<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Krystian Słowik — writing</title><description>Notes on keeping systems boring: postmortems, homelab k8s, and the craft of reliability.</description><link>https://krystianslowik.com/</link><language>en</language><item><title>Boring is a feature</title><link>https://krystianslowik.com/writing/boring-is-a-feature/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://krystianslowik.com/writing/boring-is-a-feature/</guid><description>Why I optimise systems for the absence of surprise, and what that costs in perceived ambition.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The postmortem I got wrong</title><link>https://krystianslowik.com/writing/the-postmortem-i-got-wrong/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://krystianslowik.com/writing/the-postmortem-i-got-wrong/</guid><description>I blamed a config when it was a process. Here&apos;s the rewrite, and what honest looks like.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>k8s at home, and why it&apos;s not a toy</title><link>https://krystianslowik.com/writing/k8s-at-home/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://krystianslowik.com/writing/k8s-at-home/</guid><description>The homelab is where I&apos;m allowed to break things on purpose. That&apos;s the entire point.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>