RASPBERRY PI
Systemd Service Patterns for Raspberry Pi Projects
Once Raspberry Pi projects move from prototype to unattended deployment, process supervision matters more than application code.
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Linux Edge Device Hardening Checklist
Edge devices frequently run with broad network exposure and weak maintenance. Security hardening has to be practical, repeatable, and automation-friendly.
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Traefik Routing at Scale in a Homelab: What Broke and What Held
A deep retrospective on running Traefik for many self-hosted services with dynamic routing, middleware policy, and safer operations.
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Kubernetes in a Homelab: Lessons from My k3s Cluster
A detailed retrospective on building and operating a small k3s Kubernetes cluster in a homelab, including networking, storage, and reliability lessons.
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Ansible Infra-as-Code Retrospective: How I Stopped Snowflake Servers
A detailed retrospective on migrating small VPS and homelab hosts to Ansible-managed infrastructure with practical role and rollout patterns.
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Proxmox Homelab Cluster Retrospective: Stability Before Complexity
A long retrospective on building a reliable Proxmox homelab cluster with practical lessons on storage, backups, networking, and operations.
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CI/CD Retrospective: GitHub Actions with a Self-Hosted Runner
A detailed retrospective on building a safer CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions and a self-hosted runner for infrastructure and web deployments.
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Observability Stack Retrospective: Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki in Practice
A long-form retrospective on building an observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki, focused on practical alerting and incident response.
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Backup and Disaster Recovery Retrospective: The Drills That Changed Everything
A detailed retrospective on backup and disaster recovery drills across homelab and VPS services, including RPO/RTO design and practical runbooks.
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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Retrospective: From Slow Queries to Stable Latency
A deep retrospective on tuning PostgreSQL performance with query analysis, index strategy, autovacuum adjustments, and connection management improvements.
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Terraform Environment Lifecycle Retrospective: What Finally Made It Predictable
A detailed retrospective on stabilizing Terraform workflows for multi-environment infrastructure with safer state handling, drift detection, and rollout governance.