The free food, swag, and absurd hospitality of vendor conferences like Cisco Live and AWS re:Invent.
Why I Host Old Games
LAN parties, UT2K4, CS 1.6, retro dad night, and hosting your own game servers.
Hosting a Blog on Kubernetes Through Cloudflare with Zero Exposed Ports
Hugo blog on Kubernetes through Cloudflare Tunnel with zero exposed ports.
Split DNS, MetalLB, and the dnsmasq Debugging Saga
Split-horizon DNS with dnsmasq, MetalLB VIP, DHCP cutover, and debugging dnsmasq.
The LGTM Stack: Monitoring a Homelab Like It’s Production
The full LGTM stack: Prometheus, SNMP, Loki, Grafana alerting to Discord.
A Dumpster-Bound R710 That Ran for Another 8 Years
A Dell R710 rescued from a motorcycle dealership decom ran for another 8 years in my homelab. Enterprise refresh cycles, grey market gear, and why Proxmox doesn’t care about your HCL.
Networking the Heezy: VLANs, Firewall Zones, and How Traffic Moves
VLANs, firewall zones, traffic flow rules, DNS, ingress paths, and remote access.
The Heezy: A Homelab That Got Out of Hand
Full architecture overview of The Heezy.
Running 25+ Services on a 5-Node MicroK8s Cluster
Building a 5-node MicroK8s cluster, migrating from Docker Compose, pod recycling, and everything that broke.
Tailscale, FortiGate CVEs, and Remote Access That Doesn’t Suck
Tailscale exit node, FortiGate CVE treadmill, and why I don’t expose the firewall’s VPN.