Good afternoon Crafters! Last week @Pragalva Sapkota showed exactly what happens when you use KubeQuest the way it’s meant to be used. You can check his post here He set three clear goals, stayed focused, and made more progress in one week than he normally would in a month 🌟 This is the power of direction and consistency. Thanks for the example and commitment, @Pragalva Sapkota . This is the standard we are trying to build here 🙌 ⚔️ 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 New week. New chances. New progress. We keep it simple 👇 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟭: 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆) Post your 1–3 DevOps goals for the week in the comments under this post 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟮: 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗪𝗶𝗻 (𝗙𝗿𝗶/𝗦𝘂𝗻) Before the week ends, reply to your own comment with your status update and your biggest win Whether you completed every goal or not, accountability is what matters 🗓️ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Weeks run from Monday to Sunday 👉 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: See the example below. Each week we'll create a fresh new post to keep the momentum going 🏆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗻: Each week we select a member who submitted both their goals and their update. They will receive a shoutout in the community 🌟 Use this week to connect, build, and help others. Post your goals today, then return on Saturday or Sunday to share your proof 🔥 Good luck this week!!

On track with my goals for this week 🚀 To anyone who's not following the email notifications, this course has been really helpful. I just wanted to point out one of the initial hurdles that I had when installing rancher desktop on my old thinkpad running archlinux: check if you have virtualization enabled - lscpu | grep Virtualization If you don't see an output, you have to reboot and enable it from the UEFI menu. Once that is done, start the computer and check again. My computer had the following output: Virtualization: VT-x - lsmod | grep kvm kvm_intel kvm That was the hardest part to figure out. Everything else has been smooth sail. Happy learning!

Hello friends, I've been posting a lot about Kubernetes recently. For example in this previous newsletter, I explained how it is the path to a $171K remote job (on average) and how it can lead to a life of complete independence as a freelancer and business owner. I've gotten extremely positive feedback on these posts. But I also received a lot of questions. The main one being: how do I start? How do I begin learning Kubernetes? ​ To address this question, I decided to build a free course that will help people get started on their Kubernetes journey. It's called the 7-Day Kubernetes Quickstart. And because you are a valued member of the KubeCraft newsletter, I'm giving you early access before anyone else. You can claim your free course here: >> CLICK HERE << Just use the same email that you received this mail on. ​ Enjoy your free course, and see you next week! Mischa

One of the questions I get often is: so I built my home lab. What do I do with it? And it’s one of my favorite questions to answer. Every week I host several live Q&A calls in KubeCraft. And this question comes up regularly. During these mentorship sessions, I teach my students a process that you won't find anywhere else. So instead of just giving you a list of apps to run, I’ll share my whole thought process so you can decide for yourself. I think that will serve you better than a list of apps. ​ But before we jump in, I should let you know that I'm only accepting 10 new students in December. If you want to get direct mentorship from me, CLICK HERE to claim your spot. I'll help you land a remote, 6-figure DevOps job so you can live the life of your dreams. ​ What is a home lab anyway? First of all, let’s think about what a home lab is. One big misconception people have is that home labs need to be big server racks with thousands of dollars of equipment. They think you need to run 5 node Kubernetes clusters before you can even call it a home lab. This is completely false. My home lab started with a ThinkPad T430. An old laptop that was gathering dust in a closet. I installed Linux on there, and ran Linkding in a Docker container. I was so proud. I had my own little application that I could run. I was self-hosting. And it all started from there. ​ Solve Problems You Already Have When I get the question, “what should I run?”, my first reaction is always to solve problems you already have in your life. The reason why I ended up self-hosting Linkding was because I was switching browsers so often. I would sometimes have three different browsers running. One on my phone, one on my laptop, and one on my main workstation. I needed a place to store my bookmarks that was independent of the browser. And after using Raindrop for a while, I somehow discovered Linkding. I’ve been using it for over 3 years now.

After watching @Mischa van den Burg newest video about Windows, I'm honestly thinking about reaching out to friends and family to offer to install Linux for them 😄 Everybody wins, right? Well, except Windows 🤦‍♀️ More practice for me 😁 Should I ask around? 👇