A Transparent Infrastructure is Functional

GitOps establishes itself as the core of a functional and declarative infrastructure model, where other tools and platforms become modular, interchangeable components. At its essence, GitOps uses a Git repository as the single source of truth, with infrastructure and application states defined in code. This means any change to the repository triggers automatic updates to deployments, allowing for a streamlined, automated flow without the need for a specific orchestration platform....

November 2, 2024 · evgnomon

The Dark Energy and The Network

Let’s assume there are 21 million public keys which are trusted within a hierarchical structure. A network. A network.In this hierarchy, A trusts B, B trusts C, and so on, creating an indirect chain of trust that eventually leads to the last entity, which does not trust anyone else. This hierarchical structure is necessary because A cannot interact directly with all 21 million keys. The only thing known about these 21 million entities is their public keys—nothing else at scale....

August 25, 2024 · evgnomon

Buy Ticket or Buy Jail

If the government is the one that implements the law, why they force me to pay tax? Based on the definition of the government, tax is not essential unless to pay salary of the government as an organization like any other organization. Well, they collect taxes to fund businesses that provide products or services for me! By assumption, if the government didn’t do this, I would go directly subscribe to these services myself....

August 8, 2024 · evgnomon

Name, Disruption, and Use

We invest in a trust to create something greater than the sum of individual contributions. This fund can be used to subscribe to necessary services or to finance the development of new features. As markets evolve, those who save in nothing except one digital are to dominate, meaning that any production company, regardless of size, must target the future digital world in one way or another. To do so, companies need to understand what Bitcoin holders prefer to consume and how these preferences align with production needs....

August 1, 2024 · evgnomon

Make Trust, Make Bitcoin

Assume a Bitcoin trust! An investment fund in Bitcoin. Receive an address from us and transfer your funds there. You cannot withdraw the funds without a signature from the trust. The trust will discuss the need for withdrawal; otherwise, it will approve the withdrawal after written approval by the holders of the financial signatures in the company. This trust helps companies hold Bitcoin and potentially profit from their savings....

July 29, 2024 · evgnomon

Fault is Code

I clone a git repo, make a modification, commit, push, and create a pull request. The pull request is reviewed, merged, and the change is built, tested, and deployed to an integration environment before going to production. This process can be applied to any software project with an integration environment. Without it, we only know the code works on the developer’s machine and passes CI tests perhaps unless this level is all expected....

July 23, 2024 · evgnomon

The Covenant

All the wealth between earth and the skies belongs to one, and you requested that this entity replace another’s name with yours. Such an act requires a sacrifice, unless you borrow from this being which entails returning it within 90 minutes. This one has sacrificed everything for his true followers—those that don’t sacrifice on other names. These followers exchanged sacrifices in the market, where you, having nothing but what had already been sacrificed....

July 21, 2024 · evgnomon

Government, Individuals and Law

In a society that naturally aims for balance and stability, both the government and individuals have important roles to play. The system will naturally evolve towards a fair and orderly state and it can be peaceful depending to the direction taken by the government. By understanding and embracing these roles, societies can achieve a state where laws are respected, governance is accountable, and everyone can grow individually and as a society by using the full capacity of each and every individual....

May 25, 2024 · evgnomon

The Root Key

Information is typically public unless it is designated as controlled. A secret is information with restricted access. This access can be revoked through access control mechanisms. Secrets are maintained by rotation; when a secret is rotated, its access is simultaneously revoked. Therefore, a secret can be defined as a piece of information that is subject to rotation and is essential for accessing other resources. Each secret is assigned a unique identifier, allowing us to distinguish it from other information....

April 26, 2024 · evgnomon

The Reminder

A similar entity to the human body is a mobile phone! A portable computer. It speaks, gathers sensory information, and can send messages to others. It can see, read, hear, and is aware of its environment. Precise. A reminder for you to look back at the previous generation of computers. Observe the hands on the keyboard modifying the code. Replace your mobile phone with new software that enables the distribution of modifications and facilitates printing new hardware....

April 2, 2024 · evgnomon