Code, Noted· 5 min read
The homelab argument
The strongest case for running servers in a closet has nothing to do with the servers. A long essay on small systems as professional education.
#operations#learning#self-hosted
Tagged: operations
4 articles
· 2 min read
In praise of the quiet quarter
No incidents, no migrations, no launches. A short argument that the uneventful quarter is an engineering artifact, and that someone built it.
#operations#leadership
· 3 min read
The upgrade nobody rushes
Postgres 18 shipped in September to the usual absence of panic. On release discipline as an institution, and what the calmest corner of infrastructure teaches.
#postgres#upgrades#operations
· 2 min read
On-call is an architecture signal
The pager is the most honest reviewer a system has. Reading on-call load as architectural feedback instead of an HR problem.
#architecture#on-call#operations