ivan sim
isim.dev
ivan sim
@isim.dev
swe@suse - a bit of storage, a bit of networking, a bit of virtualization. blog.isim.dev
at my kids' martial arts class today, the instructor asked the kids who is allowed to grab them, in the context of getting away from threats... one of the kids replied, "mum"
January 11, 2026 at 1:42 AM
it's the start of the year and i'm trying to impart some wisdom to my kids by encouraging them to hang out with the right crowd: "you become like who you hang out with".

my 8 yo son replied, "this year, i'm only going to hang out with handsome people"
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 PM
why "break glass" when you can just remove the entire wall
September 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
watching my kids play "it takes two" evokes an array of emotions - it's a good game, i'm proud of them, i need a beer
August 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
there are 4 clocks in our living room and they all tell me different times
August 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
anyone else find organizing dishwasher satisfying?
August 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
me while dungeon delving in skyrim: save.. quick save.. quick save.. save.. load.. quick save.. search online.. load...
August 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
kpop demon hunters - that's it! thank you for your attention.
July 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
my son just walked into my office and said, "dad, the worst bad luck in the world is to get a paper cut at a vampire party". how's your day going?
March 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
btw vancouver, i hope you are doing ok after the earlier earthquake
February 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
be right back - i need to write a controller to reconcile your controller's reconciliation
February 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Son and I built these over the Family Day long weekend. The next step is to paint them.
February 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
every time we see a new issue, we hope it's an excuse to write a new controller. why are we like this?
February 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
i am both happy and sad that helm has the `lookup` function so that i can use (read abuse) it to my heart's content
January 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
write this down: use fork, not chopstick, to eat pad thai
January 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
take a look at what i wrote down about k8s validating admission policy - api, code path, examples, metrics: medium.com/@ihcsim/how-...
How It Works — Validating Admission Policy
The Kubernetes validating admission policy provides a mechanism to allow users to add custom validation policies into the Kubernetes…
medium.com
January 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
i just found out about chrome's `thisisunsafe`. now i can't unlearn it.
January 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
github's `add suggestion to batch` is a big time saver
January 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
why is it so hard to find a good thank-you emoji?
January 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the korean fried chicken for dinner was so delicious that it triggered some emotional eating
January 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
castlevania nocturne season2:

"trevor will be proud" - this line hits differently
January 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
ok, how come i didn't know about kubeconform until now? super useful for debugging helm chart: github.com/yannh/kubeco...
GitHub - yannh/kubeconform: A FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources!
A FAST Kubernetes manifests validator, with support for Custom Resources! - yannh/kubeconform
github.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
you see, project maintainers put together an issue template to help you help them help you. so please don't just delete it without reading.
January 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
hey, it's wednesday. if you make it this far, you deserve a cookie 🍪
January 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
the usual suspects
January 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM