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2024

VS Code Frontmatter FTW!
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While reading Kev Quirks latest post on #100DaysToOffload (RSS ftw as well) he hits upon the exact problem I’ve been having with creating more content for the blog. At the back-end I effectively have a custom-built CMS that has been designed, from the ground-up, to work exactly how I want it to.
Kubernetes Homelab Journey Pt0
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I’m going to attempt to document my journey migrating from my current homelab setup to kubernetes. I can’t promise when these posts will come as I’m finding I have less time and energy outside of work to do these things but here goes!

Terraforming AWS
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I’ve had my personal AWS setup for 10 years now and it’s time that it got organised. I’ve made previous attempts at this using Terraformer but it’s output wasn’t structure enough for my liking.

2023

My First Year-ish on the Fediverse
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It’s about this time of year that marks my first year on the fediverse. I’ve really enjoyed it, I decided to quit Twitter just over a year ago and Reddit after they cut off third party apps. I have both my own Mastodon and Lemmy server. Mastodon is hosted with Masto.host, at the time I was pretty ill and didn’t want the hassle of managing it all myself, I also wanted the option of easily scaling it if I ever decided to open it up to friends/family.

2021

Black Gold Quefrency Rev 3 Final Build
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As I wade ever deeper into the depths of the keyboard world I’m always amazed at what people can do and just how awesome kbs can look. For a long time I’ve wanted something a bit more than just the bog standard board.
Home Assistant Backup to S3
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How to easily backup your Home Assistant configuration to an S3 bucket. Steps # Go to Supervisor Add-on Store 3 dot menu - Repositories Add https://github.com/mikebell/hassio-backup-s3 Close Once the addon is installed you can click on it and follow the up to date readme file to configure your IAM user and policy.
The 10 Minute JS File Part 1
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This problem has been plaguing me for months now so I thought I’d write down everything I’ve done to try and solve the issue of the 10 minute js file.
I Should Add Thoughts
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I should add thoughts to the site. Small form comments sort of like tweets

2020

Moving From Gatsby to Hugo
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I’ve moved to Hugo after probably the shortest time with any site generator. Firstly I love to change the theme of blog I get blog envy quite easily these days. But I’m not a themer so I don’t attempt to create anything like what I see on other sites.
Smart home
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For the last few years I’ve been trying to “smarten” our home up with technology in a security conscious way. There are a lot of IOT technologies out there that rely on third party servers often in undesired locations.