Touching the Stars - Becoming a Kubestronaut

I have, for the better part of two and a half years, been studying on and off to become fully certified in Kubernetes. As of this writing, I have completed all of the Kubernetes-related certificates that the Linux Foundation has to offer. I figured I’d take some time to talk about what each test covers briefly, why I decided to go for Kubestronaut, talk about my experience learning the material and applying it to my day job, things that I found great and not so great about the process, and what I want to focus on next in my own research around Kubernetes. ...

December 26, 2025 · 10 min · 1947 words · Modus

GrrCon 2025 Talk!

Your old pal Modus happened to be slotted in for a talk last-minute at GrrCon this year. I intend to write some articles to capture what the talk was about and why it all matters, but the tl;dr is that cost isn’t always a factor when looking to be secure- if you’re willing to put in the elbow grease you can be a lot better off from a risk mitigation perspective than you would have otherwise. ...

September 26, 2025 · 1 min · 117 words · Modus