Networking and System Engineering
Networking and System Engineering
This weekend I’ve been working on a couple of upgrades for my homelab network. I recently picked up a Juniper SRX320 to use as the edge router/switch for my lab, along with a 4-port Intel I350-T4 NIC for my workstation.…
Introduction Today was one of those days where everything clicks into place. After years of working with code, scripts, and configs in networking and System Engineering — sometimes organized, sometimes messy — I decided to get serious about source control,…
Why I chose Cloud-Init for KVM Automation Typically, I’ve built VMs either through Proxmox using its automation scripts, Vagrant for small disposable environments, or by spinning up an installation ISO and stepping through the Ubuntu installer manually. That’s been fine…
Back in March, I kicked off this journey with Building My Own GitLab — setting up version control to bring structure to years of scattered configs, scripts, and lab experiments. By May, I’d expanded that foundation into a full observability…
Introduction This project started with a simple but fun idea: Could I take an old red telephone ☎️ (a classic analogue phone), and make it part of a modern AI-powered smart home? Here’s the dream: Pick up the red phone…
Back in February, I spec’d a new PC to dive into AI/LLMs and sharpen my existing networking skills. By May, I’d spun up a full observability stack, built version control, hosted internal DNS, deployed Docker and LXC services, and explored…
