Hello, World 
I’m David.
I’m a geek with passion for technology, currently inhabiting the worlds of Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS.
I’m a contracting IT consultant, with a broad range of experience and skills. I’m an AWS Certified Solution Architect (Professional), a remote worker, I’ve had a book published, and I blog on topics that interest me.
Why “Funky Penguin”? 
My first “real” job, out of high-school, was working the IT helpdesk in a typical pre-2000 organization in South Africa. I enjoyed experimenting with Linux, and cut my teeth by replacing the organization’s Exchange 5.5 mail platform with a 15-site qmail-ldap cluster, with amavis virus-scanning.
One of our suppliers asked me to quote to do the same for their organization. With nothing to loose, and half-expecting to be turned down, I quoted a generous fee, and chose a cheeky company name. The supplier immediately accepted my quote, and the name (“Funky Penguin”) stuck!
Recent projects
Out-of-band network for utility company
An out-of-band network for a utility company
Funky Penguin's Geek Cookbook
A collection of geeky “recipes” for running popular self-hosted applications on Docker Swarm or Kubernetes
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Recent posts
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