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Archive

Outdated or replaced posts, kept for reference and for the links that still point at them. What I run today is on the homelab tour.

2025

  1. merox-erudite: A Customized Astro Theme

    A fork of astro-erudite v1 with comments, analytics, SEO schemas, and an enhanced homepage — built for production blogging.

  2. How to Set Up a K3S Cluster in 2025

    Rebuilding my K3s cluster from scratch with Ansible — VM provisioning via Cloud-Init on Proxmox, HA across three nodes, and full automation.

2024

  1. Homelab as Code: Packer + Terraform + Ansible

    Automate your homelab from scratch — VM templating with Packer, provisioning with Terraform, and service deployment with Ansible on Proxmox.

  2. Smart Home Journey

    How I automated my home with Alexa, Home Assistant, Broadlink and Philips Hue — routines, integrations, and Linux scripts run from HA by GPS location.

  3. Deploying a Kubernetes-Based Media Server

    How to deploy a full ARR stack — Jellyfin, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, and qBittorrent — on Kubernetes with NFS storage and Traefik ingress.