How to create Debian package from nvim source

Due to a previous job I’m calling nodes, “machines”, also because this is about systemk, it’s more likely you are actually using a real machine. So I’ll keep on using “machines” in this post. First up: I needed an easy way to build packages of the software I’m using. For this I’ve setup a small CI using GitHub workflows that builds Debian packages for me: https://github.com/miekg/debian. (A Debian package repository would even be better, so I can more easily do upgrades).

The everything is a object in Kubernetes is a very nice abstraction. The ability to influence it with just kubectl makes for only one control plane (to learn). The networking, ingress, discovery, installation, etc. are all not that great. So I’m pondering marrying the things I love: have a plain Debian system, “normal” networking (no overlay/underlay/whatever), Debian packages, etc. And controlling it all via kubectl. This should include a sane installation and allow for rollbacks.