Umm Im Gen Z I Know How To Use Computers: The Infrastructure Reality Check for DevOps Teams Introduction The phrase “I’m Gen Z - I know how to use computers” echoes through modern IT departments ...

Higher Ed: The IT Environment I Will Never Work In Again Introduction The tweet says it all: “Yesterday, I put in my 2 weeks at a large university… all I feel is relief.” This sentiment echoes th...

I Just Got Hacked Somehow: A DevOps Survival Guide for Container Compromises Introduction You’re monitoring your homelab server when htop reveals an unexpected process: xmrig (a cryptocurrency mi...

Windows 11: Is Microsoft Trying To Be Apple Without Doing Apple’s Homework? Introduction When a senior sysadmin encounters “Insufficient system resources” while mapping a network drive through Wi...

About 6 Months Ago I Stumbled Upon Jeff Geerling’s Video On YouTube. One Thing Led To Another, And Here We Are: My First Homelab Introduction The journey from watching a random YouTube video to b...

Hello My Name Is Value And I Am A Recovering Homelab Addict Introduction We’ve all been there. It starts innocently enough: a Raspberry Pi running Pi-hole, a tiny NUC for Plex media streaming, or...

Just Got My Cease Desist Letter From Broadcom: Migrating Away From VMware in 2024 Introduction The email subject line no infrastructure administrator wants to see: “Notice of License Violation” f...

Fck You Openai Hynix Samsung: The Real Infrastructure Crisis Facing DevOps Teams 1. Introduction: The Memory Wars In the trenches of modern infrastructure management, a silent crisis is unfolding ...

Didnt Think It Would Happen: Navigating Infrastructure Politics and Unexpected Terminations in DevOps INTRODUCTION The phrase “I didn’t think it would happen to me” echoes through the DevOps comm...

Ram Prices Spiked So I Added Just Enough Memory To Stay Ahead And Not Worry For A While 29Tb 266Tib Introduction The recent volatility in RAM prices has forced many DevOps engineers and system ad...