Hi,

today was both the unluckiest and luckiest day that I have memory of. Let me explain why.

This afternoon I had to present a demo of what I have been working on for my internship. Both a researcher from a company and my professor were present, It was the opportunity to show my work to my supervisors so It was a big moment.

In the morning I went to university to follow lessons, then went back home and started preparing some slides. I setup the the local kubernetes cluster and the operator, everything was compiled, everything was working. Suddenly my laptop turns off, with no sign of life, 30 minutes before the presentation.

Yes, this happened. All my development setup, the cluster, how could I demo the program without a computer? You don't.

After 0.3 nanoseconds I booted up my desktop PC and began downloading all the dependencies, cloning all my repositories, logging in on all my accounts and finishing my slides. I had at least 4 terminals all running different things in parallel, and I was switching between them faster than I have ever done. I downloaded Kind and go, setup the local cluster, deployed the operator and tested it. And somehow… everything worked! The internet connection, the fedora package manager, all the dependencies were working well without additional troubleshooting, the local cluster was online and ready, and my application was working as expected (obviously). I finished installing the last dependency the moment I joined the zoom call, that was incredibly close.

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