I wanted to switch my home network to IPv6 only design. However the reality is still that there are lot of devices today that only support IPv4 and large parts of Internet are still IPv4 only. Because of this, many networks still deploy dual stack everywhere. However, I believe there is a case to be… Read More: Building a Mostly IPv6 Only Home Network »
One of my learnings from my Peru and Vancouver Island trips was that I should be spending more time creating and hosting my own content. And over time I realised that it was time to self host as much of my infrastructure as possible. I will cover the reasons for this below. This endevour isn’t… Read More: De-Googling Myself: My Google Exit Story »
I recently got a Snapdragon X Elite laptop for daily use and one of my main intention to getting it was to run Linux on it. I was jealous of the ARM hardware that Apple users had access to. After being really frustrated with running Windows for work, I decided to see what it was… Read More: Daily Driving an ARM Linux Laptop »
When I went through my Credit Card statements, I realised that I had an issue. I was spending way too much money to keep this blog going, especially for the level of traffic that I had. I get around 30-40 people viewing this blog per day and for that level of traffic, I was paying… Read More: How To Run WordPress Blog for Free »
I recently setup my Home Lab. However, I realised that the network connecting two of the mini PCs hosting my distributed GlusterFS volume was too slow. I was getting bottlenecked by the network between them. The 2 NVMe SSDs I put in would be no good if the network between them was going to be… Read More: Running 40Gbps Network on Mini PCs For Under $50 »
I have been wanting to get back into home labbing and hosting my own infrastructure, but just didn’t have the time for it because I was busy over the summer and fall – work, flying, running, weight training, bit of travelling kept me busy. However winter, foot injury and breaking my phone gave me extra… Read More: Building My Home Lab – IPv6, Docker Swarm and more »
I recently moved into a new apartment and could finally consider owning a PC. I wanted to build a desktop for work, running Linux VMs and for Microsoft Flight Simulator. I’m training to become a pilot and I felt it would help me save time and money if I could fly virtually. At the same… Read More: Building Fanless Virtualized Desktop »
I was invited to talk about Building Scalable Private Cloud on a Budget at DevOps Toronto. I want to thank Steve Pereira and Sebaz Rodriguez for giving me the opportunity to talk about what I was working on with my current employer, Transnomis Solutions Inc. The talk touches on various topics including: You can find… Read More: My talk about Building Private Cloud at DevOps Toronto »
I needed a dedicated server for running a few VMs. I decided to get a server in Montreal from Kimsufi. This guide should also work with other dedicated server providers, including sister companies of Kimsufi like OVH and SoYouStart. This is a write-up on how to set it up. These are some things that I… Read More: Proxmox with OPNSense setup on dedicated server »
I’m really sorry that I haven’t updated my blog in a while. I do get asked by my audience on what I’m upto. I’ve meant to create this blog post for a while. I hope I can provide some insights. I got incredibly caught up with work and did have some personal problems so didn’t… Read More: An update about life – APRICOT, work and more »