https://gchiesa.dev/notes Summary oAuth2Proxy is a nice component for Kubernetes that adds an authentication layer, transparently, on top of your workload. https://gchiesa.dev/notes/dealing-with-mrknow-it-all Most of the time I don't involve AI into the question to find a solution for a problem, but on the opposite to get fascinated when it throws some idea that to me is new (not necessarily good one). I then take the chance to investigate, and check if "would that fit my problem?". Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:18:38 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/dealing-with-mrknow-it-all https://gchiesa.dev/notes/dont-keep-your-code-dry Explore the balance between managed duplication and abstraction in engineering. Learn why excessive DRY principles can hinder maintainability and how tools like SKA can simplify boilerplate lifecycle management for infrastructure codebases. Sun, 26 Jan 2025 17:38:00 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/dont-keep-your-code-dry https://gchiesa.dev/notes/ska-or-what-happens-in-4dww In my current company we have a program called 4DWW (4 Days Working Week). It lasts 3 months in the summer, and - as the name suggests - you get in the working week a paid day to do what you want. It was the first time for me, and I have to admit I really enjoy it. Actually this perks was among the decision points that push me to join the company, and I think, in retrospective, it was very successful. Sun, 29 Sep 2024 12:35:52 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/ska-or-what-happens-in-4dww https://gchiesa.dev/notes/data-contracts-terraform-and-kubernetes With this article I'm going to share a pattern I come up with, that I've named "Data Contracts Terraform/Kubernetes". We successfully introduced this pattern and it makes the life easier for Platform Engineers and internal customers of such platform. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 13:30:05 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/data-contracts-terraform-and-kubernetes https://gchiesa.dev/notes/are-we-reinventing-the-cloud The more I'm using Kubernetes the more I'm puzzled about the direction we are going. Kubernetes is an excellent abstraction layer over a pre-existing Wed, 01 May 2024 18:36:15 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/are-we-reinventing-the-cloud https://gchiesa.dev/notes/terraform-at-a-scale A bit of context In the company I’m currently working, we develop a multitude of product with diverse requirements and various technologies. If the “one size fit all” never applies to the reality that is even more true for the landscape of my company that successfully span across 30 years of Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:12:21 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/terraform-at-a-scale https://gchiesa.dev/notes/platform-engineering-challenges-dependencies Dependencies across Developer and Platform teams is a foreseeable challenge you have to take into account when you plan and design a Platform Engineering layer in your company. Sat, 18 Mar 2023 15:24:33 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/platform-engineering-challenges-dependencies https://gchiesa.dev/notes/from-devops-to-platform-engineering Platform Engineering is becoming the new buzzword in our world. At the same time also there are multiple shifts in the tasks for an engineer exposed to production: until a while ago, there was the so called "DevOps engineer", and the role - initially covered by evolved system engineers - was Sun, 05 Feb 2023 16:44:27 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/from-devops-to-platform-engineering https://gchiesa.dev/notes/terraform-modules-preferred-way-for-variables Terraform variables interface with optionalsThe importante of interface and variable files in TerraformFlexible interfaces in Terraform Sun, 24 Mar 2024 11:18:17 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/terraform-modules-preferred-way-for-variables https://gchiesa.dev/notes/terraform-layered-infra-part-1 Current state of the art We all know, Terraform is the current de-facto standard when it comes to describe your infrastructure. Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:29:23 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/terraform-layered-infra-part-1 https://gchiesa.dev/notes/oauth2proxy-azuread-traefik Summary oAuth2Proxy is a nice component for Kubernetes that adds an authentication layer, transparently, on top of your workload. Fri, 30 Dec 2022 14:04:29 GMT https://gchiesa.dev/notes/oauth2proxy-azuread-traefik