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Non-Prod Journey Completed - Running Two Clusters at Once
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Non-Prod Journey Milestone 2 - A new ingress pattern
How I replaced ingress-nginx with Istio and the Gateway API, moved haproxy into a Proxmox LXC, and wired up cert-manager, external-dns, Cloudflare, and Pi-hole to get two clusters running behind a single load balancer.
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Non-Prod Journey Milestone 1 - Setup Proxmox with Terraform and Ansible
A practical walkthrough of building a non-production homelab environment using Proxmox, Terraform, and Ansible. This post covers how I automated VM provisioning, handled networking and SSH setup, and established a repeatable foundation for future infrastructure - all while balancing what belongs in a golden image vs. configuration management.
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Build a Clean React + Express Stack From Scratch
Connect a React front-end to an Express backend step by step: build a small API, spin up a Vite app, wire data with useState and useEffect, then fix CORS and response shape so the list on screen is actually from your API.
A new beginning - Establishing a non-prod cluster at home
Turn "I'll fix it someday" into real progress: the strategy and roadmap for building a safe non-production Kubernetes cluster at home - from bare metal to GitOps, without touching prod.
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Hot Tip - Don't use Windows (Directly) for a Development Environment
Development on Windows can be frustrating - but it doesn't have to be. Learn how WSL lets you escape the OneDrive + node_modules sync nightmare and get your *nix tools back. A practical guide for developers used to Mac or Linux.
Expose Your Raspberry Pi to the Internet with Duck DNS (Using Docker)
Learn how to expose your Raspberry Pi to the Internet with Duck DNS. This guide will show you how to set up Duck DNS on your Raspberry Pi and how to use it to access your Raspberry Pi from anywhere.
The Prompt Engineering Shortcut: Make AI Write Better Prompts Than You Ever Could
Learn how to generate consistent AI banner images for your blog posts using reusable prompt templates. A step-by-step guide exploring tools like Nano Banana and ChatGPT to create images that match your site's visual language.