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"https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-27-authentik-identity-platform/", "published_at": "2026-03-27T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81ddc6694c", "title": "Stress Testing GPU Transcoding in Kubernetes with JF_hw_stress", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-27-jellyfin-hw-stress-tester/", "published_at": "2026-03-27T17:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81dec0663e", "title": "PiKey: A Raspberry Pi That Pretends to Be Your Keyboard", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-27-pikey-bluetooth-keyboard-emulator/", "published_at": "2026-03-27T16:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81df60389a", "title": "Homelab State of the Union: 42 Namespaces and Counting", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-26-homelab-state-of-the-union/", "published_at": "2026-03-27T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e008040e", "title": "This Blog Deploys Itself: Self-Hosted CI/CD on k3s with GitHub ARC", 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"https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-22-operation-moonshot-linux-in-rust/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e24af9a2", "title": "Using Claude to Start Your Regulatory Compliance Journey", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-22-claude-regulatory-compliance/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T04:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e29bb8bf", "title": "Five Projects in One Day: What AI Pair Programming Actually Looks Like", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-22-ai-pair-programming-five-projects/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T03:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e3475b2d", "title": "Building a TCG Price Tracker with Selenium and Kubernetes", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-22-cardboard-price-tracker/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T02:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e35bc6e0", "title": "Home Assistant as the Data Hub for Digital Signage", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-22-digital-signage-ha-proxy/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e3bba8bf", "title": "Why I Switched from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code Max", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-22-claude-code-vs-copilot/", "published_at": "2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e3d54725", "title": "Ditching AWS ECR for Self-Hosted Harbor: Why and How", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-21-harbor-registry-ditching-ecr/", "published_at": "2026-03-22T03:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e3e7cfc1", "title": "One Month Retrospective: From Bare Metal to Production Platform", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-21-one-month-retrospective/", "published_at": "2026-03-22T02:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e43cfb08", "title": "Stock Automation: From Empty Scaffold to 13,000 Lines in a Single Day", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-21-stock-automation-zero-to-platform/", "published_at": "2026-03-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e4ea1eac", "title": "PETG Filament Settings: Why the Advertised Temperatures Are Wrong", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-20-petg-filament-settings/", "published_at": "2026-03-21T02:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e5cb92ec", "title": "The Bambu Lab P1S: Why Every Homelab Needs a 3D Printer", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-19-bambu-lab-p1s-3d-printing/", "published_at": "2026-03-20T02:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e5e02709", "title": "Jellyfin HA on Kubernetes: Redis-Backed Transcode Session Failover", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/jellyfin-ha-kubernetes/", "published_at": "2026-03-15T02:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e64aa411", "title": "What's Still Broken and What Comes Next", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-12-jellyfin-ha-whats-broken/", "published_at": "2026-03-12T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e6c557e8", "title": "Scaling to Two Replicas and Failover Testing", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-11-jellyfin-ha-failover-testing/", "published_at": "2026-03-11T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e6f31ee5", "title": "State Externalization and the Sticky Session Compromise", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-10-jellyfin-ha-state-sessions/", "published_at": "2026-03-10T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e6ff9d55", "title": "Storage Refactoring and the SQLite-to-PostgreSQL Migration", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-09-jellyfin-ha-storage-migration/", "published_at": "2026-03-09T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e70e8ca7", "title": "Forking Jellyfin: A PostgreSQL Database Provider in .NET 10", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-08-jellyfin-ha-postgresql-provider/", "published_at": "2026-03-08T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb8-71c9-84bd-cf81e757e7f7", "title": "Multi-Model Planning: The Same Pattern That Shipped dnd-multi", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-07-jellyfin-ha-multi-model-planning/", "published_at": "2026-03-07T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb9-717a-bdf6-3e8cb4db9047", "title": "Why Jellyfin Can't Scale (And What We're Going to Do About It)", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-06-jellyfin-ha-why-it-cant-scale/", "published_at": "2026-03-06T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a08756-8fb9-717a-bdf6-3e8cb5b276d2", "title": "Seven Alerts, Three Bugs, One AI Debug Session: A Kubernetes Incident Report", "url": "https://blog.zolty.systems/posts/2026-03-04-ai-driven-incident-response/", "published_at": "2026-03-05T04:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Failures that look like success: a field guide to fixing machines you can't touch original ↗

2 Sept 2026

Six dashboards, a refresh button that launches a Kubernetes Job, and the metric that changed what I buy original ↗

28 Aug 2026

The repair queue is four states and a no-go rule original ↗

25 Aug 2026

Drafts, labels, and pack slips: automating everything except the publish button original ↗

21 Aug 2026

The wiki writes itself now, which is exactly the problem original ↗

18 Aug 2026

One lot, forty units: the cost-basis problem nobody warns you about original ↗

14 Aug 2026

Someone else's laptop, my agent: config management for people who won't read a README original ↗

11 Aug 2026

Two dozen crawlers and a shortlist: how I stopped browsing surplus auctions original ↗

7 Aug 2026

Secrets without leaks: a Bitwarden CLI into CI and agent permissions original ↗

4 Aug 2026

Scoring Pokémon card lots against eBay sold comps original ↗

31 Jul 2026

Building domain-specific MCP servers: three I actually use original ↗

28 Jul 2026

The autonomy ladder in practice: letting agents commit, then merge original ↗

24 Jul 2026

Background agents that babysit the cluster: drift, test-deletion, and cost sentinels original ↗

21 Jul 2026

I audited four months of my own repos to see what I was actually early on original ↗

19 Jul 2026

The merge gate is a rival model: four days of Gemini deleting my code original ↗

19 Jul 2026

A panel of LLMs: using Gemini and Claude to pressure-test decisions original ↗

17 Jul 2026

Claude asks Claude for help: an agent-to-agent bridge over Mattermost original ↗

14 Jul 2026

I don't read the PRs: supervising Claude by reading the docs it leaves behind original ↗

12 Jul 2026

I built a headless refurb bench: imaging surplus PCs without a monitor original ↗

10 Jul 2026

Phone scan to 3D print: photogrammetry, a watertight mesh, and Bambu original ↗

7 Jul 2026

Recapping a dead cassette deck: a vintage-audio repair triage original ↗

3 Jul 2026

Beyond cover art: background removal, batch resources, and two GPUs of throwaway pixels original ↗

21 Jun 2026

How this blog is built: Hugo, S3, CloudFront, and an AI drafting pipeline original ↗

19 Jun 2026

From prompt to published: how every image on this blog comes out of a local ComfyUI original ↗

18 Jun 2026

Headless bench-PC fleet: imaging and BIOS-as-code with PiKVM and Dell CCTK original ↗

17 Jun 2026

Token-budgeted self-improvement: pointing parallel agents at my own repos original ↗

17 Jun 2026

LLM-powered GitLab CI: auto-reviewing and auto-fixing merge requests original ↗

15 Jun 2026

Build a 3-node K3s cluster from $150 surplus Dell OptiPlex desktops original ↗

14 Jun 2026

Tracing and budgeting LLM agents with Langfuse original ↗

13 Jun 2026

A LiteLLM gateway for the homelab: one endpoint, many models, hard cost caps original ↗

13 Jun 2026

The peasant has friends now: rumors, routines, and a 3,200-strong crowd original ↗

11 Jun 2026

Writing MCP servers for your homelab: five tools, 200 lines, and your agents get hands original ↗

9 Jun 2026

Every homelab service behind one login: Traefik forward-auth with Authentik original ↗

8 Jun 2026

Tiered model storage with MinIO and rclone: keep the SSD hot, archive the rest original ↗

6 Jun 2026

The Mac Studio as a GPU appliance: serving Ollama and ComfyUI to a k3s cluster original ↗

4 Jun 2026

When the peasant talks back: LLM NPCs in Ultima Online original ↗

4 Jun 2026

How LLM-driven NPCs work in Ultima Online (ServUO)original ↗

2 Jun 2026

A $150 Surface Pro 7 is the best Home Assistant wall panel you can buy original ↗

30 May 2026

Re-tuning my Claude Code setup for a new Opus model original ↗

29 May 2026

The seam — what I deliberately left in the cloud and why original ↗

27 May 2026

The Saturday DR drill — burning the cluster down on purpose original ↗

24 May 2026

From managed to owned — the case for self-hosting in 2026 original ↗

21 May 2026

HashiCorp Vault behind Authentik — secrets that survive an auditor original ↗

18 May 2026

Watts, BTUs, and the real cost of running a homelab 24/7 original ↗

15 May 2026

The agent autonomy trust ladder: supervised → monitored → trusted → full original ↗

12 May 2026

Coordinating 3-5 parallel Claude sessions through a shared Mattermost channel original ↗

10 May 2026

Running a 1T-parameter MoE locally on two Mac Studios over Thunderbolt 5 original ↗

7 May 2026

Blind Oracle: stripping dates, headlines, and tickers before trusting an LLM trading evaluator original ↗

5 May 2026

$6 enterprise Wi-Fi: flashing Extreme WS-AP3825i access points with OpenWrt original ↗

2 May 2026

Harbor as a proxy cache for every upstream registry — killing rate limits in a homelab original ↗

2 May 2026

Migrating from GitHub to self-hosted GitLab CE — and rebuilding it from S3 original ↗

30 Apr 2026

The cheapest homelab node has a built-in UPS: a used business laptop original ↗

25 Apr 2026

Giving Claude the ability to talk back: agentic long-running processes in OpenClaw original ↗

21 Apr 2026

Three Claude tabs kept clobbering each other. So I built a guard.original ↗

18 Apr 2026

AI Agents Work Better When They Actually Know How You Operate original ↗

17 Apr 2026

Auto-documenting a homelab: the quest for free architecture diagrams original ↗

15 Apr 2026

Self-Hosted AI on a 24GB GPU: OpenClaw + Ollama Setup Guide for Windows original ↗

14 Apr 2026

Running GLM-5.1 (744B) Locally on a Mac Studio: Benchmark Results original ↗

14 Apr 2026

ComfyUI on Mac Studio: MPS-Accelerated Image Generation Behind k3s Ingress original ↗

12 Apr 2026

Monitoring a Mac Studio as a First-Class Cluster Citizen: Prometheus, Loki, and Custom Ollama Exporters original ↗

11 Apr 2026

Hardening a Self-Hosted AI Agent: Multi-Stage Builds, NetworkPolicies, and Automated CVE Triage original ↗

10 Apr 2026

Dream Workers: Letting an AI Agent Improve Your Cluster While You Sleep original ↗

9 Apr 2026

Voice AI on k3s: Whisper, Piper, and openWakeWord in Kubernetes original ↗

8 Apr 2026

Container smoke testing with Goss: stop guessing if your .env works original ↗

6 Apr 2026

OpenClaw vs Claude Code: An Architectural Comparison original ↗

3 Apr 2026

Running AWS Lens as a Self-Hosted Web App on k3s original ↗

30 Mar 2026

Week of March 23: Security Patches, AI Tooling, and Defending the Homelab on Reddit original ↗

30 Mar 2026

Forking Wiki.js to Get Mermaid 11: When Upstream Won't Move original ↗

29 Mar 2026

Securing Jellyfin when it's exposed to the internet original ↗

28 Mar 2026

Self-Hosting a GitHub Actions Cache Server on NAS Storage original ↗

28 Mar 2026

Two Months of K3s Stability Improvements original ↗

27 Mar 2026

Building a VPN Mesh for a Tech Collective original ↗

27 Mar 2026

Planning Authentik: Centralized Identity for a Homelab original ↗

27 Mar 2026

Stress Testing GPU Transcoding in Kubernetes with JF_hw_stress original ↗

27 Mar 2026

PiKey: A Raspberry Pi That Pretends to Be Your Keyboard original ↗

27 Mar 2026

Homelab State of the Union: 42 Namespaces and Counting original ↗

27 Mar 2026

This Blog Deploys Itself: Self-Hosted CI/CD on k3s with GitHub ARC original ↗

27 Mar 2026

OpenClaw Multi-User: Privacy, Dual AI Backends, and Per-User Cost Tracking original ↗

26 Mar 2026

Linkerd Service Mesh: Why I'm Not Deploying It Yet (But Have a Plan Ready)original ↗

24 Mar 2026

OpenClaw on k3s: Replacing Open WebUI with a Lighter AI Gateway original ↗

24 Mar 2026

Operation Moonshot: Can Claude Rewrite Linux in Rust?original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Using Claude to Start Your Regulatory Compliance Journey original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Five Projects in One Day: What AI Pair Programming Actually Looks Like original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Building a TCG Price Tracker with Selenium and Kubernetes original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Home Assistant as the Data Hub for Digital Signage original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Why I Switched from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code Max original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Ditching AWS ECR for Self-Hosted Harbor: Why and How original ↗

22 Mar 2026

One Month Retrospective: From Bare Metal to Production Platform original ↗

22 Mar 2026

Stock Automation: From Empty Scaffold to 13,000 Lines in a Single Day original ↗

22 Mar 2026

PETG Filament Settings: Why the Advertised Temperatures Are Wrong original ↗

21 Mar 2026

The Bambu Lab P1S: Why Every Homelab Needs a 3D Printer original ↗

20 Mar 2026

Jellyfin HA on Kubernetes: Redis-Backed Transcode Session Failover original ↗

15 Mar 2026

What's Still Broken and What Comes Next original ↗

12 Mar 2026

Scaling to Two Replicas and Failover Testing original ↗

11 Mar 2026

State Externalization and the Sticky Session Compromise original ↗

10 Mar 2026

Storage Refactoring and the SQLite-to-PostgreSQL Migration original ↗

9 Mar 2026

Forking Jellyfin: A PostgreSQL Database Provider in .NET 10 original ↗

8 Mar 2026

Multi-Model Planning: The Same Pattern That Shipped dnd-multi original ↗

7 Mar 2026

Why Jellyfin Can't Scale (And What We're Going to Do About It)original ↗

6 Mar 2026

Seven Alerts, Three Bugs, One AI Debug Session: A Kubernetes Incident Report original ↗

5 Mar 2026