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Alien Intelligence

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:25:03 -0400

Yuval Noah Harari is an important voice in modern discourse. As a historian, he brings a perspective that relates how patterns of human behavior in the past are relevant to the present. His latest opus, Nexus, is an insightful and sometimes frightening look at what the near future could hold.

Prophet, said I

Two things I appreciate about his writing. One, he cautions us against magical thinking, for instance, that the arc of history tends toward justice. Two, he eschews the idea that “history repeats itself” as the old adage says. As a historian, Harari does not wish to take up the mantle of a prophet, rather that of a guide to help us think out the possibilities that could arise from the information networks we are currently building, like social media, and especially AI.

Chad S. Lauritsen - CV

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:33:51 -0400

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Professional Summary

Senior Developer/Architect with over 20 years of experience in designing, developing, and deploying enterprise applications, including architecting software delivery pipelines to deploy 5000 Kubernetes clusters.

Key Skills

Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
Containerization: Kubernetes, Docker, Buildpacks
Programming Languages: Java, Kotlin, Python, Typescript, Go
DevOps Tools: GitHub Actions, Helm, Terraform
Architecture: Microservices, Serverless
Other: CI/CD, Agile methodologies, API development

Professional Experience

Lead IT Architect

The Sherwin-Williams Company | Cleveland, OH (Hybrid) 2024-present

Led the design and implementation of cloud-based solutions using Springboot, Kubernetes and AWS
Architected and deployed microservices and serverless applications, improving scalability and performance.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of projects.
Implemented CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes, reducing time-to-market.

Senior Services Engineer

PACE Anti-Piracy | Campbell, CA (Remote) | 2022-2024

Deployed on-premises Kubernetes infrastructure with RKE2
Designed & developed internal support tool with React & GraphQL-based microservice
Contributed to the migration from cloud VMs to containerization in Kubernetes

Developer/Manager/IT Architect

The Sherwin-Williams Company | Cleveland, OH (Hybrid) 2002-2022

Built a site for ordering color samples with J2EE
Led team to replace mainframe application collecting 250k transactions/day
Spearheaded effort to deploy 5000 Kubernetes clusters in each retail location

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Arts, Music

University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Raspberry Pi Baremetal Cluster

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:52:09 -0400

After hearing Dashaun Carter talk about his Kubernetes cluster on Raspberry Pi on Spring Office Hours , I was inspired to build my own. This project will document the steps I took to set up a Raspberry Pi cluster running Kubernetes.

I wish I had gone to his blog to use his cluster as inspiration first–it looks very cool and was cheaper than mine!

Why

I have been a Kubernetes fan-boy for a few years, but I don’t have much in the way of hardware to run it at home. I wanted something that I could experiment with. Plus I am planning to go for a Kubernetes certification in the short run and figured this would provide a useful playground environment.