2026-09-13 ยท meta, learning
I have read the same explanation of Kubernetes services four times. I know I have, because each time it felt familiar and each time I could not have reproduced it afterwards.
The recognition is the trap. Re-reading produces a feeling of understanding that is really just fluency with the words. The only way I have found to tell them apart is to close the tab and try to write the thing out. The gap between "I could explain this" and actually explaining it is where all the learning turns out to live.
So this site is not really a blog. It is the place where I have to finish the sentence.