Software engineer, recovering manager, and chronic tinkerer. I write about homelabs, code, and the tech I can't stop building. When I'm not at a keyboard, you'll find me on the water, in the shop, or chasing photos.
ansible
Before you can automate anything, you need Ansible installed and pointed at your machines. That's what this post covers — getting Ansible running and teaching it about your homelab. Installing Ansible Ansible runs on Linux or Mac. You only install it on the machine you'll be running
tutorials
This is a practical, hands-on series for anyone who manages more than one machine at home and is tired of repeating the same manual steps. We'll use Ansible to automate everything from initial server setup to deploying real services - including secrets management, Docker, Cloudflare tunnels, and your