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2024

My First Steps in IT Career

Discover my journey into the IT industry, from a hesitant student to landing my first job as a System Administrator. Explore the challenges, experiences, and valuable lessons learned along the way.

October 25, 2024
5 min read

career
guide
interview
professional
Smart Home Journey

Discover how I transformed my home into a smart, automated space using Alexa, Home Assistant, and other devices. Learn about routines, integration challenges, and tips for building your own efficient smart home setup.

September 30, 2024
5 min read

infrastructure
homeassistant
alexa
automation
broadlink
philips-hue
How to Set Up Your Own AI at Home

Learn how to set up AI at home with Ollama, OpenWebUI and Stable Diffusion in this guide.

August 16, 2024
7 min read

experimental
ai
server
ollama
stable-diffusion
Setting Up Dell R720 Server in the Home Lab

Discover how to set up the Dell PowerEdge R720 server in your home lab with this detailed guide. Learn about technical specifications, cooling configurations using IPMItool, firmware updates, Proxmox cluster migration, and storage setup with RAID.

July 13, 2024
6 min read

infrastructure
homelab
server
tutorial
dell
proxmox
Tailscale site-to-site pfSense - Linux

Setting up Tailscale site-to-site connection between pfSense and Linux for secure homelab-to-cloud connectivity

April 6, 2024
3 min read

infrastructure
vpn
security
tailscale
pfsense
Deploying a Kubernetes-Based Media Server

Well-crafted tutorial to deploy a media server on my Kubernetes cluster

March 6, 2024
7 min read

kubernetes
media-server
jellyfin
radarr
sonarr