Brandon Patterson
DevOps Engineer · Jasper AI
Projects
K8s Learn — live Kubernetes playground
K3s · ArgoCD · Go · Cloudflare Tunnel
A free, self-hosted training platform that gives you a real cluster and a browser terminal. Built, deployed, and operated end-to-end on my own infrastructure.
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Production-grade homelab platform
Proxmox · K3s · Terraform · Prometheus/Grafana
Multi-node Kubernetes platform with GitOps delivery, VXLAN-isolated networking, and full-stack observability — 19 ArgoCD-managed applications across 8 nodes.
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This site — Hugo + Go API on Cloud Run
Hugo · Go · GCP Cloud Run · CI/CD
Custom theme with a Go backend handling contact submissions, resume delivery, and rate limiting. Shipped with PR checks and auto-merge on green.
How it's built →Consulting
Digital Readiness
Cloud and infrastructure audits, migration planning, and a prioritized roadmap your team can actually execute.
SRE & Platform Engineering
Kubernetes operations, GitOps delivery, observability buildouts, and incident response — practical work, not slideware.
Web Development & Hosting
End-to-end builds with Hugo, Go, and Cloudflare/GCP — plus ongoing hosting and patching if you want it handled.
Recent Posts
Closing the Gap: Eight Months From Laid Off to ArgoCD SME
Jun 11, 2026
In October 2025 I left Mozilla feeling behind on development skills. Eight months later I’m the ArgoCD SME at …
What Shipping My Personal Site Actually Taught Me
Apr 03, 2026
What my commit history actually says about redesigning and shipping this site — Hugo, a Go backend on Cloud Run, and the …
Deep Dive: How I Run Kubernetes in My Homelab
Mar 25, 2026
19 ArgoCD-managed applications across 8 nodes: how my K3s cluster, GitOps workflow, network policies, and monitoring fit …
How I Monitor Everything in My Homelab
Mar 25, 2026
How I monitor every layer of my homelab — bare metal, VyOS, Longhorn, Kubernetes, and a public VPS — from a single …
Learn Kubernetes by Breaking Things (On My Cluster)
Mar 25, 2026
A free Kubernetes playground with a real cluster and a browser terminal — five tasks from ‘what’s a …
AI Didn't Fix My Broken Platform — We Did
Mar 18, 2026
My Kubernetes learning platform silently broke for 24 hours — AI helped build it, harden it, and break it. What that …