How to configure Synology HyperBackup with Oracle Cloud's Always Free Ampere instance using rsync over Tailscale — including the SSH override that breaks most setups.

How to replace MinIO with Garage as the S3 backend for Longhorn backups — setup, bucket config, Kubernetes secret, and HelmRelease update.

How to restore Kubernetes applications from Longhorn backups — scale down, remove empty PVCs, restore volumes, create PVs/PVCs, and bring everything back up.

A practical guide to the 3-2-1 backup rule — what it means, how to implement it, and how to actually recover when things go wrong.

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