January 2026 — a post-mortem on why your branch protections mean absolutely nothing when an AI is at the wheel
It started with a reasonable idea I run a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster.
January 2026 — when a friend’s astrophotography software broke and the internet said “reinstall Ubuntu”
A friend of mine called me with a problem. She had a new machine with an RTX 5060 Ti, PixInsight installed natively, and BlurXTerminator — a GPU-accelerated AI denoising plugin for astrophotography — completely broken.
December 2025 — because “fresh cluster” should not take a day
Every time I’ve needed to spin up a new Kubernetes cluster — new hardware, new lab environment, disaster recovery test — I’ve gone through the same ritual.
October 2025 — on being told the noise is fine while holding evidence that it isn’t
There is a specific kind of frustration that comes from a government that is simultaneously collecting your taxes and telling you that the problem you’re experiencing isn’t a problem.
September 2025 — adding real observability to a Java service without touching a line of application code
Logs tell you something happened. Metrics tell you how often.
May 2024 — because your home produces data worth keeping
Smart home devices generate a constant stream of data. Temperature readings, power consumption, motion events, CO₂ levels, humidity.
