Mastodawn

Very excited that I'll be speaking at SRECon in Seattle this year! My talk title is "Stop Reading Changelogs: Safer Kubernetes Upgrades with Simulation" (naturally), and I'm speaking on Wednesday March 25 at 11:55.

See the full program here!

https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon26americas/program

#srecon #kubernetes #simkube #devops #simulation

SREcon26 Americas Conference Program

SREcon is a gathering of engineers who care deeply about site reliability, systems engineering, and working with complex distributed systems at scale. SREcon strives to challenge both those new to the profession as well as those who have been involved in it for decades. The conference has a culture of critical thought, deep technical insights, continuous improvement, and innovation.

USENIX

drmorr Dec 8

ACRL's first public postmortem is now available for free subscribers :P

Learn more about how a race condition between cert-manager, the SimKube controller, and a mutating webhook configuration took down our (currently unavailable to the public) SimKube CI runner!

https://blog.appliedcomputing.io/p/postmortem-intermittent-failure-in

#kubernetes #simkube #webhook #cicd #distributedsystems #devops

Postmortem: Intermittent Failure in SimKube CI Runners

On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, while testing changes to ACRL’s SimKube CI Runner, an ACRL employee discovered an intermittent failure in the runner.

Applied Computing Research Labs

drmorr Nov 18

In case you were wondering what I was up to at KubeCon, it was incredibly important content marketing.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZDlQzhAl8zI

Looking forward to seeing you all next year for "Can U Fit In The Kube 2"!!!!

#kubecon #kubernetes #funny #simkube #k8s #fitinthekube

Can U Fit In The Kube? #kubecon #funny #kubernetes #k8s #simkube

YouTube

drmorr Nov 6

KubeCon is next week! Come find me, ask me questions about SimKube, and get a Mr. Squidler sticker!!!

https://youtube.com/shorts/ngsHBkfEoho?feature=share

I have a calendar set up here if you want to book some time: https://cal.com/drmorr/kubecon

Filmed by my Developer Relations Consultant @bizzybits and her partner!

#kubernetes #kubecon #k8s #simkube

Can you fit in the cube? #kubecon #kubernetes #simkube

YouTube

drmorr Oct 29

Mission Impossible XII: Upgrade Kubernetes (spoiler warning: using SimKube makes upgrading easier!)

https://youtube.com/shorts/BW-iYyO_QG8

Want to know more? Come chat with us at KubeCon:

https://cal.com/drmorr/kubecon

#kubernetes #kubecon #simkube

Mission Impossible XII: Upgrade Kubernetes

YouTube

drmorr Oct 22

The Bluth family does Kubernetes. Filmed along with my good friend and amazing engineer, @bizzybits!

https://youtube.com/shorts/KEjFjpHKi2M

Wish your company was less like the Bluth company? Come chat with us at KubeCon to find out how!

https://cal.com/drmorr/kubecon

#kubernetes #k8s #simkube #kubecon #arresteddevelopment #banana

The Bluth family does Kubernetes #k8s #kubecon #programming #kubernetes #simkube #kubecon

YouTube

drmorr Oct 20

"Oh, we doin' video now, huh?"

Learn more about my foray into video editing and why all my videos look like they were made by a 2-year-old trying to fit in with the teens.

https://blog.appliedcomputing.io/p/oh-we-doin-video-now-huh

#simkube #kubernetes #k8s

Oh, we doin' video now, huh?

You may have noticed a couple things about this blog over the past couple years: a) I exclusively write long-form posts that are probably a touch too rambly, with wayyyyy too many footnotes, and b) my last two posts have both been video posts that are thinly-disguised advertisements for SimKube.

Applied Computing Research Labs

drmorr Oct 15

Wake up, babe, new ACRL goofy promo video just dropped!

Ever wondered how you pronounce skctl, or why we have so many ctls in the first place? This video will tell you why.

https://youtu.be/CGkrE0DbH1Y

Come chat with us at KubeCon in Atlanta! https://cal.com/drmorr/kubecon

#kubernetes #k8s #kubecon #simkube