I’m Dan, an experienced DevOps engineer with a lifelong passion for technology. Since childhood, I have been deeply immersed in the world of computers, dedicating years to mastering Linux systems before transitioning to cloud infrastructure. I specialize in open-source software, automation, and cost-efficient solutions. I use tools like k9s daily to manage K8s clusters, including local development environments built on k3d, all while optimizing infrastructure to keep costs low. My expertise lies in building scalable, efficient systems tailored to modern infrastructure demands.
I have split my configuration files into separate repositories, allowing users to pick and choose what they want from my setup without having to download my complete .config files. For my daily work, I have configured neovim as an IDE and use tmux for tabs and splits for every terminal. Recently, I switched to fish for my shell.
As a minimal window manager, I use dwm, and my wallpaper collection is also backed up on GitHub. Additionally, I’ve built my own open-source keyboard, tailoring hardware around my development workflow to maximize efficiency and ergonomics.
I started using GitHub as a platform for my blog.
Gentoo and Arch are by far my favorite operating systems.
Gentoo can be installed on a variety of hardware, including ARM, RISC-V, and PowerPC. Portage, Gentoo's package manager, is the greatest package manager out there in my opinion. Being able to set USE flags and build packages exactly how I need them is just awesome! The most important aspect of Gentoo is that it allows you to choose everything, from kernels and init-systems to hardware and tailored software packages.
While Gentoo can be a great experience in a desktop environment, I personally think Arch is the better choice for installing on your notebook or PC. As a power user, I need access to big software repositories like Arch's AUR. I have often found software in the AUR that was not available on Gentoo's GURU, for example. Setting up Arch via archinstall on a new machine or in a virtual environment is also a blissful experience.