I then push my changes to a new merge request, my Gitlab CI spins up, who calls Atlantis to run a terraform plan, I check the results and ask it to apply. It takes 2 minutes. I would love to see this work with Proxmox.

  • VMware’s rivals ramp efforts to create alternative stacks

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  • Man, I've been living and working in Germany for close to 10 years now. Proxmox is like that 50yo colleague of mine. Hard worker, reliable, really knowledgeable, a treasure trove of info, but he can't be budged. He insists on installing any new VM using the GUI (both Windows and Linux), he avoids learning "new things" like Docker or Kubernetes, and really distrusts "the cloud".

    I will keep using Proxmox, as I have for many years both at work and at home, but we are migrating from a VM (with Docker) setup to Kubernetes. It would have been great for Proxmox to offer some support there, but...

  • why are website language switchers in the current language?

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  • This is Fairphone's website. I'm not that anal about it, doesn't bother me too much, but I did see it on several websites, and I'm just confused...

  • why are website language switchers in the current language?

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  • I'm not saying it should include English, I was just using it for clarification. I think each language / country should be in the native language.

    I only realized the list is a region selector after it was pointed out to me. Maybe this proves my point, I didn't know what the button I pressed was for :) Having the region/country name in the website language does make sense. Language names however...

    Flags do help, but there are none in this example (mobile or desktop version). Sometimes flags can be confused too (Romania, Moldova, Chad).

    I don't have a solution, and I'm not the usual ranter, I mostly post in the cooking community :)

  • why are website language switchers in the current language?

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  • You are right, it is a region switcher. I didn't realize that, maybe because the "change region" button was in a language I didn't know? :)

  • Introducing reitti: a selfhosted alternative to Google Timeline

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  • I see what you mean, interesting. Didn't really look at NixOS as a server os. I personally prefer using multiple compose files (in the process of migrating to k8s). I share resources too, like in your example, I just point to the existing DB instance, not create a new one for each new service.

  • Introducing reitti: a selfhosted alternative to Google Timeline

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  • May I ask what you mean by NixOS support? There's a docker compose you could use in their repo...

  • RETIRED: Readarr - Sonarr for Ebooks Book Manager and Automation

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  • I believe R-- stands for Readarr and G--R-- stands for GoodReads.

  • What brand are these utensils?

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  • Oh damn, they're expensive! Good find indeed!

  • how are my fellow peeps hosting your music collection these days?

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  • Hosted with Jellyfin, for clients I use Symfonium on Android and Feishin on desktop.

  • coconut shrimp curry, jasmine rice, a side of mint raita dip

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  • Dishes on here don't always come with the recipe. I added some info in the post.

  • miso udon, pork belly, shiitake & enoki mushrooms

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  • Thank you! I just pan seared it in its own fat with a bit of salt. I then simmered the broth in the same pan, so I didn't lose the flavor.

  • my 17yo son made crème brûlée 🥲

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  • I don't know the reference 🫣

  • my 17yo son made crème brûlée 🥲

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  • Yes, he even went to the grocery store by bike as I was busy with work! He did ask me to top up his debit card :)

  • my 17yo son made crème brûlée 🥲

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  • Lol, hell no, the kitchen was a hellscape :)) I did delegate to him the next dishwasher load & unload :)

  • miso udon, pork belly, shiitake & enoki mushrooms

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  • Thank you! Not sure what I won yet, but yay! :D

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    What's the real difference between a shell script and Ansible (and which should I use)?

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  • ansible can seem like just a fancy way to run shell scripts with extra syntax, but the real power shows up when you start managing more than one machine or need repeatable, "idempotent" (i love this word) setups. ansible handles state rather than just running commands, so you can describe what you want instead of how to do it step by step. it's also easier to maintain over time, especially if your setup grows or changes. just add that new vm to the inventory list.

    if you're already comfortable with shell scripts and just want to get a few vms going, you could totally get by without ansible. but if you're planning to do this more than once, or want to be able to rebuild things cleanly, it's worth it, imo. it could save you a lot of headaches later on.

    i use it at work, i manage about 40 vms in our pre-production environment with ansible. if i need to install a new package on all, it's one line and one command (ran in a pipeline). if i need to change the settings for unattended-upgrades on the debian machines only, same thing.

    however, our "production" environment is k8s and a handful of external services, and we use terraform to manage all that.

    i guess it all depends on your needs.

  • OpenAI's annualized revenue hits $10 billion, up from $5.5 billion in December 2024

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  • They also have an API, I think a chunk of that revenue comes from there. Think 3rd party apps and services having chat bots, writing assistants, etc that use openai's API.