// merox.dev
Sysadmin
Sysadmin
with a "rack"
in the corner.
I'm Robert — 10+ years of Linux, self-hosting, and infrastructure.
Cybersecurity background.
Still satisfying when it all just works.
Robert Melcher
TIMIȘOARA, RO · AVAILABLE
// homelab
// recent writing The Rack
A full breakdown of my homelab in 2026 — Proxmox cluster, Talos Kubernetes, GitOps with Flux, and every service running in the rack.
proxmoxkubernetesflux
homelab pfSense Boot Troubleshooting
Three separate failures from a single accidental reboot — CAM disk detection delay, serial console locking the keyboard out, and NIC enumeration mismatch. Documented as it happened.
May 03, 2026 read →
// Career Path