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2026 AI sucks.
My previous blog on AI started with me complaining: I cannot take it anymore, ChatGPT is everywhere. Let me rephrase: I cannot take it anymore, AI is everywhere.
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Yet Another Monumentally Long Year in Review: 2025
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AI
2026 AI sucks.
My previous blog on AI started with me complaining: I cannot take it anymore, ChatGPT is everywhere. Let me rephrase: I cannot…
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Personal
Yet Another Monumentally Long Year in Review: 2025
I just wanted the title to spell YAML, fool. Why I write these reviewsWelcome to my usual “year in review” blog. If you’re new…
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Personal
My 2024 wrapped
This is a series at the third episode, at least. My usual odd year-end blog post where I reflect on my year and I’m being public…
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DevRel
RIP DevRel (2010–2024): Why it died — and how to stop killing it
RIP DevRel (2010–2024)Pour one out for Developer Relations, cause it’s about to be gone, for good. Forget everything I did last…
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Cloud Native Rejekts + KubeCon NA 2024
A commentary on Rejekts and KubeCon NA in SLC, written while jet lagged coming back to Europe. Tech talks, new and old tech,…
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Surviving KubeCon: an updated guide (NA 2024 edition)
Another quick blog from my conference survival guide series that could be useful for new KubeCon attendees as KubeCon NA…
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Kubernetes v1.31, Elli: an insider view!
Kubernetes has had a community-driven release lifecycle since forever now and I took part of it as Comms Shadow for v1.31, here’s…
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Community 101
My story with communities and my view about how healthy tech communities should work. Let’s start with the definition of…
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KubeCon + Rejekts + KubeTrain + KCD = ❤
Organizing KubeTrain, attending Cloud Native Rejekts and KubeCon EU, meeting a ton of KCD people in Paris last week, has been an…
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Surviving KubeCon EU 2024 (attendee edition)
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DevRel
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Digging into the role and how blogging helped me becoming one for a Silicon Valley startup.
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My 2023 wrapped
Self-reflection on 2023 and resolutions for 2024
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Community
My experience as KCD organizer
From attendee to organizer: a community story
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Scrum sucks.
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Open Source
Fear and Loathing in Free and Open-Source
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2023 DevOps is terrible.
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Apple pays 4.15% APY on saving accounts?!
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Kubernetes Community Days Experience
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When everything is urgent then nothing is urgent
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I don’t like ChatGPT.
I cannot take it anymore, ChatGPT is everywhere. I must give you my 2 cents on it, even if it is completely uncalled for, or I’m…