K8s and limits

On K8s, for every pod you can define how much memory and CPU the pod needs. To make things "simpler", K8s define two set of values: requests and limits, both for CPU and memory. After some trouble on GCP, I was forced to dig a bit in the subject.

Latency numers every programmer should know

Aug 23, 2023 · 2 min read

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Latency numers every programmer should know

Modern computer are very very very fast. C/64 was about 1Mhz and you can hangs it just throwing a 10.000 cycle in interpreted BASIC v2 language.

Programming is being crystal clear

Aug 14, 2023 · 1 min read

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August throughts

Programming is like writing.

Code must be easy to read, and understand. For this reason I do not like very much technologies like:

Pesky Italian Meetings HOWTO

Jun 14, 2023 · 1 min read

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I will admit it right now: I like to small talk, even at work.

Mini Server @ Home

May 23, 2023 · 3 min read

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I the last years I decided to put a stop on my RasperryPI2 and have a mini pc always on.

It is a very slow centrino with 2 CPU threads and 8Gb of RAM, a huble micro SATA SSD and works great with Debian Linux. I use it as a benchmark to understand if a project is worth studying: if the CPU Load stay low, the code is very well written.