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Chris's Blog

Hi there!
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I’m a Chief Architect at Red Hat working in the Asia Pacific CTO Office.

My background is as an applied researcher who stumbled into the world of software via MATLAB and Fortran. I have a masochistic streak which draws me to problems where business/mission complexity requires innovative solutions. If those solutions have an element of supporting good governance even better!

Today I’m refining my mission at Red Hat. Interesting things I’ve been working on so far include:

  • GPUaaS infrastructures with partners
  • Digital Sovereignty including modern cloud infrastructure patterns
  • Enabling AI stacks in a variety of circumstances.
  • Security and Compliance in the complexity of the environments above.

If any of this sounds interesting please reach out via LinkedIn.

Projects I’m actively working on
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Recent

Hardening RHEL image mode for mission critical environments
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Security Bootc Supply Chain
Hardening RHEL Image mode for mission critical environments. # To me the idea of image mode, or upstream bootc, is inherently appealing. My memory for fine details is a sieve, and I don’t trust myself not to skip documenting a step. Forcing the workthrough through the source code management system may slow me down in the short term, however, provides long term benefits. The challenge is in building enough of a skeleton that projects 2, 3 and 4 are faster. The great thing about AI is with a valid skeleton the projects are greatly accelerated.
Customizing Red Hat OpenShift agent installs for repeatable cluster builds on bare metal
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OpenShift Installer Red Hat Kubernetes
Red Hat OpenShift provides lots of different install mechanisms to cater to different use cases. I’ve been using validated patterns extensively for building reference architectures and test systems. One challenge has been how to get repeatable build processes on bare metal. This blog describes how I’ve done this in one our technology labs. Like many organizations the easiest place for me to test at Red Hat is in the cloud. Our demo platform (GitHub) makes it incredibly easy to provision environments. While developing the confidential containers validated pattern I quickly started using (and templating) openshift-installer CLI do ‘IPI’ installs - the installer configures everything it needs to deploy OpenShift clusters to just big enough for what I needed.
Animals
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Wildlife and animal photography from various locations. × ‹ ›
Japan
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Street photography and landscapes from my travels across Japan. × ‹ ›
Latest Photos
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Here’s a collection of my latest photographic work, spanning different locations and techniques. × ‹ ›
Melbourne
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Urban photography and street scenes from Melbourne, Australia. × ‹ ›