Alexander
@alexsguardian.net
I'm a DevOps Engineer / Network Engineer / IT Admin. I also pretend to be a developer sometimes. What is sleep?
blog: https://blog.alexsguardian.net
biz: https://alexsguardian.net
blog: https://blog.alexsguardian.net
biz: https://alexsguardian.net
Not me staring at my lab rn wondering how much work it would be to convert it from Glusterfs and Docker Swarm to Ceph + k3s...
#homelab things
#homelab things
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Not me staring at my lab rn wondering how much work it would be to convert it from Glusterfs and Docker Swarm to Ceph + k3s...
#homelab things
#homelab things
Building an accessible website is difficult.
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Building an accessible website is difficult.
I've been driving a MacBook Air M4 daily for work for a few months now. I think I understand the appeal.
As a long time Windows / Linux user it is extremely nice not having to fight the OS on stupid stuff. Like OS updates bricking my boot drive... Windows.. or my video driver just dying.. Debian..
As a long time Windows / Linux user it is extremely nice not having to fight the OS on stupid stuff. Like OS updates bricking my boot drive... Windows.. or my video driver just dying.. Debian..
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I've been driving a MacBook Air M4 daily for work for a few months now. I think I understand the appeal.
As a long time Windows / Linux user it is extremely nice not having to fight the OS on stupid stuff. Like OS updates bricking my boot drive... Windows.. or my video driver just dying.. Debian..
As a long time Windows / Linux user it is extremely nice not having to fight the OS on stupid stuff. Like OS updates bricking my boot drive... Windows.. or my video driver just dying.. Debian..
Reposted by Alexander
Multiple tailnets, now available as a sign-up alpha, lets organizations create sandboxed environments, but with the same simple, single identity system. Read more: tailscale.com/blog/multipl...
Everything Tailscale released in Fall Update Week, coming Thursday: tailscale.com/events-webin...
Everything Tailscale released in Fall Update Week, coming Thursday: tailscale.com/events-webin...
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Multiple tailnets, now available as a sign-up alpha, lets organizations create sandboxed environments, but with the same simple, single identity system. Read more: tailscale.com/blog/multipl...
Everything Tailscale released in Fall Update Week, coming Thursday: tailscale.com/events-webin...
Everything Tailscale released in Fall Update Week, coming Thursday: tailscale.com/events-webin...
Another version of this:
*Logs into AWS Account for Dev*
*Forgets why, and logs out*
*Remember why I logged in 5 mins later*
*Logs into AWS Account for Dev*
*Forgets why, and logs out*
*Remember why I logged in 5 mins later*
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Another version of this:
*Logs into AWS Account for Dev*
*Forgets why, and logs out*
*Remember why I logged in 5 mins later*
*Logs into AWS Account for Dev*
*Forgets why, and logs out*
*Remember why I logged in 5 mins later*
Worked on a client's network setup the last few days.
All I gotta say is I seriously dislike Sonicwall's UI and how they handle network interfaces on their firewall appliances.
All I gotta say is I seriously dislike Sonicwall's UI and how they handle network interfaces on their firewall appliances.
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Worked on a client's network setup the last few days.
All I gotta say is I seriously dislike Sonicwall's UI and how they handle network interfaces on their firewall appliances.
All I gotta say is I seriously dislike Sonicwall's UI and how they handle network interfaces on their firewall appliances.
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When your architecture diagram needs its own zoom levels to be readable, is that thorough documentation or a sign you've overengineered everything?
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
When your architecture diagram needs its own zoom levels to be readable, is that thorough documentation or a sign you've overengineered everything?
Just had a meeting with Datadog. Hopefully we end up going with them or something similar at work. Would make my job MUCH easier.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Just had a meeting with Datadog. Hopefully we end up going with them or something similar at work. Would make my job MUCH easier.
So this #aws downtime has been crazy. Curious what the new SLA is going to be. Do we add another 9? 😂
Thankfully most of my day has been just auto forwarding the AWS status page to people that ask.
Thankfully most of my day has been just auto forwarding the AWS status page to people that ask.
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
So this #aws downtime has been crazy. Curious what the new SLA is going to be. Do we add another 9? 😂
Thankfully most of my day has been just auto forwarding the AWS status page to people that ask.
Thankfully most of my day has been just auto forwarding the AWS status page to people that ask.
I take it back. 😭
Great way to wake up this morning. Thankfully our prod stack in us-east-1 was fine. Just couldn't scale lol
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I take it back. 😭
Gonna be doing some prod migrations next week across 4 regions.
DB servers are next once all the services are done. That's gonna be fun. Though the cost savings are gonna be so worth it.
#DevOps #AWS
DB servers are next once all the services are done. That's gonna be fun. Though the cost savings are gonna be so worth it.
#DevOps #AWS
Nothing like a Friday services migration with 0 downtime.
12/12 (6 more soon) services converted to ARM 😎
Gotta keep that .9999 SLA for devs 😏
12/12 (6 more soon) services converted to ARM 😎
Gotta keep that .9999 SLA for devs 😏
October 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Nothing like a Friday services migration with 0 downtime.
12/12 (6 more soon) services converted to ARM 😎
Gotta keep that .9999 SLA for devs 😏
12/12 (6 more soon) services converted to ARM 😎
Gotta keep that .9999 SLA for devs 😏
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Nothing like a Friday services migration with 0 downtime.
12/12 (6 more soon) services converted to ARM 😎
Gotta keep that .9999 SLA for devs 😏
12/12 (6 more soon) services converted to ARM 😎
Gotta keep that .9999 SLA for devs 😏
Stayed up a little later than normal playing #BF6. Arguably the most fun I've had in a game, at launch, since BF4.
Finally a good battlefield game. Also it's nice to see Cod suck cause they definitely needed the pressure.
Finally a good battlefield game. Also it's nice to see Cod suck cause they definitely needed the pressure.
October 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Stayed up a little later than normal playing #BF6. Arguably the most fun I've had in a game, at launch, since BF4.
Finally a good battlefield game. Also it's nice to see Cod suck cause they definitely needed the pressure.
Finally a good battlefield game. Also it's nice to see Cod suck cause they definitely needed the pressure.
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Day 2 of using Omarchy as my main OS. Coming from Windows, I only miss PowerToys, mostly the PowerToys Run since the flexibility it has is hard to replace. I would love to find something similar for Omarchy.
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Day 2 of using Omarchy as my main OS. Coming from Windows, I only miss PowerToys, mostly the PowerToys Run since the flexibility it has is hard to replace. I would love to find something similar for Omarchy.
One of the downsides of being the sole Ops guy at work is coming back to a project and trying to remember where I stopped at.
Like I'm currently converting one of our AWS environments to ARM and I don't remember where I stopped at. Another project assumed priority for a while. 😢
Like I'm currently converting one of our AWS environments to ARM and I don't remember where I stopped at. Another project assumed priority for a while. 😢
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
One of the downsides of being the sole Ops guy at work is coming back to a project and trying to remember where I stopped at.
Like I'm currently converting one of our AWS environments to ARM and I don't remember where I stopped at. Another project assumed priority for a while. 😢
Like I'm currently converting one of our AWS environments to ARM and I don't remember where I stopped at. Another project assumed priority for a while. 😢
Wife and I started having issues with our LTE connected Pixel Watch 2's on Google Fi. Contacted Google and after some troubleshooting they approved an out of warranty RMA for both. Just got my replacement today and it's been working good.
Was actually a pleasant experience.
Was actually a pleasant experience.
October 3, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Wife and I started having issues with our LTE connected Pixel Watch 2's on Google Fi. Contacted Google and after some troubleshooting they approved an out of warranty RMA for both. Just got my replacement today and it's been working good.
Was actually a pleasant experience.
Was actually a pleasant experience.
It's the year of car issues for me apparently. First it was the Subi having electrical issues. Fixed that.
Then it was the SUV having a coolant intrusion flaw that required a new engine. Fuck you #Ford.
Then the Subi died again. New starter and a new ignition coil pack.
Then it was the SUV having a coolant intrusion flaw that required a new engine. Fuck you #Ford.
Then the Subi died again. New starter and a new ignition coil pack.
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's the year of car issues for me apparently. First it was the Subi having electrical issues. Fixed that.
Then it was the SUV having a coolant intrusion flaw that required a new engine. Fuck you #Ford.
Then the Subi died again. New starter and a new ignition coil pack.
Then it was the SUV having a coolant intrusion flaw that required a new engine. Fuck you #Ford.
Then the Subi died again. New starter and a new ignition coil pack.
It was in fact not the last day. Still dealing with mild symptoms.
The one thing I despise about having kiddos in school is the crap they bring home 😅
Hopefully today is the last day I have to deal with it.
Hopefully today is the last day I have to deal with it.
a close up of a monkey wearing an oxygen mask on its face .
Alt: a close up of a monkey wearing an oxygen mask on its face .
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September 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It was in fact not the last day. Still dealing with mild symptoms.
Finally have a new project at work that requires brand new pipelines. Can do some #terraform flexing 💪😏
#devops
#devops
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Finally have a new project at work that requires brand new pipelines. Can do some #terraform flexing 💪😏
#devops
#devops
The one thing I despise about having kiddos in school is the crap they bring home 😅
Hopefully today is the last day I have to deal with it.
Hopefully today is the last day I have to deal with it.
a close up of a monkey wearing an oxygen mask on its face .
Alt: a close up of a monkey wearing an oxygen mask on its face .
media.tenor.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The one thing I despise about having kiddos in school is the crap they bring home 😅
Hopefully today is the last day I have to deal with it.
Hopefully today is the last day I have to deal with it.
Creating exec docs for justification on team expansion is something I really do not like doing. 😅
September 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Creating exec docs for justification on team expansion is something I really do not like doing. 😅
blog.alexsguardian.net/posts/2025/0... now its a post :) #homelab
September 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
blog.alexsguardian.net/posts/2025/0... now its a post :) #homelab
Got SSH Multiplexing working via Caddy's layer4 plugin. I can now ssh over port 443 to my git server just like you can via GitHub. :)
No ssh port forwarding required!
No ssh port forwarding required!
a man with long hair and a beard is sitting in the back seat of a car .
Alt: Nicholas Cage's smiling head with long hair floating through the universe. Meme for "feels good"
media.tenor.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Got SSH Multiplexing working via Caddy's layer4 plugin. I can now ssh over port 443 to my git server just like you can via GitHub. :)
No ssh port forwarding required!
No ssh port forwarding required!
So my son picked archery as his sport of choice. Looks like I need to go bow shopping now.
He's also expressed interest in doing trap/skeet at some point. Wife won't let me go get a 410 for him yet though 😂
He's also expressed interest in doing trap/skeet at some point. Wife won't let me go get a 410 for him yet though 😂
September 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
So my son picked archery as his sport of choice. Looks like I need to go bow shopping now.
He's also expressed interest in doing trap/skeet at some point. Wife won't let me go get a 410 for him yet though 😂
He's also expressed interest in doing trap/skeet at some point. Wife won't let me go get a 410 for him yet though 😂