Build, don’t stackPublished on February 9, 2026Idempotence in math means f(f(x)) = f(x). In infrastructure and automation we mean “safe to run again.” That gap leads to some surprising truths.
Look ma, no secrets managerPublished on January 20, 2026There’s a moment in too many infrastructure projects where your deploy is blocked on one question: where do the secrets live? This post covers SOPS + age: encrypting secrets directly in git without needing a secrets manager. No servers, no cloud KMS accounts, no chicken-and-egg problem.
