Writing
Notes on building and running infrastructure. Each piece describes a system I operate or a problem I solved. Technical deep dives are linked where the implementation detail warrants it.
Why I’m Getting the CKA
Why Kubernetes matters, why the CKA certification is worth pursuing, and what running a production K3s cluster with 14 services teaches you that tutorials cannot. A case for hands-on certification in the age of container orchestration.
ACE vs CAEC: Two Paths to Ontario High School Equivalency
Comparing Ontario's two adult high school equivalency credentials: the free, course-based ACE Certificate at Fanshawe and the $100 test-based CAEC at TVO ILC. Why running both in parallel is the strongest strategy for adult learners building toward OSAP-funded post-secondary education.
Indexed Code Search for Gitea with MeiliSearch and MCP
Replacing sequential grep with sub-50ms indexed search across 38 Gitea repos. A Go indexer feeds MeiliSearch, exposed as an MCP tool for LLM agents. The effective searchable knowledge base grew from 4K lines to 993 documents while reducing always-loaded context by 18%.
Technical Writing
Implementation detail, reference material, and deep dives. These are longer and more specific than the posts above — written for someone who wants to understand or reproduce the system, or for an LLM agent retrieving context.
First deep dives coming soon.