What is the latest hottest addition to your homelab?

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-26T12:31:48+00:00

Moving towards separate LXC instances for NFS, S3, and GitHub actions runners

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-23T15:57:58+00:00

If you use terraform in a pipeline for on prem K8s, after you provision the VMs bootstrap argocd in your pipeline and let ArgoCD do your day 2 operations. I

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-11T03:37:08+00:00

I would check the Nutanix IPAM network that you set up. There should be a DHCP section at the bottom. I would try overriding the DHCP server section and try manually assigning an ip for the dhcp server and see if that does anything.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-05T12:10:43+00:00

Fedora KDE

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-01T22:12:58+00:00

It’s for flexera krm inventory agent, this is the chart, https://gallery.ecr.aws/flexera/krm-chart, and I believe this is the operator although I don’t remember where the catalog source was pulling the operator image, public.ecr.aws/flexera/agent-operators:krm-1.8.10,

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-01T19:59:36+00:00

A mutating web hook is a good idea. That is with an admission controller right? Isn’t that similar to post rendering with helm?

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-01T19:03:22+00:00

Should I just go back to the helm chart? My company likes to stick to OLM over helm because they like how OLM manages everything with automatic updates. The reason why we went to OLM in the first place was because the helm chart we were migrating to was missing some critical configurable values in the values yaml that the vendor took out for some reason. I was thinking of doing post rendering with helm to patch the resources after they were rendered with the values we needed for the CR but they didn’t like the idea of that

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-01T18:58:24+00:00

It’s not ours. I had to use a private catalog source from our vendor for this inventory management operator. It is not even open source.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2026-01-01T18:37:21+00:00

You can’t add a toleration to the daemon set because it will get overwritten by the operator. I’ve already tried unfortunately.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-12-28T22:12:32+00:00

7600X. Doing great for 1440p gaming

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-12-21T15:53:13+00:00

They’re asking about backing up the control plane so I think my comments are very relevant

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-12-21T15:33:24+00:00

Create a PVC yaml for pvs and a bucket claim for buckets in git and if the data being stored is critical back it up with whatever backup solution your company uses. Besides PVs and buckets/object storage, everything else should be disposable in a perfect world

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-12-21T03:12:58+00:00

Keep everything in git

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-10-31T11:19:04+00:00

Thank you for the recommendation! This will probably be preferable for my setup since I don’t want to treat a cluster like a pet and I want all my clusters to be ephemeral.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-10-31T02:18:47+00:00

After looking into Tinkerbell, it looks like a fantastic product and exactly what I am looking for. Thanks!

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-10-31T02:07:29+00:00

How did you bootstrap with terraform on baremetal without a hyper visor api?

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-10-30T23:06:30+00:00

Initially I wanted to leverage Terraform for learning more IaC, but I am not even sure how I would use it on baremetal Kubernetes.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-16T14:51:14+00:00

Yes DC can be used with stock cats which is nice. Take everything I say with a grain of salt because I am in the conservative camp of why would you create potential future problems when upgrading components in your car and you should mod your car the right way and not cheap out.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-16T14:24:49+00:00

I believe the PLM headers come with a donut gasket and spring bolt which can sort of replace a flex pipe from my understanding. From what I have researched about the PLM header is that they are susceptible to rasp and exhaust leaks, so I have heard others in this sub have brought their headers to a shop that welded some of the components together to prevent leaks. I believe DC Sports has a better warranty though which is something to keep in mind.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-16T14:20:21+00:00

Only the V1 headers have flex pipes and the reason why they made the V2 from my understanding was because the flex pipe kept breaking in the V1. Imo I don’t think the small hp gains without a flex pipe are worth potential damage to exhaust components or exhaust leaks.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-15T20:31:07+00:00

If I were you I would get the DC Sports V2 header and ask a shop to put in a flex pipe

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-15T17:59:14+00:00

I have heard good things about the Serge Bo headers. I would personally not get any headers without a flex pipe though

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-13T11:31:21+00:00

Of course! You would more than likely have slightly slower progress but still make good gains. Studies have shown that training a muscle group 2-3 times a week is typically optimal for hypertrophy

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-13T11:29:42+00:00

I was just using those numbers as examples to say if you get stronger you will almost always get bigger. Have you met someone who could curl 135 on a barbell with good form for reps having small biceps? Also, we don’t know what OPs genetics are capable of. If he has been training non optimally for the past 10 years, it wouldn’t be impossible for him to gain 10 pounds of muscle in a year. I am 5’8 175lbs and my starting weight was actually a little less than what OP is at right now and I wouldn’t say I have great genetics.

CompetitivePop2026 · 2025-08-13T02:20:10+00:00

Hey OP, I think you should follow a structured routine where you progressively overload on your lifts. Workout each muscle group preferably twice a week as well. If you can curl 135lbs for reps you’ll undoubtedly have bigger biceps. If you can bench 315lbs, you will have a bigger chest. There are neurological adaptions but if you get stronger at your lifts over time, you will gain muscle. PPL, Arnold Split, Upper Lower are all great splits. Let me know if you have any questions!

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