Category: DevOps
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Kubernetes Production Setup: Am I in the 8%? My February Check-In on 2026 Goals
In December, I wrote about how 92% of people abandon their New Year goals by February. This post is my own accountability check: I set a 2026 goal to ship a production-grade Kubernetes setup by the end of Q1, and I’m a bit behind but still on track for March. If you set a similar…
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Stop the 92% Failure Rate: Your 2026 New Year’s Resolution Playbook
It’s a statistic that haunts the beginning of every year: According to a sobering study by two American professors, J. C. Norcross and D. J. Vangarelli of the Department of Psychology at the University of Scranton, Pennsylvania, a massive 92% of people fail to achieve their New Year’s goals by February. This isn’t a failure…
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Nixing the X-Powered-By: A Web Header Hide-and-Seek Adventure
HTTP response headers are integral to ensuring secure communication between clients and servers on the web. Headers like Content Security Policy (CSP), X-Content-Type-Options, and Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) are essential for enforcing security protocols. However, one header, in particular, raises questions in modern web development: the “X-Powered-By” header. The inclusion of the “X-Powered-By” header in HTTP responses…