haproxy
Building a Read-Only HAProxy Dashboard That Humans Can Actually Use
A practical look at building a modern, human-friendly, strictly read-only dashboard for understanding HAProxy routes, services, health and drift.
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openclaw
OpenClaw Update Procedure: Snapshot First, Then Upgrade
A practical OpenClaw update checklist for my homelab: snapshot the VM first, review the release, upgrade, restart the gateway, verify the running version, then smoke test the assistant runtime.
haproxy
Building a Native Fail2Ban with HAProxy Stick-Tables
A vulnerability scanner launched 38,000 requests in 30 minutes and took down my Archy.net Ghost blog. Here's how I built a native fail2ban with HAProxy stick-tables. No external daemons, no log parsing, just real-time protection.
self-hosting
From Dropbox to Seafile to OCIS: A Self-Hosted File Sync Odyssey
103 GiB of client data. Dropbox Advanced at €650/year. It was time to take back control. Here's what happened when I migrated to self-hosted Seafile.
Kubernetes
From Docker Swarm to Talos Linux: A Step-by-Step Migration Guide
How I migrated 28 services from Docker Swarm to Talos Linux Kubernetes in 2 days with zero downtime. Cilium CNI, MetalLB BGP, Flux GitOps, and all the things that went wrong along the way.
haproxy
HAProxy Odyssey: From NetScaler to BGP Anycast
From cutting cost-heavy Citrix nets to mastering BGP Anycast, my HAProxy journey shows how resilience, security, and automation evolve.
haproxy
From Keepalived to BGP Anycast: HAProxy HA on UniFi UDM Pro Max
How I got true active-active HAProxy load balancing using BGP anycast on a UniFi UDM Pro Max. No expensive routers needed.
haproxy
From SSH to API: Deploying HAProxy Data Plane API for Automated Load Balancer Management
Replacing manual SSH configuration with HAProxy Data Plane API: how I automated load balancer management across an HA cluster using REST APIs and Ansible AWX.
DevOps
The Perfect Patch Management Duo: PatchMon + Ansible AWX
Learn how PatchMon and Ansible AWX work together to create a complete patch management solution with visibility and automation - managing 21 servers with 95% less effort.
AI
Choosing Between Local AI and Cloud AI: What You Need to Know
Explore the pros and cons of running AI locally versus in the cloud. Discover when to use edge AI, when to rely on cloud platforms, and how hybrid architectures combine the best of both.