WHY I REGRET NOT USING TAILSCALE FROM THE START ("CLICK HERE, GET STARTED IN 5 MINUTES!" ISN'T NECESSARILY BS.)
Right, let’s be honest. We’ve all been there: staring glassy-eyed at the home router admin page at 2 a.m., trying to coax sense from a port forwarding rule while the hotel Wi-Fi wheezes like a pensioner with bronchitis. All I wanted was to stream Shrek 2 from my homelab in Georgia (Listen; it’s a great movie, I won’t accept anyone’s judgment). What I got was a three-act tragedy in NAT traversal.
Read moreTHE GREAT HOMELAB MIGRATION (OR, HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE PROXMOX)
Alright, gather ‘round, folks. Let’s talk about my homelab. Specifically, let’s talk about how I, Chris, amateur server whisperer, decided it was time for a bit of a shake-up. What prompted this voyage of discovery, you ask? A subtle, insidious creeping feeling that my current setup, while charming in its simplicity, was starting to hold me back.
Read moreA 'NOW' PAGE, AND WHY YOU NEED ONE
A Now Page I became aware of the concept of a now page thanks to my home LLM/AI, oddly enough. The theory is pretty straightforward- essentially “what is this person working on, what are they doing, who are they in a nutshell?”.
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BLOGGING... AGAIN!?
Welcome! I really am not sure what I’m doing here; starting a new blog in the midst of everything else going on. But occasionally late nights I struggle with a weird form of insomnia where I refuse to lay down or recognize that laying down will create a desire to sleep; and instead I find new projects and systems with which to engage and learn about until 0200 rolls around and the overwhelming desire to rest finally takes me.
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