Synology Subdomains: SSL, Reverse Proxy, and Dynamic DNS
A subdomain that wouldn't resolve. An SSL certificate that existed but didn't work. Three hours of debugging Synology's certificate management to learn it was never properly assigned.
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The 463-Message Traefik Nightmare
Four days, 463 messages, and one reverse proxy that refused to cooperate. The story of how I containerized my entire infrastructure by sheer stubbornness.
Self-Hosting RustDesk: Breaking Free from TeamViewer
I self-hosted RustDesk to replace TeamViewer. Then spent three days debugging why I couldn't connect to anything from inside my own network. NAT hairpinning strikes again.
Build Swarm: From Chaos to Production
A week of making the Gentoo build swarm actually reliable. Runaway drones, dead cron jobs, self-healing systems, and the satisfaction of watching it all come together.
The Command Center Saga
Four days of homelab chaos: storage archaeology, dashboard building, a power crisis, and teaching dad to use Proxmox over the phone. The full story of building a proper monitoring system.
When Log Floods and Network Failures Strike: An Unraid Troubleshooting Story
A week of chaos on the storage server. Fighting a massive rsyslog flood, then debugging a total network collapse caused by a single USB ethernet adapter.
Build Swarm v1.0: The Release
Three months ago, a rogue drone failed the same build 500 times in a minute. Today, the swarm self-heals in 60 seconds. This is v1.0.
The Week After Chaos: Auditing, Documenting, and Finally Breathing
After power crises, network ghosts, and phone-guided Proxmox recovery, it was time to verify everything actually worked—and make sure I'd never have to explain VMs to dad at halftime again.
Infrastructure as Code: Ansible and Terraform for the Homelab
Moving from manual SSH and shell scripts to declarative infrastructure management using Ansible playbooks and Terraform.
12 Years of Homelab Evolution: From Seedbox to Massive Storage
The complete timeline of my homelab journey. ESXi to Proxmox, single drives to redundant arrays, VPNs to mesh networks. What worked, what broke, and why I'm still doing this.
Managing Remote Hypervisors with Proxmox
Running Proxmox VE at a remote location. LXC containers, ZFS storage, VPN connectivity, and managing infrastructure you can't physically touch.
Seven Services, One Hour: Deploying a Complete Monitoring Stack
Deploying Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, cAdvisor, Smokeping, Healthchecks, and Promtail on one box. Seven containers, 45 minutes, and one ironic nodejs detour.
Complete Proxmox VE Setup Guide
A step-by-step guide to setting up Proxmox VE for your home lab virtualization needs