2025 / Week 32

This post is part of a short series that builds on our minimal VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 deployment (2x Minisforum MS-A2) and showcases how to fully leverage the exciting new capabilities i…

Cursor is the best way to build software with AI.

An updated version of my user-level CLAUDE.md is featured in this post from December 2, 2025.

Kener is a free, open-source status page and uptime monitor. Deploy with Docker in under 2 minutes. Track 11 service types, manage incidents, schedule maintenance, and notify subscribers — all from one platform.

The monitoring and analysis of a complex data center can be much easier with the right tools. The right tool for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) is VCF Operations. It gathers the extraordinary amount of metrics generated within the environment, and distills it down into meaningful and actionable information for your optimization, troubleshooting, and planning efforts. … Continued

After 15 years on macOS, I made the leap to Arch Linux using Omarchy. Here's what I discovered about the trade-offs, workflow changes, and why shorter battery life and fan noise haven't sent me back to my MacBook.

how to add read-write-many (RWX) volumes to a Pod in VKS which were initially created by the Volume Service

Deploy VMs and LXCs using Proxmox Terraform templates. Includes cloud-init, LXC provisioning, and real-world IaC examples for automation.

After years of self-hosting on a VPS in a datacenter, I’ve decided to move my services at home. But instead of just porting services, I’m using this as an opportunity to migrate to a more flexible and

On a few occasions, I have noticed that after the initial deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 that also includes VCF Automation (VCFA), the VCFA VM can experience a sustained CPU usage …

The visual policy editor gives you a tabular view of each section of your policy file, and allows you to add, edit, and delete individual policy entries using visual forms.

An innovative superfamily of fonts for code

Connect everything, from cloud to IoT, with the next-generation global network solution. Simple, resilient, and secure networking in minutes.

Free, self-hosted customer support platform with shared inbox, automation, and team collaboration. Deploy with a single binary.

Terragrunt vs Terraform: Why I chose Terragrunt to eliminate code duplication, automate state management, orchestrate deployments, and follow pattern-level reuse.