May 8 · 3 min read · When you provision a new bare-metal dedicated server, you gain ultimate raw power, complete control, and maximum privacy. However, unlike managed hosting, a bare-metal machine means you are solely res
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Dec 31, 2025 · 4 min read · As AI systems mature, infrastructure decisions increasingly determine product success. By 2026, many teams have learned that virtualized environments, while convenient, introduce performance variability, hidden overhead, and long-term cost inefficien...
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Dec 13, 2025 · 5 min read · The Digital Address Book: Demystifying Domains, DNS, and Web Hosting This article explores the mechanics of how websites function, starting with country-code domains and moving through the entire infrastructure that connects a user's browser to your ...
Join discussionOct 31, 2025 · 4 min read · Choosing between FreeRTOS and Bare-Metal is one of the most important architectural decisions you’ll make when starting embedded firmware. It affects performance, power, scalability, debugging complexity, maintainability, and long-term product cost. ...
Join discussionOct 26, 2025 · 5 min read · Before diving into Ironic, I think it’s important to first unpack the idea of bare metal, because understanding that makes everything else click.Honestly, it took me a bit longer than I’d like to admit to really get it. I understood the theory well e...
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Oct 24, 2025 · 3 min read · Whenever using AKS, EKS, k3s, or even full Kubernetes before, you have probably seen clusters where every node gets a public IP. That works, but it’s not ideal, especially if you care about security or you are running a homelab / small cloud setup. R...
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Sep 4, 2025 · 4 min read · After working in the DevOps space, I’ve started asking real questions — not from companies, but from ourselves. Are we really in control? Do we even own our infrastructure anymore? Or are we just sitting behind dashboards, hoping that “auto-scaling” ...
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Aug 16, 2025 · 6 min read · A comprehensive monitoring solution for Proxmox VE environments that automatically detects and monitors available system components. The Problem We Solved Managing monitoring in diverse Proxmox homelab environments typically requires juggling multip...
Join discussionAug 4, 2025 · 2 min read · Part of the Proxmox Baremetal Journey series I broke my install more times than I'd like to admit, but by the end I learned a ton about how PBS works under the hood. This post documents everything I learned while setting up Proxmox Backup Server to h...
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