Archiving Terabytes of Personal Data – My Nerdy RAR + Bash Workflow
Over the past decades I have accumulated a few terabytes of personal data. Mostly things like: Photos Music Documents Videos Random project backups For a long time everything lived in…
My First Kubernetes Cluster in the Homelab
Today I set up a Kubernetes cluster in my homelab – abbreviated K8s 😁. I’ve had some professional exposure to Kubernetes before, but I wanted to run a Nextcloud installation…
😱 Today I Almost Threw My Entire Rack into the Trash…
😱 Today I Almost Threw My Entire Rack into the Trash… So, today I had one of those classic homelab panic moments. 😅 I was copying a huge dataset back…
🔄 Rethinking the Plan (Again)
Well… it happened again 😄 After writing the original plan and thinking about the architecture for a while, I started questioning some of my decisions. That’s the nice thing about…
🧠 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…