🧠 Operating Community Nextcloud Instances with Ansible, AlmaLinux, SELinux and a Podman-based Collabora Stack
I currently operate multiple Nextcloud instances for two local community organizations in a purely voluntary capacity. The original motivation was twofold: enabling digital sovereignty while turning the entire setup into…
Homelab Thermals: Now With Extra Fan
Because entropy is undefeated — but we can at least throw a fan at it. 📦 The Situation: A Rack That Was Running a Little… Toasty Today I received a…
Today I’d like to sing a praise song to the Asus NUCs (formerly Intel NUCs) 🎶💻
Yes, I know — that already sounds suspiciously like something only a hardware nerd would say… and you’d be absolutely right. But hear me out. What even is a NUC?…
🤖 From ChatGPT to Claude: Adventures of a Slightly Terrified Nerd in VS Code
AI coding experiments, Ansible chaos, and that moment when the machine stares back at you… 👀 🧠 My AI Workflow So Far I’ve been using ChatGPT for over a year…
🚀 Homelab Rebuild 2026: Architecture, Server Layout & Installation Game Plan
I’m basically always changing things, rethinking my setup, and iterating on what my homelab should be. Right now, I’m planning a full rebuild. And yes… this time it will totally…
Staring Into the Void: A Love Letter to Log Files
If you’ve ever stared at a terminal full of log messages, you know: logs are where systems tell the truth. They are noisy, sometimes ugly, but absolutely essential when things…
Optimized Samba Configuration on Debian 13 for Linux Homelabs
Samba is an open-source implementation of the SMB/CIFS protocol suite and allows Linux systems to share files and directories over the network in a standardized way. Originally designed for interoperability…
On Digital Sovereignty, De-Americanizing My Software Stack, and Running WhatsApp in a Sandbox
Why This Experiment Exists Lately, I have been revisiting an idea that has been on my mind for many years: how to gradually move away from US-centric software products. By…
Winter Mode: Running on Just One Server
Right now I’m only running one of my three servers… thanks to winter season my PV setup isn’t exactly flooding me with power, so I’ve had to consolidate my workloads…
How to Summon an Observability Beast: Installing Icinga 2 + IcingaDB + Web + Director on Debian
A nerdy homelab story featuring Redis, too many databases, and not enough sleep. 📝 Introduction Congratulations, traveler. If you’re reading this, you’ve decided to monitor your homelab like a responsible…