Temperature touched 20degC today so makes a change. Lockdown is slightly eased today so more people back on the streets, some shops are back open again and unsurprisingly, social distancing is still not being followed.
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Training in Quarantine – Day 285
Been raining most of the day, but managed to get my walk done at the usual time in between the showers.
Training in Quarantine – Day 284
Past few days are getting warmer, no need for hat and gloves — but have gone back to using my running gloves to protect against the wind.
Training in Quarantine – Day 283
Weekend walk and seemed fairly quiet, and some grey clouds so looks like it’s going to rain again soon….
Binding GCP Accounts to GKE Service Accounts with Terraform

Kubernetes uses Service Accounts to control who can access what within the cluster, but once a request leaves the cluster, it will use a default account. Normally this is the default Google Compute Engine account in GKE, and this has extremely high level access and could result in a lot of damage if your cluster is compromised.
In this article, I will be setting up a GKE cluster using a minimal access service account and enabling Workflow Identity.
Continue readingTraining in Quarantine – Day 282
Did my walk at normal time, and there seems to be more schoolkids out today. Perhaps more schoolkids are back at school now?
Training in Quarantine – Day 281
A nice walking weather, but my phone decided to reboot on me while I was walking, messing up my train of thought and pace.
Training in Quarantine – Day 280
Late walk as I had a meeting that lasted an hour past my normal end time, and it looks like it’s about to pour with rain…
Training in Quarantine – Day 279
Okay walking day, no need for hat and gloves, but rainy still
Training in Quarantine – Day 278
Another slightly later walk, and a bit tipsy to boot — it was Mother’s Day and we had a big lunch/dinner together.