Today I learned takeout.google.com provides a simple way to export all your Google data. For example, Google Photos. Time to get rid of the "Your account is 2% full message"
Urs Baumann
@urs.infrastructureascode.ch
Network Automation; Infrastructure as Code; Open source; https://infrastructureascode.ch/ https://ubaumann.ch/
My Network Automagic podcast is live! Check it out: networkautomagic.net/podcast/na007/
NA007 - Deep Dive on Pulumi with Scott Lowe
Scott Lowe joins to explore Pulumi as an infrastructure-as-code tool, the IaC competitive landscape, and why network automation is fundamentally harde...
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Cake slices weighing less than 300 grams are considered cookies
Last Thursday, the second CHNUG (Swiss Network User Group) meetup was a wrap! 🚀 Somehow, I ended up taking the lead on the low-cost recording setup. 🎙️ 📅 Save the date: CHNUG #3 is happening on May 28th, 2026, at Nokia Zurich. Check out the recordings and slides here: chnug.ch/chnug002/
Finally started redesigning/updating my personal webpage: ubaumann.ch
Urs Baumann
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DCD was a pleasant experience and unfolded a new world of "how to build your own datacenter" from a physical location perspective. Saw some interesting cooling systems. I will never use this knowledge. 🤣
API first for first-semester students in the Network Foundation module commencing next month.
It's a strange feeling if the CI/CD runs without any failures when migrating a Python project from Poetry to UV. Not sure it can really be that smooth. 🤔 github.com/Infrastructu...
Migrate from poetry to uv by ubaumann · Pull Request #43 · InfrastructureAsCode-ch/nettowel
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Network Slicing + Two Pizza Teams = Double-stuffed RJ45 Ports #networking: 🌐 AWS NAT Gateway interactive blog 🗺️ D2 to visualise networks 🎓 k8s for Network Engineers 🤔 Is Cisco NDFC really ACI? 🐍 BGP on ceEOS with Python 🤘 fck-nat for AWS VPCs 💀 Knowledge work is dying reloadin.net/p/two-pizza-...
Two Pizza Team Tuesdays
We're only paying on Two-for-Tuesday deal days
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I finally published a new blog post on creating network topologies using the D2 diagramming language! If you're familiar with GraphViz or Mermaid, it's worth exploring what D2 has to offer, including modern syntax, icons, interactivity, and more. infrastructureascode.ch/d2-network-t...
Creating Network Topologies with D2 - Infrastructure as Code
This blog post explores how to create network topologies using D2, a modern and powerful diagramming tool. It highlights key features such as grouping, labeling, interactivity, and layout options to h...
infrastructureascode.ch
The moment you execute a command and expect it to fail, but it just works. And now, you need to verify if it worked.
What a cool project. GitOps for Infrahub Artefacts. The operator allows deploying any CRD on a k8s cluster, obeying all 4 OpenGitOps principles. github.com/infrahub-ope...
GitHub - infrahub-operator/vidra: A continuous delivery Kubernetes operator for Infrahub
A continuous delivery Kubernetes operator for Infrahub - infrahub-operator/vidra
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#autocon3 is starting strong with 2 days of workshops @infrastructureascode.ch and @steinzi.bsky.social running the show to teach everyone how to use NUTS and Pytest
Convert your MkDocs repo into a MCP server providing the markdown files as resources github.com/ubaumann/mkd...
GitHub - ubaumann/mkdocs-mcp: MkDocs Plugin to serve MCP
MkDocs Plugin to serve MCP. Contribute to ubaumann/mkdocs-mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Have you ever tried building a Terraform provider for a dynamic schema? @marcom4rtinez.bsky.social did! Marco created a strategy to generate tailored Terraform providers for dynamic Infrahub schemas, detailing the build and usage process in two blog posts. infrastructureascode.ch/author/mmart...
Ever wanted to provide containerlab as a service to your team? Two students are doing great work with antimony, providing a modern frontend and backend to integrate with containerlab and clabernetes.
A new podcast was just published on Network Automagic. Steinz, Marco and I are discussing the Network Unit Testing System (NUTS). networkautomagic.net/podcast/na003/
NA003 - NUTS with Marco Martinez
NUTS the Network Unified Test System with Marco Martinez and Urs
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The feeling when the lab finally works after you realise you forgot the "vxlan encapsulation ipv6" command.
I don't want to know how much energy was used to train a model capable of "painting" me so well.
It's funny to see Cisco teaching on Cisco U. how important it is to mitigate vendor lock-in regarding AI stacks.
Ingress is dead, long live....Gateway API Luckily there is a community written tool to make the transition seamless. Find out how to use ingress2gateway in this blog from Christine Kim
Fast-Tracking Your Migration From Ingress to Gateway API
Struggling with Kubernetes Ingress limitations? Discover how to easily migrate to Cilium’s Gateway API implementation.
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The University GitLab service announced a 64-hour maintenance window. I'm not sure how I should feel about it.