Notes on self-hosting, homelabs, and building things for the web.
A quick hands-on refresh on Active Directory fundamentals: domain controller, domain join, centralized users, OUs, and first Group Policy tests in an isolated Proxmox lab.
For years I had one simple machine and no real workspace. Now I have a small homelab built from trash, two servers, a desk, and a foundation for whatever comes next.
Watchtower got deprecated. Runners introduced new risks. Third time, I found a setup that actually made sense — and it was simpler than I expected.
Found a broken HP EliteDesk on the curb in the rain. Diagnosed it, fixed it for $25, and now it runs Proxmox for under $3/month in electricity.
A look at the process and technical decisions behind building a web app to streamline the creation of relationship evidence PDFs for immigration applications.
Building a pipeline that reads my daily journal, generates weekly reflections with AI, emails them to me, and syncs everything to Obsidian - all running on cron.
How I set up a fully automatic CI/CD pipeline for my homelab using GitHub Actions and Watchtower - push to main, site updates itself.
A quick intro - who I am and what I'll be writing about here.