Quick Wins by Reading API Reference

I know it can be tedious and more of a time sink to read through API reference or schema. But it is absolutely worth it, especially if you also take notes for yourself.

Let me explain. I have been wrapping my head around how I can get up and running with using CloudNativePG for my databases. Starting with Linkding, but have plans to expand it to a half dozen other self-hosted apps.

I didn't want to just copy someone else's manifest, or ask GenAI to create a manifest for me. I took the time to read what each field was for, and went down the rabbit hole reading first the Cluster reference, then ClusterSpec and several deeper fields within that.

It took time as I made notes in Obsidian, with references back to the specific API schema pages. But now I've got a deeper understanding, and have plenty of notes to write about for places like this and other social media outlets.

CloudNativePG is amazing with their API Reference documentation, as is Kubernetes. I know that's not the case for all of them. But I wanted to point out how beneficial it can be if you take the time to read through it and make your own notes.