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I Rebuilt My Dotfiles for the Agent That Writes Them
I don't hand-write my dotfiles anymore. An agent does. So I rebuilt them for the agent, and almost four years of Ansible went out in one commit.
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2026
I Rebuilt My Dotfiles for the Agent That Writes Them
I don't hand-write my dotfiles anymore. An agent does. So I rebuilt them for the agent, and almost four years of Ansible went out in one commit.
I Rebuilt My Homelab for an AI Operator
I didn't add AI to my homelab. I scorched it and rebuilt it from bare metal so an agent could run it, and picked every tool for the operator instead of for me.
From Hardware RAID to ZFS on My R720xd
I pulled the RAID card from my R720xd, put in an HBA330, and rebuilt Proxmox on three ZFS pools without buying a single new drive.
Deploying Obsidian Sync for My AI Agents
I set up Obsidian Sync for AI agents in a terminal-only Ubuntu Server environment using the official CLI and a continuous systemd service, then retired my old GUI workaround.
The AI Internet Outage We're Not Ready For
I think we are underestimating how close we are to a tipping-point outage where failure in core internet systems cascades far beyond one provider incident.
I Deleted My Cloudflare Tunnels: Tailscale Operator for Homelab K8s
I replaced Cloudflare Tunnels with the Tailscale Kubernetes Operator and went from dashboard-heavy setup to GitOps-native service exposure.
AI Already Took My Job
AI already took my job. I just adapted fast enough that nobody noticed.
Headless Obsidian Sync on Linux (No GUI Required)
Obsidian Sync is great — but it assumes you're sitting at a computer with a screen.
2025
A quiet year: nothing published in 2024.
Building a Talos Kubernetes Homelab with Terraform on Proxmox
So I heard about Talos Linux from the interwebs and figured I'd give it a shot in my homelab.
Troubleshooting RKE2 Kubernetes Master Node Failures in Production
Well, maybe I didn't break it, but it sure felt like it when I saw that "Not Ready" status on one of the master nodes at 2 AM.
Working with Private Container Registries: Nexus and Kubernetes
If you're working in an enterprise environment, you've probably encountered the need to use private container registries instead of pulling everything from Docker Hub.
2023
I Make Excuses - Eating Well
For a long time I've made so many excuses for why I can't do X and how hard it would be to do Y, or Z isn't really sustainable so I better not start..
2022
Introduction to GoLang Structs
Golang structs are a powerful tool for organizing data in Golang.
What is GoLang?
Golang, or Go, is a programming language created by Google in 2009.
Using $PSStyle to Spice up your Output
After looking into this a bit, I found a simple and easy to understand implimentation of to help create cool output.
2021
Playing With Dates in PowerShell
I wanted to share a little bit about date objects with PowerShell, and some cool things you can do with them.
Introducing the BlogQueue GitHub Action
Well, that's been me for the past while..
Remove Overlapping IP Address Ranges from a List of CIDR IP Addresses
Today, I wanted to share a problem I was faced with, as well as my scripted solution.
Testing Terraform IaC with Pester - Unit Tests
I'm always reminded how excited I am to be in the technology space, because the things there are to learn are pretty awesome.
How to Import a Locally Defined Function into a Remote PowerShell Session
I ran into a scenario that seemed simple, but was a bit frustrating to figure out.
Use PowerShell to Detect Running OS
I recently found myself specifically coding against a Windows system, without taking into account that someone on Linux could easily run my code if only I would account for it.
2020
How to securely store credentials locally using PowerShell. NO PLAIN TEXT.
In my new position as a DevOps Engineer, I find myself scripting more and more authenticated tasks.
PowerShell Functions: The Basics of Creating PowerShell Functions
That is what I want to discuss in this post.
How to organize your powershell functions into a module - Part 2
If you haven't yet, please head over and check out my How to organize your powershell functions into a module - Part 1 post where we look into the bare necessities of creating a PowerShell module.
How to organize your powershell functions into a module - Part 1
Writing functions is a blast.
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