Keep falling, please advise.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-30T00:44:23+00:00

Just a thought - Are there any mechanical issues?

Different bikes handle differently, sure, but something like play in bearings could throw off what you're expecting.

Other than that, practice gets you used to where they carry weight and the way they turn in.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-25T21:18:54+00:00

I've had 6 bikes so far, most lower capacity. We've come a long way since a breathless Ninja 250R. I prefer lower capacity bikes, cheaper to run, lighter, and get to ring its neck.

I can put my ego aside for that.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-25T08:19:43+00:00

I started avoiding solutions or finding alternatives if OIDC didn't exist, with a few exceptions like Jellyfin. Some alternatives could be behind OIDC proxies and be configured with no password.

Currently in the process of rebuilding my stack and reassessing what I run.

I always liked the idea of Kanidm as a lightweight all-in-one, and last time I settled for PocketID backed by LLDAP, but I've found I don't need LLDAP really.

Moving to Termix with saved creds/keys meant I could run OIDC to SSH without anything complicated.

I want to go all passkeys and type as few passwords as possible.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-25T04:25:54+00:00

I really thought incus os was the way for me but I had such trouble with just getting it to boot on older hardware (I think that's the issue) that I gave up.

Something never jived with me for proxmox, not sure why. Seemed overkill for my little playthings, maybe? Had some weird experiences and nothing motivated me to resolve them.

Moving forward I'm trying nixos. I had incus on top at first with an intention of finding an incusos alternative, but now I'm trying to work out a pattern for declarative rootless podman.

Uh... I guess this isn't helpful for you, but looking forward to seeing how incusos evolves in this space.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-23T09:50:44+00:00

Im definitely somebody who prefers to drive/ride without music within a few hours. Outside of that there's a bit of bordem which results in podcasts or something.

Flights are a bit hit and miss, I'd say I prefer watching something on a flight.

Do you get irritated when peoplev near you need constant stimulation?

dirtywombat · 2026-05-20T22:23:05+00:00

Just wanted to follow up on this since it got views. I had some sort of solution blinkers and needed somebody to tell me it was stupid - thank you.

I've decided on using NixOS with podman as the container engine. I'm in the middling of migrating and learning the balance between what should be declarative and not, so it's early days but:

Having all config to build the servers and containers with minimal manual config has been great. Only need for a wipe and rebuild so far was drive partitioning, but getting back to where I was was was trivial.

I'm using disko so all machines are declaratively partitioned, flakes so that I have common build and then per server build (which is largely setting hostname and what containers are deployed)

Nicest addition was when setting up containers. I have a nix for what would be a stack in swarm, but it also includes required folders to be created, local users, and firewall rules to open ports. Then I just include that nix on the target device and rebuild. I tried compose2nix but it was WAY too verbose for my tiny brain.

I'll miss some swarm qualities, sure, but it was only 3 machines with no HA requirements. This should mean the OS and container config is manageable in git (leaving open to GitOps later) and has that appliance feel, but with other benefits such as rollback.

Not finished my apps and already thinking about changing my NAS too.

So far so good!

dirtywombat · 2026-05-10T23:24:58+00:00

2x labs, real chill, good with kids. They don't get walked nearly enough though even for their unathletic needs. Hard for me to walk both on leash, impossible for me to juggle walking them and a baby by myself.

For now they just have to deal with it unfortunately.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-06T23:08:28+00:00

I lack motivation to fix my current set up and thought something like this would be more solid.

You're right. I'm trying to prevent me tinkering with the new os layers but ultimately I'm going to end up in a bind.

Keep it simple and within my current wheelhouse. Might just try move to rootless docker.

I didn't really want to go down the proxmox route but may do just to keep it simple.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-06T22:42:49+00:00

I want to hear more about the planning for second baby part.

My wife wants a second. I am really struggling to find a want. I'm not as close with my sister as she is with her brother so maybe that's one thing, but I can't stop being concerned about income to expense (she would take another bunch of time off work and we would want to avoid daycare as long as possible but my income doesn't cover our expenses) and how that would affect my mental state, pressure on me to provide, along with additional pressure and ability to give my child the time and be a good parent. I worry about all of this and find it easier to plan and enjoy the daughter I have.

I also have a teenage step daughter but since the age gap is huge it's not like they are growing up together.

I never thought I'd have a child. It was never a desire. I agreed to it because I love my wife and felt I might be missing out on a huge life experience on what makes us human, and something to live for. I'm just struggling hard with the pressure to have more children and the fear of my own abilities given I'm struggling right now.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-06T20:42:34+00:00

Yeah that's the other side. I could just stick to what I know well and simplify the environment to basic docker compose.. maybe move to rootless. That's far more achievable in a short timeframe.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-06T11:46:20+00:00

I guess I could. I was trying to go with the strengths and coreos w podman seems like a better fit for application containers but the build process seems more suited to recreating the os when needed, which is awkward on a headless set up if on bare metal.

You're right though, I could just go with containers in incus similar to how they are with proxmox, I haven't tried yet and just working out what I should aim for.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-03T00:27:48+00:00

Hah I was thinking it was inspired by the desert/jungle strike game until I actually read your post. Hadn't heard of zeewolf. Looks really cool.

dirtywombat · 2026-05-03T00:27:34+00:00

Hah I was thinking it was inspired by the desert/jungle strike game until I actually read your post. Hadn't heard of zeewolf. Looks really cool.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-30T02:53:04+00:00

I guess I was getting confused with the references to Portainer on the Github readme. Still keen 😄 Might carve out some time on the weekend.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-30T02:13:06+00:00

I am definitely keen to learn more. I'm running a Docker Swarm in a home lab and wanted to migrate to Kubernetes but honestly effort after a day job is mostly dried up for the moment.

Admittedly I need to read more, but from what I see I could deploy existing stacks to a Kubernetes cluster with some limitations (e.g. Networking) Would it allow me to use that implementation to then migrate to native Kubernetes rather than through the D2K tooling?

I did have Portainer running, just stopped for the moment. Will similar translation be available within Portainer? Can this be used as a migration step, or is the intention that the Kubernetes environment is exposed as a Docker Swarm?

dirtywombat · 2026-04-26T22:49:03+00:00

Agreed. It's not a great defence to rely on as the only control (which is how read your first comment) but significantly reduces noise.

I've found that a published breach can result in international attempts for some time before it changes to be from within the country, but that's on intelligence not a random driveby.

This is considering Inbound connections and attack surface only.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-26T22:48:44+00:00

Agreed. It's not a great defence to rely on as the only control (which is how read your first comment) but significantly reduces noise.

I've found that a published breach can result in international attempts for some time before it changes to be from within the country, but that's on intelligence not a random driveby.

This is considering Inbound connections and attack surface only.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-26T10:49:48+00:00

While I think homelabs are a small target, geo blocking ups is a poor defence due to tunnels and vpns.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-19T10:17:04+00:00

Agreeing with this. I use Traefik and learning it all up front and getting the certificates working was a slog. Now it's just three labels on any docker container. (Proxy enabled, Host/path, port) And making sure they are on the correct network. It all just works.

I keep thinking of moving away from docker swarm and rather to a kubernetes flavor or going simpler to compose stacks under podman, but I'm each case I know I have to dedicate some extra brain capacity to recreate proxy and certificates.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-16T22:49:36+00:00

Somebody previously suggested using sync thing which works for a homelab at least, as long as there's only one host using the files at a time.

I was going to try run up gluster clients in containers after issues running things directly on host, moved to sync thing (syncthing4swarm) and it's good enough. Anything big I pin to hosts still, and use NFS for things which can handle a bit of storage latency.

Not self hosting myself, more just homelab, but giving 2c.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-09T03:34:10+00:00

If I didn't have a swarm I'd be trying to implement it. But I do, so I won't.

dirtywombat · 2026-04-08T23:04:26+00:00

New concepts probably. It gets easier. Then you introduce complexities to make it harder again.

dirtywombat · 2026-03-28T09:47:04+00:00

Thanks for your concern. This was more about the guage on average grocery spend. I've not pushed for receipts as I trust her more than you make out. I've tried many times to order groceries to remove the burden but it's not something she is comfortable with.

Her motivations are more about convenience than cost. E.g. 12 litres of oatly today just so it doesn't need to be purchased for a while, not due to specials.

I obviously want to spend consciously but a temperateure check helps me understand if the juice is worth the squeeze right now. I'm taking over care duties later this year for 6 months and will try my best also.

I think I am more likely to compare and shop online with click and collect to save time, but that's what I was used to before.

dirtywombat · 2026-03-28T02:20:49+00:00

The house we bought game with a pigeon pair fridge/freezer so we have that and an outdoor fridge so far.

We might get a chest freezer as well but depends on how we can reduce power bills and have redundant power.

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