Recent
Homelab Update June 2025
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Bye bye Ubuntu Server 20.04 # I moved all my apps from Ubuntu Server to Debian 12 after testing it out for a few months. It’s faster and uses less resources.
Things I Lost In The Fire
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It’s around 6 months since the pulmonary embolism and while recovery is going ok there’s still some things not right.
I’ve come to think of them as things I’ve lost in the fire.
Homelab Post Incident Review 11/05/25
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Since it’s important to practice what you preach (apparently) here’s my post incident report on a P1 homelab failure
Timeline # 09:30 - Services slow, services down
10:00 - Attempt to upgrade Ubuntu and reboot VM
I know what tried to kill me
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I finally have some closure on the PE that turned my life upside down at the end of October last year.
I have it written on a piece of NHS branded paper.
Four months on from my Pulmonary Embolism
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“You did it proper.”
Consultant
Adding to my list of things I never want to hear again.
Those words were proceeded by my consultant showing me the images of my chest and the two bright white spots that were the clots that nearly killed me.