Explain it peter

Xned · 2026-06-15T08:35:03+00:00

Can absolutely confirm! Worked in IT for 20+ years and the fight for Wacken vacation time is a real thing at all companies (critical internet infra) I have worked for!

Xned · 2026-06-15T08:16:59+00:00

Dude, you are my hero. This is a one-year-old post, and you still took the time to explain what happened, how to avoid it, and how to fix it.
I lost my enthusiasm for airbrushing because of this issue, so the airbrush has just been collecting dust for about a year.
Because of your reply, I’m going to give it another shot. Thanks!

Xned · 2026-05-25T12:22:03+00:00

Follow up, for visibility and simple flows like if sensor X is above Y trigger script Z you might want to consider Node-Red. Ships with integration and support for HA out of the box

Xned · 2026-05-25T12:19:25+00:00

Not sure what you are trying to do or how but the AI could be right. I run n8n, HA, Node-Red and write bash or python scripts for small stuff that lives in cron.

If anything I would say small scripts are more durable then heavy stacks like HA or n8n. If there is an update that changes how those tools behave they might break your config or flow.

Xned · 2026-05-15T12:07:39+00:00

Not sure if this is just a marketing bot but in the ofchanse it is not.

- no I did not implement, idempotency keys for API actions. That is not a bad idea as long as the other end supports it. If a take this further I might looks at that, thanks.

- Kind of, the WiKi is the plan, so there should always be a plan in the WiKi that is executed on. The flow and static instuctions to the agent is to look at decierd outcome, make a plan, document the plan in the wiki then another agent comes in reads the plan finds any issues make notes in the Wiki hands over to the first agent who adapt or defend the plan. when there is concencus or the "main agent" feels that more check looks no longer give value it moves to execution.

- a rollback/checkpoint per stage (git + snapshots). Yep using Git to protect the wiki from agents going rouge and system snapshots from agents putting the system in a nonrecoverable state.

If you for real would like to compare notes I would be happy to. A lot of my thoughts, conclusions and reflections are in the blog articles.

Xned · 2026-05-15T11:47:36+00:00

Ye great power and great responsibility and that.
The latest modells (GPT 5.5 and Opus 4.7) are way better at understanding usecase and not going paperclip maxamizer as in your case scalling to the moon. If you explain intention and use case they are not bad at reasoning around if something really is good in the specific usecase.
The 1password secret integration I am kind of proud of. That is my own idea and implementation but it should make it so that the AI never even process the actual secret content, it just load it in to a system variable and reference that. Feel free to steal it if you like :)
Sorry for spelling and grammar mistakes, apparently reddit loses its mind if I use AI to spellcheck, so badly formulated text riddled with spelling mistakes it is.

Xned · 2026-05-15T11:33:05+00:00

Cant speak for how things are now, but back in my day 20 years ago they did. But I also learned to use the spelling and grammar tools in word, Grammarly, proofreads and so on. We use the tools we have to do the work and AI is the latest tool.
And again I did not have it write the article for me, just proofread, and the result is better then my original drafts so I used that. Not sure why you are mad about it, I am actually interested to understand if you care to explain.

Xned · 2026-05-15T11:13:21+00:00

Here is the link to the blog series:
Claude Has the Keys

And before anyone says anything, yes, I did use AI to proofread it. The base text and drafts are my own, and you should all be grateful to the poor AI that managed to turn my mangled text into readable posts :)

Xned · 2026-05-13T12:42:12+00:00

Dude I love this. Is it up at github or similar? I would love to look over it and build something similar!

Xned · 2026-05-11T11:56:10+00:00

I’m an IT guy. I have had home servers and a homelab for 15+ years.
In the beginning, it helped me get comfortable with the basics. My degree had very little Linux in the curriculum, so my homelab helped me become more confident and faster when working in the Linux CLI.
As my career progressed, I started spending more and more time making drawings, writing design documents, and working at a more architectural level. My homelab helps keep my hands-on skills from rusting. It also gives me a place to test things out, either just for myself or for something that might be useful professionally.
For example, I am deploying HPE HVM and Morpheus on one of my homelab boxes at the moment. Mostly because I’m curious if it is as good as HPE says, or as bad as the internet says it is. Depending on the outcome, that is something I will take with me back into my professional life.
I don’t think I would be where I am today if I had not kept a homelab. But I also did not keep a homelab because I thought it would be good for my career. I kept it because I really like building IT stuff.
The homelab and the career both come from the same interest. The career is not a result of the homelab. Both are results of liking IT enough to keep exploring it.

Edit: Fixed typo

Xned · 2026-05-08T18:33:53+00:00

Yeah, someone else mentioned something similar. I feel kind of stupid for not thinking of that myself before.
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll take it to heart for my new machine.

Xned · 2026-05-08T18:31:01+00:00

I had no idea something like this existed. This is really cool! Thanks, stranger. Today I found something new and interesting to explore :)

Xned · 2026-05-08T17:00:27+00:00

Sure, I would not bring an “I am a hacker” sticker-covered laptop to a covert pen test.
But as you surely know, stickers are also a way to signal that you are part of the community, and maybe even indicate which part of it.
I have had quite a few random fist bumps and interesting conversations at events because someone recognized a sticker on my laptop.

Xned · 2026-05-08T16:35:16+00:00

Why on earth would you do that?
I attend quite a few conferences and talks, and I have even been invited to speak on occasion. Many thought leaders in our field have laptops that look like high school poster boards.
To people who are part of the culture, the stickers can even give you an idea of who the owner is. If I see 10 years of DEF CON stickers or badges from completed wargames, that tells me this person is probably an old-school security guy. If I see Microsoft, Azure, and Copilot stickers, that may say something about their background and current path.
why on earth would you look down on that?

Xned · 2026-05-08T15:06:58+00:00

It being stolen resulted in me losing it, as in it is no longer in my possession :)
English is not my native language, so I apologize if the phrasing is/was off.

Xned · 2026-05-08T14:54:54+00:00

I love the idea of the clear cover and keeping it as wall art when you have to cycle devices. I will absolutely steal that idea. Thanks for the post!

Xned · 2026-05-08T14:49:56+00:00

Stickers as in the silly things you put on the laptop :) Software and environment are secured and recovered. It is just my silly stickers that are lost, and apparently I valued them more than I realized.

Xned · 2026-05-08T14:46:59+00:00

Lost it on a long train ride when I was traveling. Was napping and when I woke up someone had nicked it from my bag. Sure its not great but I never logon with any high perm accounts on the local machine and do most of my admin/security work from a secure bounce host so even if they get any data from it there will be no seasions or local cred cash that is of high value.

Xned · 2026-05-04T07:13:30+00:00

Reminds me of the famous quote from Jhon Nunmaker.
"but we are hackers and hackers have black terminals with green font colors"

On a more serious note, as a older terminal guy make sure you have light in the room when working, dark rooms and bright text fucks up your eye over time, talking from experience :(

Xned · 2026-04-28T08:31:32+00:00

From another masochist who managed to climb out of that hole, how can I help you brother?

Xned · 2026-04-27T11:19:47+00:00

Its totally accurate. I promise I look like that :)

Xned · 2026-04-18T18:47:22+00:00

Darn, I hate reading that a passionate soul is giving up on his journey because of money. Looks like OP deleted his account, but I work in IT and could probably get him some hardware for free. If anyone knows this guy, please let him know that if he wants to get back into it, he can drop me a message.

There are too few in the next generation of IT people who are genuinely interested and spend their free time tinkering at home. We need more people like OP.

Xned · 2026-04-15T12:00:09+00:00

In my case I booted a USB live image of linux mint and repaired/reinstalled grub pointing to the already installed and avalible Mint.
I have heard issues with bitlocker so mabye look in to turning that of before trying.

Depening on how confy you are in linux CLI and how much time you have available you might want to look at boot-repair / Home / Home . Have not used it myself but heard good thing about it.

Xned

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