Projects
Every build in the lab, newest first: 9 so far, 1 completed and 8 in progress. Each write-up covers the goal, how it works, and what broke along the way.
Building This Portfolio
Designing and building this site from scratch with Astro, Tailwind CSS, and MDX, on a $0 hosting budget.
#web#astro#devops
In progressLab Automation with n8n
Connecting Proxmox, Graylog, LibreNMS, Supabase, and the NAS to a self-hosted workflow engine, with least-privilege access.
#automation#apis#security#n8n
In progressTwo-Node Proxmox Cluster with a QDevice
Turning a single hypervisor into a quorum-safe Proxmox cluster, on the way to high availability.
#proxmox#virtualization#clustering
In progressRepairing a Hypervisor with Corrupted Core Libraries
Tracing a six-month-old mistake that had downgraded about 35 core libraries on a Proxmox host, and restoring them surgically.
#linux#troubleshooting#debian#proxmox
CompletedAir-Gapped Package and Image Pipeline
How software gets into a network that can't reach the internet: staging, transfers, and an internal APT mirror.
#linux#air-gap#packaging#docker
In progressGPU Passthrough and a Local AI Stack
An RTX 3070 passed through to a VM, running private LLMs and a RAG assistant that knows my lab, with no internet.
#ai#llm#gpu#docker#rag
In progressObservability: Metrics, Logs, and Config Backup
LibreNMS for metrics, Graylog for centralized logs, and Oxidized for config backups across the whole lab.
#monitoring#logging#snmp#syslog
In progressLayered Backup Strategy
File-level, VM-level, and network-config backups, each tool doing the job it's best at.
#backup#disaster-recovery#git
In progressSegmented Network Core
A VLAN-segmented Cisco and FortiGate network with OSPF, deterministic spanning tree, and hardened switches.
#networking#ccna#cisco#routing#security
In progress