Blocks of Ideas
This Categories list is where you’ll find all the main topics the articles covers, neatly organized to help you explore what interests you most. Click into any category to browse all the posts we’ve written on that subject and discover new content you might have missed. Articles on this site are in the following groups:
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Automation(articles found: 7)Streamlining workflows and boosting efficiency through automation. Explore scripting with Python and PowerShell, infrastructure as code tools like Ansible and Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Discovering how to automate repetitive tasks for production and development environment.
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Cloud(articles found: 5)Diving into platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP, uncovering scalable solutions for technical projects. Investigating serverless architectures, cloud networking principles, and essential security measures. Discover how to leverage on-demand resources to enhance infrastructure and expand my skill set in the world of *AAS.
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Home Lab(articles found: 3)Building and experimenting in a personal tech playground. Exploring hardware setups, network configurations, virtualisation technologies, and homelab project ideas. Satisfying hands-on breaking and creating of personal services and infrastructure cos-playing.
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Hugo(articles found: 5)Creating my site using Hugo static site generator. Learn its architecture, templating system, shortcodes, and data organization. Explore practical examples of site development, theme creation and content creation, with a touch of deployment pipelines. Discover techniques for building performant and maintainable websites with a focus on speed and simplicity.
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IoT(articles found: 4)Connecting the physical and digital worlds. Explore projects involving microcontrollers like Raspberry Pi and Arduino, sensor integration, data acquisition, and home automation. Learn about Matter, Thread and MQTT protocols and the potential of interconnected devices and build your own smart solutions.
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Kubernetes(articles found: 3)Orchestrating containerised applications at scale(not). Explore the fundamentals of Kubernetes, including pods, deployments, and services. Learn about cluster management, scaling strategies, storage and networking, observability and security, and deploying resilient applications in your my lab environment. Here I will also cover Docker and containerd.
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Neworking(articles found: 2)Connecting and securing your digital landscape. Explore network fundamentals, routing and switching concepts, firewall configurations, and VPN technologies. Discover how to build a secure and reliable network for your home lab. Inbound, Outbound and Beyond.
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Cyber Security(articles found: 5)Fortifying my digital defences. Explore topics like threat detection, vulnerability analysis, security best practices, and ethical hacking. Learning how to protect my home network lab and personal data with transferable skill in a connected world.
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Virtualisation(articles found: 2)Creating and managing virtual environments. Explore opensource hypervisors solutions like Proxmox, OpenStack and Incus. Going hands-on with virtual machine setup, resource allocation, and machine containers with lxc and LXD. Insite into how I maximize hardware utilisation and build home services and flexible test environments in my lab.