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Why this blog?

A way to combat imposter syndrome? Maybe…

During a conversation with a tech lead I was working with, stuck in Polynesian rush hour traffic, I told him about my difficulty writing tech articles to market my company. I don’t feel legitimate, I always feel like I don’t know enough about my subject, there’s already so much quality content available.

“You have to write articles for your future self.” Excuse me?

“It may seem trivial now, but that implementation detail in your latest feature, that trick you used today, what are the chances you’ll remember it in two years when you need it again?” Touché.

Honestly, I don’t expect to get many visitors to this blog. I’m building it primarily for myself. It serves as an archive for tips and tricks I come across in my work. So I can come back to them later. And if in the process I can help even one other person find a solution to a problem similar to mine, then it’s a win.

What kind of name is that?

tl;dr: DOTA 2 & K8s

It’s quite difficult to find a name for anything when you’re spoiled for choice and there’s no real consequence to choosing one over another.

I looked for personal themes that might inspire me. Books? Fictional worlds? Places I’ve visited on vacation?

I finally settled on video games, since they were what inspired me to learn to code when I was little.

The Steam library verdict is clear: DOTA 2 is my most played game.

Since “Sand King” was my main character for many years playing this MOBA, I decided to go with the lexical field of sand/dunes/desert.

Being a big fan of Kubernetes[1] (which means “Captain” in Greek), I decided to try the Greek translation of “King of the Sands”.

“Psammítēs Basileús”. Hence the term ‘psammites’, which means “of the sands” in a translation that is more Homeric than technical.

The “Psammites Lab” brings together all the projects I can work on (so that I have a single domain name to centralize everything).

[1] Not to the point of forcing it on all the projects I work on, though. You really have to need it, otherwise your wallet takes a hit (in addition to the technical overhead).