I am Jakob Blume, a freelance software engineer out of Halle in the middle of Germany. My drive is seeking for solutions of big and small problems and the ability to build literally anything from my laptop. There is nothing more rewarding than solving problems and see people using the solution.
An interactive lab where you attack real Kubernetes pods and observe how component failures affect service availability. Built to explore the limits of horizontal scaling and gain hands-on cluster experience.
Building a kubectl-inspired proxy tool to access AWS Private API Gateways from local development environments, solving the challenge of testing workflows that span both public and private endpoints.
Why simple uptime monitoring beats complex enterprise solutions for side projects. A reflection on finding the right balance between monitoring sophistication and actual needs.
Exploring effective documentation methods in the age of AI agents: contextual code comments, minimal steps to runnable code, and decision logs for both human and AI consumption.
