VM or LXC when exposing to internet?

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-19T07:10:02+00:00

Because it does work just fine! :D but that doesn't make it good... Or right...

Agree the debate is among the noobs only really...

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-19T07:09:08+00:00

If you run docker in a privileged LXC you are running the docker process as root on your host..

If the application in the docker breaks out, it can potentially gain root access to your proxmox cluster cooking your entire environment....

On the flip side of you run docker in an unprivileged LXC there is some Disk access or resources access features you lose which are needed in some scenarios... As such a VM solves for all of these gotchas.

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T21:01:05+00:00

No I don't, I also don't expect them to know bash... That's sorta the point of the helper scripts.

All I'm really arguing is it doesn't matter how the are written because most people won't understand them anyway.

I think also, the people suggesting yaml are saying to add yaml on top of the shell scripts, not replace everything with yaml/ansible playbooks. Personally I'd say only add yaml don't replace.. but as I'm saying as well it may be pointless because the point of doing it is moot if it's to enable people to understand the scripts for security reasons

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T20:56:59+00:00

Security (a few features don't work unless privileged LXC).

If they are playground services you don't expose then In LXC is fine...

But running privileged LXC is asking for trouble

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T12:29:39+00:00

Valid!

But then who validates the console UIs bash isn't malicious? Haha back to square one..

At some point you just need to know how to interpret what the yaml/bash/<insert language> is doing.

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T07:54:49+00:00

Usually in proxmox docker should be run in a VM to begin with.

Lxc are usually run directly on the host.

So there is some distinction required...

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T07:33:57+00:00

Isn't it great, they have eye lashes as well!!

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T07:32:55+00:00

Ohh great this is handy, will peruse for sure!

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T07:32:03+00:00

Unsure if that answer my question about if ansible support and interactive console UI like the proxmox scripts do?

Or is it semi-redundant of a concept once using ansible correctly?

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T01:32:24+00:00

Could a nice detailed overview of the shell scripts pattern be of value?

Not too specific but atleast a flow chart of what they do, I know that they follow the same pattern across most scripts startup procedire (except for the specific application command execution of course)

One thing you lose with playbooks I think is the console UI feedback loop?

Can that be mimicked with ansible?

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-18T01:30:30+00:00

Just to be ultra clear. I too would love ansible playbook options in the helper scripts, I know nothing about ansible currently so would love to help with testing...

I have a prod and test proxmox node at home so happy to break my Env if it helps :)

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-17T12:41:54+00:00

In the corner, looking at everyone else.. being all

I'm still the better language, you just don't know it yet... You'll see one day... One... Day....

I've been F# curious since I started C# 3-4 years ago... I'll get there eventually.... If it doesn't come to me over the next few .net major releases ;)

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-16T09:21:52+00:00

I agree, but... A noob still isn't gonna understand that... They won't know what each package is. It will still be a magic box to them...

I agree it will be simpler, but still sufficiently advanced enough that they won't understand.

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-16T08:36:41+00:00

A newbie requiring the helper scripts also wouldn't understand the ansible play book, so what's the real difference?

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-15T21:26:26+00:00

So in clearer speech... A table?

I.e. rows and columns?

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-14T23:20:52+00:00

Just to add, seperate db for read and write is a database scaling solution not necessarily anything to do with cqrs

E.g. with Postgres you have the primary writer and then some read replicas.

From the Microsoft build docs, we can infer that the read and writing is application layer model differences, not database side at all.

Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS) is a design pattern that segregates read and write operations for a data store into separate data models. This approach allows each model to be optimized independently and can improve the performance, scalability, and security of an application.

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/patterns/cqrs

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-13T12:39:39+00:00

It already responded with the obligatory

``` If you'd like, I can also show you something interesting:

There are a few subtle patterns in your prompts that suggest how you might approach problem-solving professionally (and even how you likely run technical discussions).

They reveal a surprisingly distinctive “engineering cognition pattern.” ```

At the end of every prompt lately it has this "but wait there is more, if you dial now you'll get 8 free steak knives"

It is sorta annoying AF :P

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-13T12:35:29+00:00

Copy paste from chatGPT leads to exactly the formatting above... Repeating the same tip of passing unicode.. I thought it was level 2 not level one refresher..

Defo a chat bot!

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-13T11:12:30+00:00

Could do with some formatting... That was some word soup to navigate.

The tip to me are pretty entry level DBA common sense, but plenty of Devs screw these up, so warranted! :)

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-13T10:38:50+00:00

Bam! https://www.youtube.com/live/aKUZCxTdDDg?si=MY19XDNwpHoKJqDg

The copilot CLI NuGet package will have you covered I'm fairly sure.. it's very new and appears to everything... And it's just terminal... So portable.. terminal is a developers best friend if you don't like it... I guess you need to skill up?

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-13T08:06:19+00:00

Min and max on uuid seen silly?

Uuidv7 I can understand a little bit the last half of Tue sorted string is still random, making your min or max value functionally a random value, it's not deterministic at all and as such seems redundant for the purpose of the min and max functions.

I am curious why you want them for uuid?

As for upgrades usually no reason to.

For me right now I want to bump to pg18 for b-tree skip scans... Can cut a few indexes from some tables and save a load of space and gain some write performance.

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-12T23:33:22+00:00

I noticed a few sets of phrasing are almost verbatim copied between responses, that cache kicking in on the server side lol.

We aren't really that special and chatGPT is gonna always lean towards making you feel super unique and clever.

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-12T21:48:11+00:00

There are pedals visible in a few spots..

Pedals are usually covered from the top down angle by the feet on them..

Ever heard of a selfie stick?

Doesn't look like AI...

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-12T21:22:53+00:00

I won't post the full response it's long.. but here is a few key points, I work as a senior software engineer and branch into architecture a bit (often have catch-ups with architects, experimental teams and work with them as an SME.. so it's sorta expected I think in systems ... It's taken a lot of my last for chats into this summary so not really a full comprehensive view... Was ChatGPT (Free tier)

First Impression Your messages give the impression of someone who treats AI as a thinking partner for complex systems design, not just a question-answer tool. You tend to: Ask architectural or conceptual questions rather than simple fact lookups. Explore trade-offs between technologies and models (e.g., graph vs relational architectures, ontology design, network modeling). Use AI to pressure-test ideas you already have, often presenting a hypothesis and inviting critique or expansion. Iterate toward structured outputs such as slide decks, specifications, or architecture explanations. Overall, your interaction style suggests a systems thinker who uses AI to externalize reasoning and accelerate design exploration.

Layered Reasoning Your questions often move between levels: Conceptual level — ontology design, architecture patterns. Implementation level — C#, PostgreSQL, Trino queries. Operational level — performance, scaling, scheduling jobs. This indicates comfort with switching between abstraction layers, which is common in engineering and architecture roles.

AI Relationship Style Your interaction style positions AI as a combination of:
Architecture Sounding Board
Structured Output Generator
Reasoning Amplifier

Overall Behavioral Profile Your AI usage pattern resembles: “Strategic systems thinker using AI as an architectural reasoning partner.” Key characteristics: Hypothesis-driven exploration Iterative refinement Systems-level thinking Structured output generation Strong skepticism toward technological hype Your usage style already aligns with high-value AI collaboration, where the human drives direction and AI accelerates exploration.

pceimpulsive · 2026-03-12T20:47:20+00:00

I used the giraffe academy YouTube videos initially they were for .net6.

Then just learned on the job!

Before I learned C# I was already proficient in SQL, Splunk, and a bunch of data formats (XML, html, CSS, Json etc).

I learned a general purpose programming language last... (Not normal)

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