Monhub: a Pokémon quiz hub live ↗
Building a Pokémon quiz site sounded simple. Pick a Pokémon, show a silhouette, done. Then I started thinking about …
tjnome
build. break. automate. repeat.
tjnome@homelab: ~/www
online
tjnome@homelab:~$ whoami
Senior Consultant · jack-of-all-trades · homelab survivor
tjnome@homelab:~$ uptime
183 days · still compiling · zero regrets
tjnome@homelab:~$ cat ~/motto.txt
build. break. automate. repeat.
tjnome@homelab:~$
Refresh week: a terminal hero, a ghost 404, and Monhub
Last Friday I looked at this homepage and saw a default theme with my logo on it. One week and 35 commits later, the …
// whoami
Here you'll find a little bit of everything from someone trying to be a jack-of-all-trades in the IT business. Code compiles (sometimes), bugs become features (maybe), and the bug-fixing sessions often end in quiet contemplation (or screaming at the rubber duck, because sometimes I'm just an idiot sandwich). I mess around with everything from 3D-printed gadgets to XCOM mods that make my soldiers actually hit their shots.
Most days I wrestle CI/CD pipelines until they deploy something useful. I convince Proxmox that virtual machines do need to stay online, and I keep ZFS from staging a rebellion with my data. Then there's the never-ending saga of Docker containers and Kubernetes pods, each with its own way of testing my patience. Away from the servers, I try to master the dark arts of IPTV, manage a small army of 30 access points, and pray that the radio link for my parents' fiber connection doesn't take a holiday.
Then there's the constant stream of data from InfluxDB and Telegraf, with Home Assistant on top reading my Tibber power consumption and telling me exactly how much power I'm wasting. I keep trying to automate my life, and mostly end up automating the automation. It's a wonder anything works at all, but hey, it's fun to stare at a red screen of compilation errors, right?
