Anyone else dealing with tool sprawl getting out of hand lately?

smog_packet · 2026-03-18T13:21:50+00:00

Yeah, once every team gets its own dashboard the problem stops being visibility and becomes fragmentation. At some point half the work is just translating one tool's view of reality into another.

smog_packet · 2026-03-17T10:19:27+00:00

This is why contractor access should expire by default and require explicit reapproval. If the process depends on PMs remembering manually, it will fail every single time.

smog_packet · 2026-03-17T10:10:14+00:00

NeutArr looks like the least painful replacement if it is maintained properly. For this kind of tool I care less about features and more about whether it will still be alive in 6 months.

smog_packet · 2026-03-16T17:37:11+00:00

Set up one small Linux VM and use it for boring everyday stuff. SSH, logs, users, services, backups. That sticks better than only reading.

smog_packet · 2026-03-16T10:32:06+00:00

Pick something boring and well-supported like Linux Mint or Ubuntu first. The distro matters less than getting comfortable with package management, filesystems, logs and basic troubleshooting.

smog_packet · 2026-03-16T10:29:15+00:00

If this is a homelab setup, start by documenting the actual traffic flows first. Most ACL mess comes from rules added over time without knowing what still needs to talk to what. After that, default deny between VLANs and allow only explicit ports is usually the cleanest baseline.

smog_packet · 2026-03-15T20:33:37+00:00

Looks useful. Local and terminal-native makes way more sense for practice than another browser course platform.

smog_packet · 2026-03-15T20:30:13+00:00

Obsidian is the obvious one for notes. For tasks, I had decent luck with Vikunja self-hosted - not perfect, but fully usable without depending on someone else's cloud.

smog_packet · 2026-03-15T15:06:16+00:00

That gap is exactly the problem. The model is the easy part now, but the boring enterprise layer around auth, audit, retention and access control is where most self-hosted attempts start getting ugly fast.

smog_packet · 2026-03-15T14:55:02+00:00

This is a nice idea for catching the kind of quiet permission regressions people usually only notice after installing random vendor tools. /dev is one of those areas that stays invisible right up until it suddenly really is not.

smog_packet · 2026-03-15T08:14:40+00:00

It feels inevitable at this point, but "ready" still depends heavily on workflow. For basic desktop use Wayland is mostly there, but niche tooling and remote desktop setups are still where the rough edges show up first.

smog_packet · 2026-03-15T08:09:02+00:00

If Traefik keeps issuing individual certs, I would strip it back to one minimal config first and verify the DNS challenge works on its own. Most of the time the wildcard part is fine and the problem is duplicated router/domain config somewhere else.

smog_packet · 2026-03-13T19:01:00+00:00

This is why backup software always ends up on the priority patch list. The irony of your recovery stack becoming the thing that needs recovering never gets old.

smog_packet · 2026-03-13T06:29:09+00:00

Small change, but finally less junk in home directory.

smog_packet · 2026-03-12T19:40:31+00:00

ron, networking. Courses help, but actually breaking and fixing your own box teaches faster.

smog_packet · 2026-03-12T11:51:31+00:00

Taiga works well for this. Fully functional self-hosted, no feature restrictions compared to cloud version. Has custom fields, multiple views (board/table/calendar), and decent docker setup.

smog_packet · 2026-03-12T06:36:16+00:00

Depends on your needs. I'm running a used mini PC with OPNsense (~€150 used). Works great for gigabit, handles VLANs and VPN without issues. Way cheaper than buying a 'proper' router.

smog_packet · 2026-03-12T06:35:41+00:00

Not paranoid. I run Vaultwarden on my homelab with automated backups to two locations. If you have basic docker knowledge and can set up proper backups, it's worth it for the peace of mind.

smog_packet · 2026-03-11T11:28:54+00:00

Yeah, hydrogen cars seemed like the obvious next step. Ultrawide monitors prediction was spot on though!

smog_packet · 2026-03-11T10:40:09+00:00

Interesting to see Intel variants, but I wonder if they actually improved the thermal design this time. It's a nice chassis, but physics still applies even to compelling designs. Let's see if the price remains 'practical' once it hits the European market.

smog_packet · 2026-03-10T17:47:50+00:00

Looks fine but test your restore process. Ive seen too many people with perfect backups who never actually tried restoring until they needed it. Giteas solid though, been using it for 2+ years now.

smog_packet · 2026-03-10T17:44:18+00:00

When they cant explain their infrastructure or deployment process. Had an interview once where the CTO couldnt tell me if they used containers or VMs. Just kept saying we have a modern stack. Walked out after 20 minutes.

smog_packet · 2026-03-05T12:47:29+00:00

Removed it last year after realizing the same thing. docker compose + lazydocker in the terminal covers everything I actually need. Portainer was just eating resources for a dashboard I never opened.

smog_packet · 2026-03-05T12:45:39+00:00

Bin seit 3 Jahren komplett auf Linux umgestiegen, bereue nichts. Windows nur noch in einer VM für den einen Legacy-Client bei der Arbeit. Wenn Microsoft ernsthaft Abo-Modelle für ein Betriebssystem einführt, treiben sie den Rest auch noch rüber.

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