Alright — today was an absolute banger of a day! 🔥
What I Got Done
After grinding through the last few evenings on the PC, I finally pulled it off: I successfully migrated my blog to a hybrid architecture.
The setup now looks like this:
- Some services are running natively directly on the VPS
- The rest — especially the entire WordPress application — is containerized and orchestrated with K3s
The Results Are Clean
I’m honestly stoked: Everything is running stable, all data and images have been migrated successfully, and the best part is:
The whole WordPress stack now spins up automatically in just a few minutes. Once it’s done, the server is fully configured and ready to rock.
The Journey Was… Chaotic
The last few evenings were pure chaos — a constant ping-pong of issues, fixes, and occasional regressions. Especially while “pair-programming” with Claude. A couple of times I made tiny changes and suddenly stuff that worked perfectly before decided to break again.
But damn… the knowledge gain was massive. I leveled up hard on Kubernetes, K3s, container networking, persistent storage, and automated deployments.
Next Move
Now I’m calling it a day and taking a well-deserved break + hard stop. Afterwards I’ll sit down, review everything calmly, document the important bits, and really internalize all the new concepts.