I realized that using a project management framework is not an option for me. Usually, I adapt how my current company works, but this may not be a good choice if you already have a so-called working system. I like the idea of what I call scrumban. It is a mixture of Scrum and Kanban. In this framework, I have: a backlog a prioritized list of the current sprint activities daily standups the in-progress queues should only contain 2-4 active items that I’m working on if something important lands on my desk, I can add the todo to my current tasks. if I have done everything in the “sprint”, I can pick anything from my backlog And eventually, I have an opportunity to reevaluate my working habits. When I showed my Obsidian Kanban board to my spouse, she said: “This is great! But it would be better if I could also add some tasks to you.” You know, like cleaning, going to the grocery, fixing this, anything like these. ...

I’ve just moved my personal site from Ghost.io to a Hugo generated static site. It was a challenge that I would cover in more detail in the future. But now I want to test my workflow and a little mistake I made… again. Why a static site? I use Markdown almost every day, and Hugo can generate a decent-looking site from it. Why should I build upon it? What was the issue? When I moved my site to GitHub with Netlify I was wondering if my GitHub action, which reads RSS feeds from my blog still working. Well, obviously, it was not working because the feed URL changed, but after I updated the URL, the links were not correct. ...

I always had trouble finding time or content for a blog post. But in reality, my main blockers were: What should I write about? Yeh, I know. I’m reading a lot, and I’m interested in many areas of cyber security, DevOps, Go development, and software development in general. I’m still not satisfied with my language skills. Is what I’m trying to say correct? Am I blocked by a contract saying that what you are trying to say is confidential? And also it’s a secret business know-how. But my notes about tools, techniques, and books are almost available for free, or with a personal subscription. Maybe I need to change how I’m learning. So in the last couple of months, I have implemented a workflow that allows me to focus on collecting and sorting my knowledge base. And this blog post is a result of this effort. ...

It’s been quite a long time since I published anything. One of the reasons is I’ve lost my spark. I had a lot of topics and experience in cyber security, but I have lost the source where I could find up-to-date information about the trending attacks. So I’ve decided to get more experience with Kubernetes and with Go development because I wanted to create my own little SIEM/SOC/Malware lab servers. Still, most of the time, I was on the client side, where I needed to collect logs, analyze malware and find out where and how they got through on the IDS/IPS. ...

It’s been a while since I created something worthwhile. In the past few months, I’ve learned Go and the next possible jump is to start learning Kubernetes. In the future, I will probably create my own Pi Supercluster, something like I saw in NetworkChuck’s video, but for now, I will stay with Minikube. I’m currently using Windows and am a big fan of VirtualBox and Vagrant. This is why I don’t really like the idea of messing with my virtualization till now. ...

In my previous post, I’ve installed minikube and Kubernetes CLI on my laptop and used VirtualBox as a virtualization driver. But I had to find out that it can sometimes hang on startup, and it can take a lot of time to make it work again. If you worked with VirtualBox as long as I did, you’re probably familiar with Hyper-v and VirtualBox not liking each other. Fortunately, VirtualBox has supported hyper-v since version 6.0. So today, I’m going to give it a try. ...

It’s been a while since I’m home and without a nine-to-five job or a project that can consume my energy in a good way. I always say that I’m an entrepreneur but right now I’m not feeling that I could handle any contracts. And now I don’t want to trade my time for money. And here comes the question. Then, what should I focus on? Making contact with others is not for me because I’m an introverted person. I love helping people but I get exhausted very quickly doing so. Then what are my options then? I could make tutorials on some knowledge-sharing sites. But to get a decent revenue I must skip speaking in Hungarian and start using my rusted English knowledge. ...

I have recently quit my job as a developer because I felt overwhelmed. This pandemic made us isolated and everybody tried to reach me whenever they could. This includes my family, my former colleges, customer, and guys from to support. My job was exciting. Protect the internet and save the servers. It always had room for new things to learn and overcome challenges. But it also was stressful. With one faulty release I could potentially break hundreds of servers and by that thousands of websites could go down. ...