Automation

What We’re Building This post walks through deploying a full home media server on k3s. The stack includes Jellyfin for media streaming, the arr ecosystem (Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr) for automation, all served over HTTPS via a Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate using Cloudflare DNS. Media files are stored on an SMB share set up in my previous plex post. Here’s how the pieces connect: flowchart LR subgraph HomeLAN A[Browser] -->|HTTPS 443| T[Traefik] T -->|HTTP 8096| J[Jellyfin Pod] T -->|HTTP 8989| S[Sonarr Pod] T -->|HTTP 7878| R[Radarr Pod] T -->|HTTP 9696| P[Prowlarr Pod] J & S & R & P ---- PVC PVC ---|SMB CSI| NAS[(SMB Share //nas/media)] end TL;DR: k3s > Docker ...

Introduction I recently completed the SANS 540 course in person, and what an intense and rewarding journey it was! SANS 540, officially titled “Cloud Security and DevSecOps Automation,” is a five-day, hands-on course from the SANS Institute designed for security engineers, DevOps teams, and cloud professionals. It focuses on building secure, automated CI/CD pipelines, integrating security controls, and applying real-world DevSecOps principles across cloud and containerized environments. The training blends lectures, labs, and practical exercises, making it one of the most applied courses in the SANS curriculum. ...

Introduction You ever look at your achievements page on X Y or Z website and think “I would love to show this whole page and not just piece meal my LinkedIn account resulting in just unprofessional noise on my public profile”… No? Maybe it’s just me… Anyway Ima build my own achievements page, with blackjack and hookers, using a web scrapping bot that extracts all the essential details and outputs this webpage for my site. Here is how I did it. ...

Introduction I’ve recently moved in with some mates. As with all things moving you need to setup debit orders and subscriptions with your respective utility providers and whatever monthly things you all want to add to the expenses docket. I’ve been toying with the idea of automating my finances more. Many banks provide ways for you to do this through scheduling payments, direct debits etc. Some new digital banks even expose their APIs for you to use directly in whatever way you choose. My bank has this functionality available to me. So why not put together a fun little project to automate the expensing? ...