Automation

Five Kubernetes node cards with load gauges; a pod is lifted from the overflowing first node to the nearly empty fifth one at night

Kubernetes Descheduler: Rebalancing Pods After a Drain

The Kubernetes scheduler never moves a running pod. How a rolling drain left my homelab cluster lopsided, and how descheduler fixes it every night.

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Just: The Command Runner My Homelab Was Missing

Why I replaced ad-hoc shell scripts with just: discoverable recipes, modules, and safer secrets workflows for a homelab Kubernetes repo.

A PostgreSQL elephant pod hopping from the last pending node to an already-upgraded node during a rolling upgrade

Talos Rolling Upgrades: When a PDB Blocks the Drain

A single-instance PostgreSQL and its PodDisruptionBudget deadlocked my Talos rolling upgrade. How drains fail, and how to sequence around it.

Animated washing machine card on a dashboard

Home Assistant: Smarter Appliances with Washdata & Animated Cards

Stop guessing if the washing machine or dryer is running. Learn how the new Washdata v0.4.0 update pairs perfectly with HA-Animated-cards for a beautiful, informative Home Assistant dashboard.

Renovate: Automating Docker Image Updates with Pull Requests

Learn how to automate Docker Compose image updates using Renovate. A GitOps approach to keeping your containers up to date.