Tag: devops
All the articles with the tag "devops".
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Self-Hosted Runner Investigation: Resource Usage, BuildKit Cache Bloat, and Shared Registry Plan
Deep-dive into actual resource consumption of Multipass GitHub Actions runners — uncovering 85GB of BuildKit cache waste per runner, and a plan to replace it with a shared Docker registry cache.
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Open Source Server Monitoring: Resources, Services, Dashboards, and Alerts
A practical overview of self-hosted monitoring solutions for server resources and running services — covering tools, common practices, and alerting strategies.
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Home Server Part 1: Market Research — What's Out There
Surveying the 2025-2026 landscape for home server setups: Linux distros, container orchestration, media automation, photo backup, reverse proxies, auth layers, remote access, and monitoring.
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Home Server Part 4: App Hosting — APIs, Frontends, and Databases on K3s
The repeatable pattern for hosting your own projects on K3s: namespace-per-app, PostgreSQL/MongoDB, Go/Node/Rust APIs, static frontends, Traefik routing, image builds, deploy scripts, and CronJob scheduling.
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SST for Preview Environments and CI/CD in Solo Development
How SST's stage model enables per-PR preview environments and automated deployments, with practical GitHub Actions patterns and cost analysis for a solo developer.
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Free Tunneling Solutions for Docker Compose Preview Environments
A comparison of free tunneling options for exposing Docker Compose applications to external reviewers without router configuration, covering Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok, localhost.run, and Tailscale.