SkyLinx

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   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   It's a programming language that looks very similar to Ruby in syntax (if you are familiar with Ruby), but it's compiled, so by switching from Ruby to Crystal for this tool I was able to provide standalone executables which are ea
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   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   Give it a try, looking forward to hearing what you think :) For backups I just use Velero. It can back up any kind of volumes with the Restic integration, and it has been rock solid for years for me. In the past I've used Longhorn, Roo
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   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   That page doesn't mention Crystal. Is the book about Crystal code?
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   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   The standalone executables were the primary reason why I looked to rewrite the tool in something other than Ruby. I actually tried to use a sort of "compiler" for Ruby but the executables were huge, took long to build and had issu
5. 35.▲
   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   Correct. I can't remember the details because I haven't checked this stuff recently but that's the gist of it
6. 36.▲
   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   Definitely. I have been using them for years and I still can't understand how they can offer such a good service at their prices, considering how much the competition charges.
7. 37.▲
   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   Cloud servers with standard shared cores. They perform really well
8. 38.▲
   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   Interesting, I had never come across it in years that I have been a customer!
9. 39.▲
   by SkyLinx 4y ago

   I can give you an example of one cluster than I use for personal stuff: - 3 masters with 3 cores and 4 GB of RAM each - load balancer for the masters (for the Kubernetes API) - 3 workers with faster AMD CPUs and 4 cores/8GB of RAM - ar
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    by SkyLinx 4y ago

    I can test it. What would be the advantage if I use it in my tool instead of Ubuntu? At the end of the day with Kubernetes I don't think it makes much difference which OS you use. I picked Ubuntu because it's standard and servers
11. 41.▲
    by SkyLinx 4y ago

    Just using Crystal as installed with Homebrew and then running `crystal build --release`. Very simple, see the Github Actions workflow in the repository :)
12. 42.▲
    by SkyLinx 4y ago

    Yep. I tested creating a cluster with 5 nodes and it took almost 20 minutes for me with GKE (just from the console, not Terraform).
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    by SkyLinx 4y ago

    Not yet, but I am definitely going to use the language more! For example I want to rewrite a controller I wrote in Ruby that monitors Velero backups and sends me notifications via emails, Slack, or webhooks so I can know when a backup faile
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    by SkyLinx 4y ago

    I don't think there is an API for the dedicated servers AFAIK, only cloud.
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    by SkyLinx 4y ago

    I had never heard of MicroOS before, sounds interesting. Before building this tool I actually used both Terraform and Pulumi. My tool is a ton faster setting things up and only requires a small YAML config file. Would be able to give it a t
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    I rewrote in Crystal my tool to quickly create Kubernetes clusters in Hetzner

    127 points by SkyLinx 4y ago|47 comments
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    $2M total? That's literally pennies for them. LOL
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    Hetzner-k3s v0.5.4 is out with support for multi zonal Kubernetes clusters

    5 points by SkyLinx 5y ago|2 comments
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    I'll check out Neeva, I hadn't heard of this one. Right now I am playing with Whoogle which I have installed on my server. It's pretty good! Google results without the ads and tracking :D
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    DuckDuckGo, StartPage, Kagi, Brave Search and other alternatives search engines

    28 points by SkyLinx 5y ago|20 comments
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    A recruiter is looking for people with 10 years of experience with Kubernetes

    1 points by SkyLinx 5y ago|2 comments
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    Hi! and thanks! My current cluster for www.dynablogger.com costs me just 50 euros per month for 3 masters (cx11, 1core, 2GB each) and 4 worker nodes (cpx21, 3 fast AMD cores, 4GB each), plus 2 load balancers (one for the API server and the
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    Hi! I just finished building a Ruby gem that allows you to create super cheap, production grade Kubernetes clusters in Hetzner cloud very, very quickly. It uses k3s as K8s distribution because it's very lightweight, leaving more resour
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    Show HN: Create HA k3s clusters in Hetzner Cloud in a couple of minutes or less(github.com)

    2 points by SkyLinx 5y ago|3 comments
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    Open source APM/exception tracking that I could self host

    3 points by SkyLinx 5y ago|1 comments
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    Yep I've add that to my list. It's a small and quick change. Thanks! :)
27. 57.▲
    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    Thank you! Looking forward to hearing from you with any feedback you may have. Hope you like it! :)
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    Hi! I totally understand your concern. The export feature is high on my list. It will be possible to export the content both as json and as plain static HTML that can be deployed as is on some static site host. Backups: for the data, I have
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    Thanks! Yeah I think there is space for a simpler alternative without features that many people don't really need. :)
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    by SkyLinx 5y ago

    I dunno. What makes me wonder is, if Hetzner Cloud can offer an excellent service (great performance, very reliable, very good control panel etc) for those prices, try and imagine how much money AWS/GCP/Azure make!!