I Use Packer to Automate Ubuntu Server 26.04 on Proxmox and It Saves Me Hours
I am a huge fan of automation in the home lab and have long had pipelines running that automate deployments of virtual machines in my VMware vSphere and now Proxmox…
Category: DevOps
The Top DevOps Skills in 2026 You Can Learn in a Home Lab
Man DevOps has certainly gotten exciting for me personally. There are just so many cool things that we can do in the home lab now with very cool solutions and…
I Now Manage My DNS Server from Git (and It Changed Everything)
I have been writing a lot about DNS lately as I have been trying out a lot of different solutions. Recently, I took the new version of Technitium for a…
Amazon Kiro AI IDE Released in Preview Download it Now!
I have been super excited and using AI-enhanced coding tools for the last few months now. So, I am on the lookout for new tools and solutions. In case you…
Ansible Semaphore UI: My New Go-To Infrastructure Automation Tool
A couple of years ago now, I wrote about Ansible Semaphore which brings an awesome UI to Ansible and it is a MUCH simpler tool to get up and running…
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…
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…
The Real First Step to DevOps: Mastering Containers with Docker
As with any discipline, there are many different paths that lead to the same goal. However, there are certain skills that are foundational to learning the skill you are attempting…
Best Terminal for DevOps Just Landed!
Just yesterday at the time of this writing, Warp terminal for Windows was released, rounding out support for all the major OS’es, including macOS and Linux. Could Warp be the…
Top DevOps Automation Tools I Use Every Day
There are many great DevOps Automation tools available for use that allow DevOps engineers and IT Ops to automate and make the most of their automation toolsets. I would like…