Promtail is (was) the lightweight log collector solution that sends the log over the HTTP to the remote backend. This remote backend is normally Loki but you can choose to send the logs to VictoriaLogs as well.
In this blog post, you will see the newer alternative to Promtail, Grafana Alloy. You will see what it is, why it's a good idea to migrate, and the how-to guide to make the jump with least friction.
Preview environment is where you see a live state of your changes from your pull request before being merged into the default branch. It gives you a look'n feel of what it would be like if you merged your changes.
Kubernetes on the other hand, is what powers the production setups. But that's not all it can do for you. I have spun up preview environments in Kubernetes with different technologies in the past.
And in this blog post, I will show you how to achive this using FluxCD Operator.
In the recent few years, I keep seeing people being more aware of their privacy and taking it into their own hands.
More and more solutions are emerging through the community that address the critical part of our society and personal life; privacy!
In this blog post, I will introduce you to Ente, the Google Photos alternative.
You will see the codes required to deploy the server into a Kubernetes setup and host the frontend using GitHub Pages.
Stick around till the end if that's your cup of tea.