Star maker by Olaf Stapledon

Very good!  Dated by the cosmology understanding of the time (100 years ago) but it stands up nonetheless.  4/5 stars.  Deserves all the accolades it gets.

The Annals of the Heechee by Frederik Pohl

Really good, 5/5 stars.  I shall read the earlier stories.

Heechee Chronicles by Frederik Pohl

Fantastic, 5/5 stars.  Now I must go back and read the first three.

Kotlin domain specific language (DSL) instead of YAML

This codetalk video by Fedor Korotkov is another alternative to copy/pasting large YAML files.  Here, Fedor shows how to use kotlin instead of bash, javascript, or go.

Too much copy/pasted YAML

Daniele Polencic tells us how and why we should use templating tools like yq and kustomize to template our YAML with real code instead of trying to shoehorn our kubernetes configurations into Helm charts.  We are still in early days of abstracting, factoring, and choosing dynamic configuration policies for kubernetes.  Therefore picking and using one or another of the templating and customization frameworks is your own decision.  Use the tools and programming language you prefer but stop copy/pasting!

Amazon's passion for operational excellence

Adrian Hornsby, an Amazon architecture evangelist (whatever that means)  is writing a long, three-part blog post espousing his views on operational excellence.  He does not touch on architecture principles or design for operability such as recovery-orientation or redundancy but he does have some good insights into high-level policies and tools for operations.

shadow org chart (graph) of influencers in an organization

This fascinating blog entry by the CEO of Carta is worth sharing.  He noted, "I am the CEO and did not make the top 10."  The presentation of all results is even more fascinating.

Galaxy's Edge 2: Galactic Outlaws by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach

Interesting turn of events in this great story line. 4/5 stars.

Galaxy's Edge: Attack of Shadows by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach

Non-stop close-quarters combat, 4/5 stars.  Fun.  I don't like the mechs or telekinesis. And the science (celestial mechanics) is crap.

The Meeting by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth

Catching up on the collected works of Frederik Pohl, and this one was ok, 3/5 stars.