Kubernetes

Building k9s for Linode With Bubble Tea

A k9s-style terminal app for managing Linode. Search for any resource, browse it, and jump straight into k9s, a database shell or SSH.

September 9, 2026

8-Minute Read

linode-tui showing the Linodes view with the command bar open and tab completion suggesting lke

A lot of my day is spent in k9s. Sometimes I need something from the Linode side of the house. Maybe it’s a node that won’t boot, a volume nobody cleaned up or the kubeconfig for a cluster I just made. Then I’m back in a browser tab or typing linode-cli incantations. I wanted the k9s workflow for the Linode API itself:

ephemerd: One Daemon, a Fresh Runner Per Job, Every OS

A single Go binary that runs self-hosted GitHub Actions runners on Linux, Windows and macOS, with a new container or VM for every job.

August 18, 2026

6-Minute Read

ephemerd architecture across Linux, Windows and macOS hosts

I have CI that needs Linux amd64, Linux arm64, Windows and macOS. GitHub-hosted runners for all four get expensive fast, especially the arm64 and Mac minutes. Self-hosted runners fix the bill and create a different problem. A stock actions/runner on a box you own runs whatever the workflow says. It keeps whatever the last job left behind. And it’s one fork PR away from somebody running code on your LAN.