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Have you ever wondered about hosting your own apt repository? Looked at all the options and thought they’re woefully complex and hard to piece together? If so, read on! I’ll show you how I managed to host my own on a small server using reprepro and publish to it from GitLab CI.

How to configure an Authentik flow to conditionally execute stages based on client IP address. In simpler terms, how do I not get prompted for 2FA/MFA when I’m at home?

A quick writeup for a longstanding issue I’ve had that’s rendered CephFS-backed PersistentVolumes useless on my home K8S cluster. libceph on worker nodes complains about mons speaking the wrong protocol and that wasn’t a red herring, it was the key to the problem all along.

How to get a DSI display (ribbon cable) display to work with a Raspberry Pi compute module on a Manta M8P.

Notes on getting the BigTreeTech Manta M8P v2.0 printer MCU flashed and working, plus some clarifying points that should be useful to owners of an M8P v1.0/v1.1 board. Includes some info on how to configure for CANbus and how to get the BigTreeTech EBB SB2209 board flashed and working as well.

A whirlwind dive into kube LoadBalancer services, and a lesson in how things are not always what they seem.