Built on November 11, 2026. What we built and why I wanted a small Kubernetes cluster at home, no distro wrappers and no single-binary shortcuts. As lazy as I am, I wanted to go back to the roots of Kubernetes by just using upstream Kubernetes installed with kubeadm. The cluster runs on two Intel NUCs … Read more
I built Deskboard to turn an old mini PC and a spare monitor into a desk dashboard with clocks, lists, GitHub stars and a status feed my bots can post to. Here is how to install it as a fullscreen kiosk, set it up from the drag and drop configurator, and keep it private on your tailnet.
There’s a version of platform strategy that looks beautifully simple on a whiteboard. You pick a PaaS everyone trusts, pay the monthly bill, ship code, and sleep at night. Then one day the vendor quietly shifts focus to “sustainability engineering” and you realize the platform isn’t getting the love it used to. Sound familiar? That’s … Read more
There is a version of self-hosting that looks beautifully simple on a whiteboard. You rent a VPS and build a container, point DNS at the host, run your Kamal build and deploy, and you get an easy-to-deploy clean HTTPS site with almost no drama. And honestly, that is not a fantasy (if you don’t make … Read more