Development

A few open-source projects worth a look.

portable-argocd

An Argo CD API test harness that spins up a disposable kind-based Kubernetes cluster with a full Argo CD install for validating real API behavior. Uncovered (and documents) that the refresh endpoint treats every value except hard as cached — a quiet divergence from the docs.

reframe

Face-recognition photo finder with neighbor expansion — recovers photos of a specific person from large or recovered collections where EXIF and folder structure are gone. Python + Docker, dlib-based, with SQLite caching and parallel workers. Built to run on a Synology NAS.

dummypod

A lightweight Flask pod for testing AWS EKS Kubernetes clusters — /health and /metrics endpoints, Terraform-deployable, designed as a sidekick for blue-green deployments and CI/CD pipelines.