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Lessons Learned Running a Homelab for 5 Years5 years of running a homelab, and what I would do differently. Why I moved everything to Kubernetes, why I stopped using Ansible and Docker Compose, and why everything I run is now declarative.
Ubuntu Is Dead, Long Live Declarative InfrastructureWhy I no longer run Ubuntu or Ansible on servers. A mutable OS drifts, breaks during upgrades and cannot be rolled back. How NixOS, Flatcar and single-node Kubernetes fix that, with a side-by-side comparison.
Building an IDP @ NeuSix #2 using Gitlab PipelinesHow we added GitLab pipeline-based environment promotions to the NeuSix Internal Developer Platform.
Building an IDP @ NeuSixHow I built the first version of the NeuSix's Internal Developer Platform with Backstage, Keycloak, Kargo, Kubernetes, and OpenTelemetry.
Free Production Grade Kubernetes Cluster For LifeRun and setup a production-ready Kubernetes cluster for free using Infrastructure as Code. This guide shows you how to leverage Oracle Cloud's Free Tier for a secure, easily updatable K8s setup. Learn to automate everything with one command.
Creating a custom UPI VPA by bypassing advanced anti-reversing techniques in a banking appA deep dive into the process of generating custom UPI VPAs within a mobile banking app by bypassing security protections. Explore techniques for overcoming anti-reversing and Anti-Frida measures, including native library analysis.
Chennai Metro Rail: From a file-read vulnerability to SQL injectionA Chennai Metro Rail investigation covering mobile traffic analysis, network security, API testing, arbitrary file downloads, .NET reverse engineering and SQL injection.