Tag Archives: Pixpa

02Jul/25

K3s Cluster (Kubernetes)

July 2, 2025DevOps, Docker / KubernetesPixpaSeecoding Technologies

With my Proxmox cluster running I have decided to delve back into Kubernetes in a local cluster. My Proxmox hosts are not super powerful (2 cores each and a mixture of 4GB and 8GB) but that should be enough for a K3s cluster. K3s K3s is lightweight Kubernetes (K8s) built for unattended, remote locations or […]

30Jun/25

Proxmox: Adding A Share

June 30, 2025DevOps, proxmoxPixpaSeecoding Technologies

My little Proxmox cluster is coming into iit’ss own with a few virtual machines (VMs) and containers running across the 2 nodes of the cluster. However, I have been downloading operating system ISOs and container templates (CT) to each node when needed, and backup is currently non-existent. Time to do something about that…. Sharing is […]

28Jun/25

Linux: Creating an NFS Share

June 28, 2025DevOps, LinuxPixpaSeecoding Technologies

Sharing data across multiple computers can be achieved in many different ways, in this blog post I’m going to use an Network File System (NFS) share. Server The server will require nfs-kernel-server installing and at least one share setting up: I’m going to be using the share to share out a basic HTML page via […]

19Jun/25

Personal Update: BCS Essential Certificate in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

June 19, 2025ai, Artificial Intelligence (AI), artificial-intelligence, personal, Personal UpdatePixpaSeecoding Technologies

We are currently in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) summer, with new AI solutions and AI features appearing in various technologies. The popularity and usage of AI is growing which brings both positives (automation, new solutions) and negatives (ethical issues, bias). As I’m using AI in my professional role, and at home for my personal projects […]

18Jun/25

Proxmox Cluster

June 18, 2025DevOps, proxmoxPixpaSeecoding Technologies

A Proxmox cluster allows for High Availability (requires 3 nodes) and resource sharing. In a production data centre it would allow for Virtual Machines (VMs) or containers to move between nodes to help keep production systems running. It is not something I’ve done previously as I only had 1 device running Proxmox. However, I’ve now […]

16Jun/25

Artificial Intelligence: What Are The Asilomar Principles?

June 16, 2025ai, Artificial Intelligence (AI), artificial-intelligencePixpaSeecoding Technologies

Asimov had the three laws in his fictional robots stories to protect humans and robots, but what about in non-fiction? Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI The Asilomar Conference was organised by the Future of Life Institute and took place in January 2017 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds (California), with many researchers, experts and thought leaders […]

14Jun/25

GitHub Codespaces: Creating A Codespace

June 14, 2025DevOps, githubPixpaSeecoding Technologies

I generally use a Raspberry Pi as my home Visual Studio Code server, allowing me to code in a dedicated developer environment. Sometimes though I might be away from home on a device that can’t connect back. So what’s a geek that wants to code to do in those circumstances? GitHub Codespaces GitHub Codespaces provide […]

05Jun/25

Artificial Intelligence: What is the Gorilla Problem?

June 5, 2025ai, Artificial Intelligence (AI), artificial-intelligencePixpaSeecoding Technologies

Professor Stuart Russell used the term “The Gorilla Problem” in his book, “Human Compatible” (Penguin, 2019), to describe how a super intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) could be a threat to humanity. Russell poses the problem “of whether humans can maintain their supremacy and autonomy in a world that includes machines with substantially greater intelligence“. At […]

29May/25

Good Bye Linux Format

May 29, 2025personal, Personal UpdatePixpaSeecoding Technologies

Issue 329, available now (May 2025) in the UK, is the final issue of Linux Format (LXF). The magazine lasted for 25 years and that is an amazing achievement in the modern age of websites delivering information and answers 24/7 – but before “always on connectivity” and broadband speeds it was a little different. It’s […]

27May/25

AI For Good – Book Review

May 27, 2025ai, artificial-intelligence, education, Reviews, technologyPixpaSeecoding Technologies

As part of my ongoing CPD I am learning more about Artificial Intelligence (AI), and as someone who enjoys reading that gave me another reason to read “AI For Good: Applications in Sustainability, Humanitarian Action, and Health“. Published by Wiley in 2024, and edited by Juan M. Lavista Ferrers (PhD, MS) and William B Weeks […]