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Systems-minded developer building calm, reliable infrastructure.

I design and operate Linux-based systems, automation flows, and practical internal platforms with a bias toward clean delivery and clear observability.

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Zorin OS: Ditch Windows and switch to Linux NOW!

Installing and Tweaking Zorin OS… I tend to be fairly picky when it comes to Linux distributions. I’m not interested in something flashy for the sake of it — I want stability, sane defaults, good hardware support, and the ability to tweak things without the OS fighting back. With that in mind, I decided to…

Bit of tea with GITea!

I Self-Hosted My Own Gitea Instance on a Homelab – And Why You Should Too If you are a developer, tinkerer, or one who values having control of your data, well, you probably have thought about hosting your own version control system. It all started for me when I set up Gitea on my homelab….

How I Got qwebirc Running in Docker

How I Got qwebirc Running in Docker (2025-proof, no Apache, works with Cloudflare Tunnel) qwebirc is awesome, but it’s Python 2 + Twisted era software. On modern hosts that means: Here’s exactly what I did to make it work, end-to-end. 1) Build a Python-2/Twisted image from the Debian archive Create ~/qwebirc-docker/Dockerfile: Build it: 2) First…

PiVPN / WireGuard Complete Setup

This tutorial will show you how to install your own personal Raspberry Pi-based VPN into your network using PiVPN and WireGuard. Why would you want to do this? A number of reasons – remote access to your local servers and files, surfing through your own Internet connection when on the road, and just general good…

Automation – How to Automatically Clean Up Unused Docker Images

Tired of constantly cleaning up unused Docker images that accumulate over time? Here’s a simple and effective solution. Login to your server terminal where you’re hosting docker You can add a prune job on your Docker host that: Runs automatically at regular intervals (e.g., daily/weekly) Prunes all unused images Add the following line to your…

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PHP / SQLite

Vibe-Coded Portfolio Platform

Custom portfolio platform built through iterative vibe coding. It includes a blog migration from the legacy site, project pages, archive navigation, admin tooling, social/profile…

DNS

Transforming a Mini-PC to a Firewall/Router Appliance

To repurpose a mini-PC into a robust and secure firewall/router appliance using OPNSense, an open-source firewall and routing platform, enhancing network security and management c…

mSL

Turn Based Wrestling Simulation Text Game (written in mSL)

The purpose of this project was to create a text-based, turn-based simulation wrestling game for IRC (Internet Relay Chat) using mSL (mirc scripting). The game was designed to be…

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ip -br a List interfaces and assigned IP addresses in a compact view.
df -h Display mounted filesystem usage with human readable sizes.
du -sh * Summarize the size of items in the current directory.
systemctl restart nginx Restart a systemd managed service.
journalctl -fu nginx Stream recent and new log entries for a service.
journalctl -u nginx -n 100 --no-pager Print the last 100 log lines for a service without paging.