She May Not Be Pretty But This Rack Saved My Business 150K This Year 1. INTRODUCTION The cloud cost explosion is real. When your Kubernetes cluster grows to hundreds of nodes and your database ha...

My Homelab Has Replaced My Blu-Ray Player: A DevOps Approach to Media Infrastructure Introduction The blinking LED on my Blu-Ray player went dark for the last time in 2023. What began as a humoro...

It Is Not A Cost Center INTRODUCTION The persistent misconception that IT infrastructure is merely a cost center continues to plague organizations worldwide. When business leaders view email syst...

Smart Plug Downloading Insane Amount Of Data: A DevOps Wake-Up Call Introduction Imagine discovering your smart plug has transferred 30GB of data in 24 hours - equivalent to streaming 10 hours of...

VMware Now Threatening Outages To Perpetual License Holders Introduction The virtualization landscape is facing unprecedented disruption as VMware’s recent licensing policies have left perpetual ...

How Have I Only Just Discovered Nylon Labels Introduction In the world of DevOps and system administration, we obsess over infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines - ...

Nvidia Just Wiped It: The Real Story Behind HBM, DDR5, and CXL Innovation INTRODUCTION The phrase “Nvidia just wiped it” recently sparked intense discussion across Reddit and DevOps communities w...

Picked Up 6 Lenovo Thinkcentre M910Q Tiny Pcs For $100 Total: The Ultimate Homelab Infrastructure Guide Introduction Finding enterprise-grade hardware at bargain prices is the holy grail for home...

I Just Saved Our Company By Unplugging And Plugging It In Again: The Untold Power of Hardware Diagnostics in DevOps INTRODUCTION The alert came at the worst possible moment - during a medical app...

Getting Pretty Good At Running Ethernet Introduction The unassuming Ethernet cable remains the unsung hero of reliable infrastructure. That Reddit post showing a cable stretched taut across a wal...