Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.DevOps Enterprise Transformation ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://ekartco.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://ekartco.com/posts/) - [The Myth of Human Superiority in Thinking](https://ekartco.com/2025/06/the-myth-of-human-superiority-in-thinking/) - For centuries, humans have placed their cognitive abilities on a pedestal, treating the human mind as a mystical, sacred engine of thought. With the rise of artificial intelligence, a popular myth persists: that human thinking is inherently better, deeper, or more "real" than machine intelligence. But this belief isn't rooted in logic—it's rooted in legacy - [Migrating Only Apple Mail to a New Mac (Monterey)](https://ekartco.com/2022/05/migrating-only-apple-mail-to-a-new-mac-monterey/) - When you buy a new Mac there is an easy way to migrate all of you data, programs, settings, logins: Just use the Migration Assistant. Most of the times it works magically. You basically end up with a 1:1 system after the migration. Awesome! The downside: you are always carrying old crap with you. Old - [Docker Secrets without Swarm on a Mac](https://ekartco.com/2022/02/docker-secrets-without-swarm-on-a-mac/) - Say you want to use credentials to communicate to a protected API from a Docker container on your local machine. You don't want to put them into your code, of course. On Kubernetes and Docker we have secrets. But we are running locally, not on a Kubernetes cluster and Docker secrets can also only be - [Enter Docker VM on MacOS Catalina (SSH, xhyve)](https://ekartco.com/2019/12/enter-docker-vm-on-macos-catalina-ssh-xhyve/) - EDIT 2022: The best way to enter the Docker VM as of 2022 is to use: docker run -it --rm --privileged --pid=host justincormack/nsenter1 Deprecated: As you might know, Docker containers need a Linux kernel in order to run (for Linux containers that is). So how does this work on a Mac, then, it doesn't have - [Silencing your iMac: Decrease Minimum Fan Speed to 1000rpm](https://ekartco.com/2018/06/silencing-your-imac-decrease-minimum-fan-speed-to-1000rpm/) - NOTE: This guide apparently only works up to Catalina and does not work on Big Sur. I finally replaced my hard drive in my 2015 iMac 5k with a Samsung 860 SSD. Not an easy decision since you need to cut the Mac open. However, apart from the HD being way to slow, it is - [Multiline LaTeX Formulas in Keynote](https://ekartco.com/2021/04/multiline-latex-formulas-in-keynote/) - Apple Keynote's support for LaTeX formulas is awesome: go to Insert/Equation... and enter LaTeX code directly (you can also use MathML). The code will be evaluated and results displayed as you type. Here you can find some examples. As a general rule, you should probably write multiple lines of equations as multiple individual equations and - [Universal Clipboard Fix for Mac and iPhone Quick Fix](https://ekartco.com/2021/01/universal-clipboard-fix-for-mac-and-iphone-quick-fix/) - If your handoff between two devices suddenly doesn't work, check if this helps. Run in Terminal: defaults delete com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist ClipboardSharingEnabled Explanation: For some reason I found ClipboardSharingEnabled = 0 setting in my defaults. defaults read com.apple.coreservices.useractivityd.plist - [Fixing Squished Images in WordPress 5.5 Theme](https://ekartco.com/2020/12/fixing-squished-images-in-wordpress-5-5-theme/) - After auto-updating to 5.5 my WordPress site got ugly from day one and I didn't even detect it. All the images were distorted, the aspect ratio of the image was not being respected. Googling didn't immediately reveal the problem, so here is how I finally quick-fixed it: Go to Appearance / Customize / Additional CSS - [Upgrading a Base 2019 iMac 21" to 32GB, 1TB SSD and i9 9900 CPU](https://ekartco.com/2020/11/upgrading-a-base-2019-imac-21-to-32gb-1tb-ssd-and-i9-9900-cpu/) - Finally I found time and motivation to upgrade an absolutely plain iMac 2019 with 8GB, 1TB hard drive and a i3 8100 CPU to super specs. It's the third iMac that I cut open to up the RAM / SSD and this procedure has become second nature to me. Repairability and upgradeability are very important - [Enter Test Mode on Roland XV-5080 (works)](https://ekartco.com/2020/07/enter-test-mode-on-roland-xv-5080-works/) - The service manual for the XV-5080 describes a wrong procedure for entering test mode. The correct method is: Switch off device (if on)Hold EXIT then power on deviceKeep holding EXIT until the "SYSTEM/UTILITY" LED lights up (this takes quite a few seconds)Release EXITHold "SYSTEM/UTILITY" until "wait a moment" appears in the middle of the screen - [Using Roland XV-5050 via USB MIDI on MacOS](https://ekartco.com/2020/06/roland-xv-5050-usb-midi-driver-for-macos/) - If you want to use your XV-5050 with a newer version of MacOS, you don't have to install a driver. The driver supplied by Roland in 2000 will not work, of course! We will use the generic class compliant USB MIDI driver. To do so, on XV-5050 press System and in MIDI&USB settings select USB - [Roland XV5080, XV3080 Rotary Encoder Problem Fixed!](https://ekartco.com/2020/06/xv5080-xv3080-rotary-encoder-problem-fixed/) - This week I received a nice second-hand XV3080. Everything worked fine, except the unit had the dreaded rotary encoder problem: Turning left, values decreased just fine, turning right and strange things happened. Sometimes values went up, sometimes they stayed put and sometimes they decreased! A service manual is available, so far so good. But the - [Roland XV-5050 Repair](https://ekartco.com/2020/06/roland-xv-5050-repair/) - I got a hold of a broken XV-5050. When switched on, it would only display a blank screen and that's it, no sound, no reaction. After checking audio (no noise whatsoever), it soon became obvious that the device isn't booting. Two reasons that were discussed on the web seemed plausible: Power source problemsBad IC solder - [Korg Monologue and Minilogue XD Color-Coding Using Chroma Caps](https://ekartco.com/2020/03/korg-monologue-and-minilogue-xd-color-coding-using-chroma-caps/) - Today I decided for a color scheme for the Korg Monologue and Minilogue XD. Tell me what you think @gekart. Update Final version on the monologue: Issues: The filter knob I purchased in the standard and fat version. The fat one is a bit less tall than the others.The hight of the knobs is not - [Korg monologue Rechargable Battery Mod Prototype](https://ekartco.com/2020/03/korg-monologue-rechargable-battery-mod-prototype/) - My Behringer TD-3 mod worked nicely, so it was time to proceed to the monologue. It already is battery powered, but using 6 batteries and recharging done outside of the device. In my opinion a built-in single battery is more appropriate. To see the schematic and soldering have a look at the original TD-3 post. - [Behringer TD-3 Rechargable Battery Mod Prototype](https://ekartco.com/2020/03/behringer-td-3-rechargable-battery-mod-prototype/) - I love Behringer's approach to tech and synths. The TD-3 is super affordable and performs like a charm. The community has quickly started modding the TB303 clone and I also decided to give it a simple mod: if there is something I don't like, its cables! Also why use a 9V power wart, when there's - [Värde Utrusta Wall Cupboard Hinge 30min Fix Ikea Pro Hack](https://ekartco.com/2020/02/ikea-hack-varde-wall-cupboard-hinge-30min-fix/) - Ikea offered a nice modular kitchen in their program from end of 1990s and 2000s. Unfortunately, they didn't support it well. I assume it was too expensive to produce. Ikea also resorted to cheap technical solutions. For example, the 70cm wall cupboards that were available in variants with or without glas doors and in white - [Xcode 11 Unable to Boot Simulator Diehard](https://ekartco.com/2019/10/xcode-11-unable-to-boot-simulator-diehard/) - Xcode on my Macs had a persistent problem after updating to Xcode 10: the simulators wouldn't work anymore. Lucky me, I was busy with AWS and Kubernetes projects... Updating to Xcode 11 didn't fix anything. Searching the web didn't help a ton, since there seem to be many similar problems and simpler solutions, that unfortunately - [EBS Default Encryption Enables Launching Encrypted Instances From Unencrypted AMI Snapshots](https://ekartco.com/2019/07/ebs-default-encryption-enables-launching-encrypted-instances-from-unencrypted-ami-snapshots/) - Previously (before end of May 2019), you had to encrypt the snapshot backing an AMI if you wanted to launch an instance with encrypted root volumes. This had some consequences for sharing AMIs: not only had AMIs to be shared but also their backing snapshot. Once you established this, you had to copy the snapshot - [AWS IAM Version and SID traps](https://ekartco.com/2018/11/aws-iam-version-and-sid-traps/) - In a IAM policy JSON, if you omit the version string, you are heading for trouble: If you do not include a Version element, the value defaults to 2008-10-17, but newer features, such as policy variables, will not work with your policy. For example, variables such as ${aws:username} aren't recognized as variables and are instead - [Mac: Make Your External Drive Read-Only](https://ekartco.com/2018/06/mac-make-your-external-drive-read-only/) - I have a ton of music software content (samples, sounds etc) that makes it impossible to take with me on my MacBook Pro directly. Therefore, I bought an external USB-C Samsung T5 mini SSD that is super-fast and has a small form factor. I then moved my static sound library (Alchemy, Apple Loops, EXS samples, - [Changing Encryption of PersistentVolumes in Kubernetes](https://ekartco.com/2018/02/changing-encryption-of-persistentvolumes-in-kubernetes/) - Docker containers are treated as ephemeral, specifically when they are managed in a Kubernetes cluster. Starting and restarting in the cluster is done automatically and works as a breeze. Things get more complicated as soon as you decide to keep state in your cluster. This is typically done by attaching volumes into a cluster (writing - [Kubernetes: Make Pods Run on Your Master Nodes](https://ekartco.com/2017/09/kubernetes-make-pods-run-on-your-master-nodes/) - Some pods you might want to run on your master nodes, too. This may be because they are exporting master node metrics or even to save resources: say you want many instances of a specific pod. In that case (and given you are on Kubernetes >= 1.7) you can use tolerations to override NoSchedule taints. - [Kubernetes: Using kubectl with 100s of Clusters](https://ekartco.com/2017/10/kubernetes-using-kubectl-with-100s-of-clusters/) - If you are working with many clusters, you need to configure multiple kubectl configs. You can do this using kubectl --kubeconfig= or by merging your config files. If however you want to keep access to your config files separate, you might use a script that is exchanging your .kube/config symbolic link. I organize my clusters - [Terminal: Copying Long Text Lines Without Newline Breaks](https://ekartco.com/2017/10/terminal-copying-long-text-lines-without-newline-breaks/) - If you copy long wrapped lines of shell code in Mac Terminal.app you want the pasted line to be broken down into multiple lines exactly where they were in the original script. When you are using more, less or any other page formatting tool, your lines will be broken up at where they are wrapped - [Kubernetes: kubectl run with ImagePullSecrets](https://ekartco.com/2017/10/kubernetes-kubectl-run-with-imagepullsecrets/) - If just want to quickly start a pod then you can use the following one-liner: This will limit you to public repos. There is no equivalent to using imagePullSecrets in your yaml files, so this won't work: However you can use the following workaround (a lot to type): - [Kubernetes: How to Find Out if ABAC or RBAC is Active](https://ekartco.com/2017/10/kubernetes-how-to-find-out-if-abac-or-rbac-is-active/) - If you want to find out what authorization mode your cluster is running use: - [Using kops and AWS Bastion Hosts Correctly](https://ekartco.com/2017/12/using-aws-bastion-hosts-correctly/) - You have correctly provisioned your AWS infrastructure using AWS Bastion Quickstart or with kops and want to connect to your private instances using the bastion hosts. First some principles: Terminate your bastion host after using it (set autoscaling to 0). Do not use your bastion host as a store, especially not for anything security relevant - [List Kubernetes Master Nodes](https://ekartco.com/2018/02/list-kubernetes-master-nodes/) - You can use the command below to show all nodes that are acting as master on your cluster. This is particularly useful when dealing with kops and some versions of canal networking that (accidentally) manipulate the status of the nodes. If you have a setup where masters are clearly separated from nodes, no user workloads - [Kubernetes: How to Make Your Node a Master](https://ekartco.com/2017/09/kubernetes-how-to-make-your-node-a-master/) - Under some circumstances Kubernetes is forgetting its master nodes (kops version < 1.8.0 and canal). If this happens, your masters will get scheduled full of pods. If this is the case the following command might help you: kubectl taint master1.compute.internal key=node-role.kubernetes.io/master:NoSchedule This command seems to be buggy at times, complaining about wrong characters in the - [Using your Synology Diskstation as a SOHO git Server](https://ekartco.com/2017/10/using-your-synology-diskstation-as-a-soho-git-server/) - Yes, you should use GitHub for your public and private repos (IMHO), but if you just need a small office solution with a few machines and / or users and already have a Diskstation (RAID config and backup recommended) why not install a git server locally. Install the git server as described in the Synology - [Kubernetes & Kops: Make Your Own Encrypted Debian AMI](https://ekartco.com/2017/09/kubernetes-kops-make-your-own-debian-base-image/) - Kops is the most popular solution to install Kubernetes on AWS in a highly-available way. Debian is the preferred Linux distro for kops, which is somewhat annoying if you see that CoreOS is the preferred container Linux. Moreover, the Debian AMI for kops is custom build, not only the OS itself, but also the kernel. - [Kubernetes: How to Delete all Taints from a Node](https://ekartco.com/2017/09/how-to-delete-all-taints-from-a-node/) - kubectl patch node node1.compute.internal -p '{"spec":{"taints":[]}}' - [Lost Web Passwords After Migrating to New Mac](https://ekartco.com/2017/09/lost-web-passwords-after-migrating-to-new-mac/) - After migrating to a new Mac, I found out that a ton of my web site passwords were gone or were out of date (I haven't been using iCloud passwords or any other password app). The Migration Assistant seems to have problems under certain conditions. While I haven't completely figured out the underlying issue, the - [Pricing Strategies for a Fairer Trade](https://ekartco.com/2017/01/pricing-strategies-for-fair-trade/) - Today I opened a milk carton that was printed with a thank you, because by buying this brand of milk we are supporting dairy hill farmers. Germany is the home some of the hardest discounters (and other retailers) who, acting in the interest of the consumer, use their economies of scale to dictate the purchasing cost for - [List of Application Dependencies](https://ekartco.com/2015/12/list-of-application-dependencies/) - Docker and containers in general are revolutionising the way we think about application development and operations. As a new packaging technology I think it perfectly defines the interface between an application and the host it will be running on. In order to better understand why this is so, I have looked at this interface and how - [MBA in Germany?](https://ekartco.com/2012/03/mba-in-germany/) - When I say that I hold an MBA degree, clients at times ask: An MBA in what? The MBA has a difficult stance in Germany. On the one hand, there are few real-economy companies that place value on the anglo-american degree and on the other hand, German academic institutions flood the market with substandard MBA - [Aliasing effects on iPad Retina display](https://ekartco.com/2012/03/aliasing-problems-on-retina-display/) - iPad's Retina display is not artifact free. The pic shows how the two r differ from each other. From the distance the effect is even larger. - [The new iPad brand](https://ekartco.com/2012/03/the-new-ipad-brand/) - Apple has reverted its naming scheme for the iPad. What should, after the iPad 2, consequently be called iPad 3 has become the "new iPad". This is excellent marketing! You move the focus from the version to the product itself. A consulting colleague of mine now finds it hard to distinguish the different versions of - [Upgrade comparison: Mountain Lion vs. Windows 8](https://ekartco.com/2012/11/upgrade-comparison-mountain-lion-vs-windows-8/) - I have upgraded two MacBooks (Lion 10.7.5) and a T60 (XP SP2) to the newest operating systems, MountainLion 10.8.2 and Windows 8, respectively. Here are my experiences during the upgrade process: Mountain Lion Price €17,99 family license iTunes makes for an easy purchase and payment process 64bit is standard since Lion Download size 4,5Gb in - [Business and IT relationship in IT-driven products](https://ekartco.com/2012/11/business-and-it-relationship-in-it-driven-products/) - A lot has been said about the relationship between business and IT in a classical management setting prevailing in enterprises. However, when the IT system in question changes from supporting business to being a main part of the product itself, the process changes to agile development and the context changes to intrapreneurship, that relationship must - [Rezension: NoSQL Distilled](https://ekartco.com/2012/11/rezension-nosql-distilled/) - NoSQL ist in aller Munde, daher fragt man sich als langjähriger SQL-Nutzer was den Hype dieser Datenbanken ausmacht. Wahrscheinlich dürfte beim Erfolg der unterschiedlichen NoSQL-DBs sein, dass der Trend den Hype überdauern wird. NoSQL grenzt sich zwar bereits beim Namen gegenüber dem Relationalen Datenmodel ab, allerdings reicht eine Negativdefinition für ein Verständnis nicht aus. Das - [The Three Ages](https://ekartco.com/2013/03/the-three-ages/) - Today Dan North presented his "Three Ages" core pattern (or as I would say, business model) at the QCon 2013. I like how it succinctly categorizes the phase of, say, the adoption a methodology in an organization. 1. Explore (maximize discovery) 2. Stabilize (minimize variance) 3. Commoditize (maximize efficiency) The class applied the model and - [Continuous delivery](https://ekartco.com/2013/03/continuous-delivery-2/) - ThoughtWorks's Vladimir Sneblic today held the excellent Continuous Delivery course at QCon 2013 together with his colleague. Expanding on the well-known must read from Jez Humble, the tutorial included anectodal stories, case examples and professional materials. In a nutshell, Continuous Delivery proposes to improve the painful - at least in most larger companies I know - [QCon 2013 keynote by Barbara Liskov](https://ekartco.com/2013/03/qcon-2013-keynote/) - Barbara Liskov, professor at MIT, presented an IT-history-based keynote at QCon, called "The Power of Abstraction". It was fun and painful to be reminded of the IT topics of 70s: Gotos Top-down structural design Modules Abstract data types Algol, Simula, CLU Specifically, her work on CLU, a programming language used mainly for research, with its concepts - [Reutax-Insolvenz](https://ekartco.com/2013/03/reutax-insolvenz/) - Die Insolvenz der Reutax AG am 22.03.2013 schreckte die Branche und insbesondere viele Freiberufler auf. Für freischaffende Projektmitarbeiter, die durch die Reutax AG vermittelt wurden, kommen harte Zeiten zu. Bei einem Zahlungsziel von 30 Tagen kann es leicht passieren, dass drei Monatsrechnungen (Januar, Februar, März) nicht ausgezahlt werden können. Wer schon mal durch das Prozedere - [Ops as a competitive differentiator?](https://ekartco.com/2013/06/ops-as-a-differentiator/) - Operational aspects of software systems are often treated as second class citizens. The point is that e.g. availability is expected to be a given. FRs (functional requirements) are a differentiator and NFRs (non-functional requirements) are not. So why should anyone focus on NFRs? In a world of mobile and sharing economy NFRs are becoming a - [How to Get Proficient in New Technologies](https://ekartco.com/2015/11/how-to-get-proficient-in-new-technologies/) - Breakthrough innovations are changing IT at ever faster speeds. New tools, languages, libraries, virtualisation technologies, workflows appear and get adopted in shorter times. A perfect example of this is Docker. Keeping pace in that kind of environment affords a structured methodology. Here is what I do when preparing for a new thing, keeping in mind - [A short and subjective review of the Pioneer SC-LX85](https://ekartco.com/2012/04/a-short-and-subjective-review-of-the-pioneer-sc-lx85/) - The review is in German. If you do not master German or want to keep the story short: Buy the 85 if after all those years you still have fun writing Unix shell scripts or you use your smartphone as a USB stick. Otherwise stay clear. Der Pioneer wurde ausnahmsweise nicht über Amazon, sondern von - [Apple's pricing issue](https://ekartco.com/2012/11/apples-pricing-mistake/) - Apple's recent pricing and product range decisions reveal a lack of strategic consistency. Just a few examples of new products with overblown prices: MacBook Pro 15" Retina: $2.199 MacBook Pro 13" Retina: $1.699 iPad mini: $329 iPod touch: $299 The retina MacBook 13" is delivered with a yesterday's 128Gb of SSD. An upgrade to 256Gb - [Under construction](https://ekartco.com/2012/03/under-construction/) - This web page is under construction until January 1, 2013, please be patient. - [The new iPad](https://ekartco.com/2012/03/the-new-ipad/) - My new iPad arrived today. 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