news Workout and exercise for geeks - 2 years later... Two years ago I wrote an article to explain how to get back into exercising after a long stop. How did it go and where am I now, after 24 months?
news Fundraising for DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal I ask you to donate what you can to support the relief efforts for the refugees. It would mean a lot to me and to all my friends from Ukraine.
Solutions Engineering How to lead a productive Proof of Concept Review some tips and tricks from a Solutions Engineer on how to successfully manage a Proof of Concept with your customer.
Solutions Engineering Tips on Technical Qualification and Scoping As seen by a Solutions Engineer, an article sharing tips and tricks on handling the Technical Qualification and Scoping phase for an Enterprise Software engagement
Cloudflare Monitor your website with Cloudflare, Prometheus and Grafana Learn how to set up monitoring for your website using Cloudflare's GraphQL API, Prometheus and Grafana. Self host (Synology) or build a Terraform environment on Digitalocean.
resources The art of balancing workload, priorities and expectations How to manage workload, setting expectations and handling variable priorities and live a happy, healthier life.
tutorial Wireguard with pfSense CE 2.5.2+ How to install the Wireguard add-on package on pfSense CE 2.5.2+ and set up a Wireguard tunnel from a device to your router.
Cloudflare Secure, in-browser SSH with Cloudflare Learn how to connect securely (using short-lived credentials) to your Virtual Machine via SSH in your browser. Also, how to automate the setup process with Cloudflare and Terraform.
Home Automation Upgrade Synology DSM 7.0 with Home Assistant and Conbee II How to upgrade your DSM to 7.0, and ensuring the correct functionality of your Conbee II Zigbee USB stick for Home Assistant.
security Online Privacy & Security - VPN What is a Virtual Private Network? How does it work? Let's discuss a few VPN options for your regular browsing needs
cloud Terraforming Ghost: Persistent Volume - PART 3 Automate Ghost blog with Terraform, Docker and Cloudflare. Part 3: Data persistence with Digitalocean Block Storage volumes.
tutorial Wireguard VPN tunnel with Pfsense 2.5.0+ How to set up a Wireguard VPN Tunnel and securely connect to your home network from your mobile phone with the latest Pfsense release.
tutorial Test Cloudflare Workers with Jest, Wrangler and Travis Learn how to automate functional and integrated testing for your Cloudflare Worker using Jest, Wrangler and Travis.
cloud Terraforming Ghost: Secure origin connection - PART 2 Automate Ghost blog with Terraform, Docker and Cloudflare. Part 2: Set up end to end encryption and secure your origin.
cloud Terraforming a Ghost blog with Docker Compose and Cloudflare - PART 1 Learn how to set up a Ghost blog with Commento and serve it behind Cloudflare, all being automated using Terraform, Docker Compose and Digitalocean.
tutorial Cloudflare Cache purge with Ghost webhook Automate the purging of your Cloudflare cached content when your Ghost blog is updated, using Cloudflare Workers and webhooks.
grafana Data visualization with Telegraf, InfluxDB and Grafana on Synology How to configure Telegraf, InfluxDB and Grafana on a Synology NAS using Docker to visualize home automation statistics.
ghost Make your Ghost blog super fast Learn how to improve the speed, performance and Page Experience of your Ghost blog and achieve a fast user loading and navigation.
ghost Ghost blog automated theme deployment with Github Actions Learn how to automate the deployment of changes and tweaks to your Ghost blog theme, using Github Actions.
Home Automation Home Assistant, Google Assistant & Cloudflare How to securely connect Home Assistant and Google Assistant using Cloudflare and Argo Tunnels for your smart home projects.
resources Workout and exercise for geeks Some tips and tricks for getting into a fitness workout - aimed at geeks and sedentary people that find it hard, like I did, to get started with exercises.
tech An overview of SSL/TLS - TLS 1.3 Learn how Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3) works and the key differences from TLS 1.2 (Part 2 of 2)
tech A modern overview of SSL/TLS - TLS 1.2 Learn how Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.2) works and what are the key algorithms involved in its inner workings (Part 1 of 2)
Home Automation Home Assistant and Telegram Notifications with a Chatbot Learn how to wire up your Home Assistant installation with Telegram to easily get notifications and create a chatbot for interacting with your smart home (with examples).
Home Automation Home Assistant data persistence and visualization with Grafana & InfluxDB Learn how to send your Home Assistant sensor data to a dedicated time-series optimized database (InfluxDB) and a powerful visualisation tool (Grafana)
