Benjamin Knox

I am a passionate tech enthusiast, software engineer, DevOps Engineer, UI/UX enthusiast!

[Benjamin Knox @benjaminpknox]

Compile Svelte components into web components 👋

🧩 Build any component as a custom element
📦 Library mode → standalone JS file
✨ Distribute one bundled file anywhere
🌐 Works in HTML, React, Vue, Angular

https://t.co/ZB5MaHTOuD

#WebDev #Svelte #WebComponents

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A cert-manager gotcha on EKS Fargate 🔑

🚨 Webhook and kubelet both use port 10250
🔍 Kubelet intercepts the call, blocking issuance
🔧 Fix: move cert-manager to 10260
📦 Install with Helm and commit it

https://t.co/auZCiAzdRk

#Kubernetes #DevOps #AWS

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Short guide on coding email templates with MJML📧
📝 Clean markup language
🔄 Compile via CLI or Node
📱 Responsive out of the box
🎨 Consistent branding
🚀 Send via email APIs

Link: https://t.co/ZvVVuL743G

#WebDev #MJML #NodeJS

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@DrAnax Thanks for the catch!

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A quick rundown on WebSockets with SvelteKit:
https://t.co/EPQjbCMT1W

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I wrote a short walkthrough on SvelteKit adapters in practice.

SvelteKit adapters make it easy to deploy the same app to different targets by changing how it’s built.

📄 Static site
🧩 Chrome extension side panel
🟢 Node server

👉 https://t.co/ZPpYwLttRW

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Hit a 403 Forbidden error with Keycloak's Users API?

The fix: assign the view-users role to your service account.

Step-by-step guide: https://t.co/FkKIOMnJuB

#Keycloak #Backend #Authentication

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Happy thanksgiving everyone! I am thankful for aerospace https://t.co/LoiHXH1VcE (link to github).

It is the best window tiling manager for mac!

https://t.co/JJt53HxomQ (link for install instructions)

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I wrote about MongoDB's TTL indexes, they automatically delete documents after a set time.

No cleanup scripts, no cron jobs. Useful for sessions, password resets, or any temporary data!

https://t.co/YIS52aLKw4

#MongoDB

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Added Quill to a SvelteKit project recently. Still one of the better rich text editors out there.

Docs are solid, looks good out of the box, and it's easy to customize.

Put together a quick guide on getting it working with SvelteKit.

https://t.co/U2pqEK1I68

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📝 Just published a quick reference guide for creating MongoDB users, covering database setup, user creation, and connection strings.

https://t.co/AE1eGD3BYs

#MongoDB #Database

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Just published: How to use Keycloak as OIDC for K3s auth & access control. 🔑
https://t.co/J7EfohdeIn

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Horizontally Scaling WebSockets with Redis!

https://t.co/TDbx5MRWU3

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Wrote up how I use Redis + WebSockets to build real-time features. Nothing fancy 👋

https://t.co/v1fhLSkQbr

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Keycloak on Kubernetes: A Guide 🔑

https://t.co/eywTKUBqpK

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Longhorn, a Short Setup 🧑‍💻
https://t.co/ZJoAnJWQrm

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Here's how you redirect www to non-www or vice-versa using nginx ingress controller:

https://t.co/jyzLzB7gkR

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❤️ A quick look at SvelteKit:

https://t.co/T44ebdIV2y

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Mongodb has ttl indexes, so useful! 🙃

https://t.co/fyUNiWav1l

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I just created a private connection between a VM and K8s cluster in two different cloud providers, here's how: https://t.co/dcDuIsGEjv