A real incident postmortem from my Hetzner k3s cluster: how the default SQLite/kine datastore hit a compaction death-spiral under an overgrown homelab, how I put out the fire, and why I migrated the control plane to embedded etcd.
A deep dive into KWOK (Kubernetes WithOut Kubelet) – the CNCF tool that lets you simulate thousands of nodes and pods in seconds. Learn how it works, when to use it, and how to integrate it into your testing and CI/CD workflows.
A comprehensive technical guide and philosophy behind building a secure, automated, and production-ready Kubernetes cluster on Hetzner Cloud using Terraform, Ansible, and Tailscale.
A deep dive into integrating Home Assistant's MQTT data with a high-performance data stack (EMQX, InfluxDB, Grafana) running on a k3d Kubernetes cluster for long-term storage and advanced analytics.
Based on community feedback, the homelab project now supports both Podman and Docker Desktop. Here's how to choose and switch between them.
How to build a portable, cloud-native Kubernetes environment on macOS using Podman and k3d. Includes NFS storage, Tailscale networking, and architecture decisions explained.