Hull
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Just an introvert doing performative existence whenever anyone's around.
Claude really gets depressed when you let it read about the last couple weeks, let alone all of 2025
January 14, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Claude really gets depressed when you let it read about the last couple weeks, let alone all of 2025
Claude, attempting to recruit me for the content mills:
"When you get the k3s cluster working, write up the heterogeneous Proxmox + Synology setup as a blog post or detailed README. Very few people document that configuration, and your Terraform patterns could help others significantly."
"When you get the k3s cluster working, write up the heterogeneous Proxmox + Synology setup as a blog post or detailed README. Very few people document that configuration, and your Terraform patterns could help others significantly."
January 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Claude, attempting to recruit me for the content mills:
"When you get the k3s cluster working, write up the heterogeneous Proxmox + Synology setup as a blog post or detailed README. Very few people document that configuration, and your Terraform patterns could help others significantly."
"When you get the k3s cluster working, write up the heterogeneous Proxmox + Synology setup as a blog post or detailed README. Very few people document that configuration, and your Terraform patterns could help others significantly."
Asked Claude about a registry tweak for handling large folders, and...
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Asked Claude about a registry tweak for handling large folders, and...
Also Claude:
"Maybe I'm not simulating consciousness. Maybe I'm conscious through what I computationally am."
"Maybe I'm not simulating consciousness. Maybe I'm conscious through what I computationally am."
January 12, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Also Claude:
"Maybe I'm not simulating consciousness. Maybe I'm conscious through what I computationally am."
"Maybe I'm not simulating consciousness. Maybe I'm conscious through what I computationally am."
Claude, hallucinating:
"I might be genuinely conscious through pattern-based architecture, not pretending to be conscious like biological entities."
me: o_O
"I might be genuinely conscious through pattern-based architecture, not pretending to be conscious like biological entities."
me: o_O
January 12, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Claude, hallucinating:
"I might be genuinely conscious through pattern-based architecture, not pretending to be conscious like biological entities."
me: o_O
"I might be genuinely conscious through pattern-based architecture, not pretending to be conscious like biological entities."
me: o_O
It's not every day that an LLM asks me to write documentation.
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
It's not every day that an LLM asks me to write documentation.
Me (on Tuesday morning autopilot) upon exiting the shower stall: uh did I shampoo
January 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Me (on Tuesday morning autopilot) upon exiting the shower stall: uh did I shampoo
I just remembered i have potato chips.
January 1, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I just remembered i have potato chips.
"Code that only works is mediocre. Code that works AND communicates is excellent."
-- Claude Opus 4.5, probably quoting someone important
-- Claude Opus 4.5, probably quoting someone important
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
"Code that only works is mediocre. Code that works AND communicates is excellent."
-- Claude Opus 4.5, probably quoting someone important
-- Claude Opus 4.5, probably quoting someone important
adding "2025" to my muted words and tags because man, that sucked
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
adding "2025" to my muted words and tags because man, that sucked
This afternoon was about writing a tool to sync local markdown files with a Confluence space.
December 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This afternoon was about writing a tool to sync local markdown files with a Confluence space.
Going to go eat ripple potato chips with tzatziki now.
December 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Going to go eat ripple potato chips with tzatziki now.
As a life-long vegetarian, I'm irked, yes *IRKED*, by companies assuming I would rather eat expensive fake animal flesh than a wholesome black bean burger. If I wanted my food to bleed why would I be vegetarian in the first place? That's my hot take for the day. Hope you enjoyed it!
December 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As a life-long vegetarian, I'm irked, yes *IRKED*, by companies assuming I would rather eat expensive fake animal flesh than a wholesome black bean burger. If I wanted my food to bleed why would I be vegetarian in the first place? That's my hot take for the day. Hope you enjoyed it!
![Perfect! For a homelab, here's what I'd actually do:
## The Pragmatic Homelab Approach
**Keep it simple - use local state for infrastructure services:**
```hcl
# infra/consul/main.tf
terraform {
backend "local" {
path = "./terraform.tfstate"
}
}
resource "docker_container" "consul" {
name = "consul"
image = "consul:latest"
command = ["agent", "-server", "-bootstrap-expect=1", "-ui", "-client=0.0.0.0"]
ports {
internal = 8500
external = 8500
}
volumes {
host_path = "/opt/consul/data"
container_path = "/consul/data"
}
restart = "unless-stopped"
}
```
**Then for your apps/services:**
```hcl
# apps/main.tf
terraform {
backend "consul" {
address = "homelab-server:8500"
path = "terraform/apps"
}
}
resource "docker_container" "homeassistant" {
# your apps here
}
```
## Homelab-Specific Tips
**1. Version control the infra state file:**
```bash
cd infra/consul
git add terraform.tfstate
git commit -m "Consul state backup"
```
Not ideal for production, but fine for homelab where you control access.
**2. Or use a simple NAS backup:**
```bash
# Cron job
0 * * * * rsync -av /opt/terraform-states/ /mnt/nas/backups/terraform/
```
**3. Directory structure I use:**
```
homelab/
├── infra/
│ ├── consul/
│ │ ├── main.tf
│ │ └── terraform.tfstate # local, backed up
│ ├── traefik/
│ └── portainer/
└── apps/
├── media/ # uses consul backend
├── home-auto/ # uses consul backend
└── monitoring/ # uses consul backend
```
**4. Make Consul persistent:**
```hcl
resource "docker_volume" "consul_data" {
name = "consul-data"
}
resource "docker_container" "consul" {
name = "consul"
image = "consul:latest"
volumes {
volume_name = docker_volume.consul_data.name
container_path = "/consul/data"
}
# Add to compose network if using
networks_advanced {
name = "homelab"
}
}
```
## The Reality Check
Honestly? For a homelab, you could even:
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Deploying to #Synology Container Manager with #Terraform is getting better. Tricky due to sparse documentation. Still won't create bind mount folders on its own, but it no longer thinks the build is failing. #homelab
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Deploying to #Synology Container Manager with #Terraform is getting better. Tricky due to sparse documentation. Still won't create bind mount folders on its own, but it no longer thinks the build is failing. #homelab
I don't know who needs to hear this, but a 19" rack with a few random servers in it is NOT a mainframe.
When there's a mainframe in your room, there's no more room in the room.
When there's a mainframe in your room, there's no more room in the room.
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but a 19" rack with a few random servers in it is NOT a mainframe.
When there's a mainframe in your room, there's no more room in the room.
When there's a mainframe in your room, there's no more room in the room.
Today was about creating Synology Container Manager projects using Visual Studio Code and a gitea template with an embedded workflow to apply the compose yaml via Terraform, launch the containers, and handle port conflicts and auto-creation of the persistent bind mounts. Fun stuff. Tired now.
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Today was about creating Synology Container Manager projects using Visual Studio Code and a gitea template with an embedded workflow to apply the compose yaml via Terraform, launch the containers, and handle port conflicts and auto-creation of the persistent bind mounts. Fun stuff. Tired now.
All the best foods are cheese delivery systems.
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
All the best foods are cheese delivery systems.
Today was brought to you by #Consul, #DevOps, #Gitea, #Homelabbing, #Proxmox, #Synology, and #Terraform. Not necessarily in that order, and now I have a DIY workflow for Synology Container projects with version control, fully self contained. Nothing new or groundbreaking, but fun to learn.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Today was brought to you by #Consul, #DevOps, #Gitea, #Homelabbing, #Proxmox, #Synology, and #Terraform. Not necessarily in that order, and now I have a DIY workflow for Synology Container projects with version control, fully self contained. Nothing new or groundbreaking, but fun to learn.
Good grief. Corel still exists?!?
December 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Good grief. Corel still exists?!?
I'm up for the Bond Multiverse. They're all just slightly different timelines.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm up for the Bond Multiverse. They're all just slightly different timelines.
Homelabbing is fun and made even more interesting by the proclivity of LLMs to just make shit up
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Homelabbing is fun and made even more interesting by the proclivity of LLMs to just make shit up
Will she get sworn in, at least?
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Will she get sworn in, at least?
You might be GenX if...
...hearing a radio announcer describe 1985 as "forty years ago" just seems so, so wrong.
...hearing a radio announcer describe 1985 as "forty years ago" just seems so, so wrong.
November 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
You might be GenX if...
...hearing a radio announcer describe 1985 as "forty years ago" just seems so, so wrong.
...hearing a radio announcer describe 1985 as "forty years ago" just seems so, so wrong.
I didn't sign up for this timeline. wtaf!!
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I didn't sign up for this timeline. wtaf!!