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DevOps
TeamCity CI CD: Why Developers Are Choosing it for Modern DevOps Pipelines
I have played around with a lot of CI/CD tools in the past few years now. However, a new one to me that I have not played around with was TeamCity. In installing and using it though, I can see…
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DevOps
10 Ways to Transition from IT admin to DevOps Engineer
In what I would call the second half of my professional career I have been making the transition from a traditional server administrator, virtualization engineer, IT specialist to a DevOps engineer and cloud architect. This is a transition that I…
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Kubernetes
KubeSolo New Kubernetes Edge Distro by Portainer
When I saw Neil Cresswell’s (Portainer’s CEO) post on LinkedIn about a new Kubernetes distribution that was about to be released by Portainer, this got my attention. The new distro, called KubeSolo, was purpose-built to be for Kubernetes environments that…
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Proxmox
Getting Started with Proxmox VE E-book Download
With so many now looking at spinning up Proxmox in the home lab and even the enterprise, NAKIVO is offering a really great resource in a free e-book for download that helps ones get up and running quickly with Proxmox.…
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Mini PC & Server
Best Low Power Mini PC for Proxmox? Geekom A5 2025 Edition Review
I recently got my hands on the Geekom A5 2025 edition mini PC and I was excited to try this one as it had “low-power” written all over it with the CPU and other specs. And, spoiler alert, it definitely…
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AI
DeepSeek R1-0528 Released: Open-Source AI Model Rivals GPT-4 and Gemini
DeepSeek has set the world buzzing again as it is gaining recognition as a powerful, open-source large language model (LLM) that challenges models from the major tech players. In their newest update to DeepSeek, deepseek r1-0528, they have signification improved…
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AI
5 AI Tools for Kubernetes that will 10X your Home Lab!
Kubernetes is the defacto standard in running containers in a way that is highly available and scalable. There are many other solutions out there, like running multiple Docker hosts, Docker Swarm, Nomad, and others, but Kubernetes is still the standard…
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Mini PC & Server
Beelink ME Mini NAS Review: Ultra-Compact Storage with 24TB Potential
This is a NAS device that really intrigued me as it is one of the coolest small form factor NAS devices I have seen. It packs some pretty serious performance for its size and can run something like TrueNAS as…
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Daily Tech Deals
Daily Tech Deals May 27 2025 – Cheap NVMe!
If you are looking for great deals on cheap NVMe storage for your home lab, gaming computer, creator machine, or something else, here are three drives that are super cheap for large amounts of blazing fast NVMe storage. Disclosure: The…
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Mini PC & Server
Will Powerful NAS Devices Kill the Mini PC Market in 2025?
This is one of those topics that can usually get some good discussions going and one that is thought provoking, especially with the hardware that is coming down the pipes this year. I am super excited about the NAS market…
