How I repurposed an old gaming laptop into an always-on Ubuntu Server running Immich, Docker, GPU acceleration and private remote access through Tailscale
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Blog
Technical writeups, incident analysis, and security research notes. Focused on practical defensive security and detection engineering.
Learning Journal
How I preserved my completed work, removed the thirty-day deadline, and built an ongoing practical journal around TryHackMe's Jr Penetration Tester path.
Site Building
Debugging a broken Decap CMS GitHub OAuth flow, fixing a malformed auth endpoint, and cleaning up an unused local OAuth experiment.
Learning Journal
Turning a winter break CTF plan into a structured, Decap-editable project journal while safely reconciling local and deployed site changes.
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Setting up a DNS sinkhole (Pi-hole) on home server
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Isolating Windows server to protect the LAN
Site Building
Converted Labs from a static list into dynamic, blog-style write-ups
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Designing a repeatable SSH security lab with KVM, linked clones, and minimal storage overhead
Project Notes
Deploying a Discord bot on Ubuntu Server and further bug fixes with the bot
Site Building
Building a static-first personal site with Astro, Cloudflare Pages, and Decap CMS, focusing on simplicity, security, and long-term maintainability.
Homelab
What I’m using to learn: a small Ubuntu server, monitoring, and a plan for future labs