This, post introduces my newest automotive project.
Project Ram.
No... we aren't building a truck to shamelessly roll coal. Rather....
This, will be a truck, intended to be used as a truck. It will be beefed up a bit, and won't be slow. And, it will be able to haul a 15,000 gooseneck as well.
I am not building a show truck. Just a dead simple, reliable, multi-purpose truck.
I use git for source control when writing these posts. Eventually- my local editor ends up with 50 branches which have already been merged into origin/main, and I end up needing to manually go through and remove the old branches.
This, is a VERY short post, detailing how to create a git alias to automatically prune branches, which have been merged, or deleted on your remote.
If- you don't need steps on how to create the alias, then here is the command:
!git fetch -p && git branch -vv | awk '/: gone]/{print $1}' | xargs git branch -D
Otherwise, keep reading.
This- is the tale of hood-cat. The cat who decided to break into my house, assert dominance over my cat, pee on my chair, and make himself at home.
In Part 1, I built a solid steel shop table from plate and angle-iron.
This- was the end result. A simple, solid table.
Well, Today, I added a few... changes to this table. I added wheels, and solid tool mounts.
Want to learn about how a computer works?
Not- at a high level....
But, at a very, very low level, where you literally build a functional computer from transistors.
If so- this is a list of resources which I have found extremely handy for myself.
Also, because ADHD.... there is also a list of automation centric games, channels involving lasers, plasma, etc.
This year, I automated a cheap KVM switch by disassembling it, and installing a micro controller inside of it running ESPHome.
That was intended to be a preface to my next project. Fully automating my office / desk.
Well, the time has come to share the end result.
Introducing... KVM Assistant.
This post outlines how to accomplish the following activities:
This post centralizes data for configuration of Mellanox ConnectX Series NIC (Tested with CX3, and CX4)
This is part two, of a three post series.
I picked up a PiKVM a few months back. I finally got to use it earlier this week when Comparing Link Speed to Power Consumption.
But- it only works for a single PC. I need a solution for all four SFFs/Micros in my rack.
So... I picked up a cheap Display Port KVM for 70$, and hacked it to be controllable via Home Assistant.
Will changing the link speed of your current NIC, affect Power Consumption?
For me- I have 100G NICs in my SFFs. I don't need the full throughput.
So- will reducing the link speed, impact power consumption?
For this post- I will benchmark and determine the impact.
So... Near the end of 2024, I ended up cleaning up my rack, and making everything nice and tidy.
If- you missed that, have a look at the 2024 Homelab Summary
For the next problem- my networking closet is an absolute disaster.
There are wires hanging everywhere... There are switches, and cables everywhere... its a mess.
I plan on building a frame, with DIN rails for mounting all of this hardware.
I see tons of racks. I see tons of mini racks. I rarely see DIN-mounted networking.
Part 1, is building the frame which will hold all of the components.
This is all wood and construction. Nothing technical.
Just a short guide on how to migrate a VirtualBox VM on Windows, to Proxmox.
Have... a full root partition on proxmox?
root@kube02:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 126G 0 126G 0% /dev
tmpfs 26G 21M 26G 1% /run
/dev/mapper/pve-root 94G 94G 0 100% /
Confused because your boot disk is much larger in size?
Well, its because Proxmox by default, partitions the root disk with LVM, Regardless if you are using it to store data.
This post detail completely removing the data partition and extending the root partition
For a few weeks now, I have noticed my Gitea instance takes nearly two minutes to load.
Turns out, when you use gitea for archiving lots of public repos, this will build up many entries in the actions table, which can drastically increase the loading time needed.
To fix this, I made a query & cron job, which removes actions for my "Archive" organization.
This- fixes the issue.
IF, you aren't archiving/mirroring a lot of repositories, this post will not help you.
Many years ago, I had setup a system which would automatically sync my Edgemax's configuration to a local git repo.
It worked so good, I had completely forgotten about it. During a firmware update last year, it had stopped working.
So- I went through, fixed and updated the scripts- and I am now sharing them with you.
I have swapped between Unraid, and TrueNAS a few times over the years.
Often, I stumble upon threads asking... Should I use Unraid? SHould I use TrueNAS?? Which one?!?
Well- I'm not going to tell you which one to use. Rather- I will give you the reason I personally use Unraid.
Want connectivity faster then 10G?
Well- I have a list of NICs, switches, and notes.
This post outlines the steps needed to upgrade rancher + k3s.
