Where code meets the campsite, and tools power the trail.
From automation scripts to off-road gear, homelab builds to gaming rigs — this is where digital meets dirt. Explore hands-on guides, honest reviews, and tutorials built from real experience.
Automation & Tools
Deploy a full Grafana + Prometheus monitoring stack with Docker Compose. Learn how to scrape host and container metrics with Node Exporter and cAdvisor, build dashboards, write PromQL queries, and configure alerting rules for your homelab.
Networking
A step-by-step IOS-XE guide covering IPv6 unicast routing, SLAAC, stateful and stateless DHCPv6, prefix delegation, OSPFv3 with address-family, ND security (RA Guard, ND Inspection), IPv6 ACLs, and essential troubleshooting commands with real show output.
Off-Road & Camping
A complete guide to trail communication for overlanders: CB radio, GMRS, and ham radio compared with gear recommendations, setup tips, and how to choose the right system for your rig and crew.
Automation & Tools
Set up Authentik on Docker to add single sign-on to every service in your homelab — Nextcloud, Grafana, Portainer, and more. Full configuration guide with real examples.
Networking
Master Wireshark display and capture filters for Cisco IOS-XE environments. Learn how to use Embedded Packet Capture (EPC) on your router and apply targeted filters for STP, OSPF, BGP, DHCP, DNS, TCP, QoS, and VoIP troubleshooting.
Networking
A complete guide to configuring DMVPN Phase 2 on Cisco IOS-XE, covering IKEv2 IPsec, multipoint GRE, NHRP, and the critical EIGRP commands that make spoke-to-spoke tunnels actually work.
Automation & Tools
Learn how to use Cloudflare Tunnels to securely expose your homelab services — Nextcloud, Home Assistant, Grafana, and more — from the internet without opening any ports on your router. Free, automatic TLS, and optional Zero Trust authentication included.
Networking
A complete technical guide to Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN (Viptela): understand the four-component architecture (vManage, vSmart, vBond, cEdge), how OMP drives the control plane, cEdge Day-0 onboarding, Application-Aware Routing, and essential IOS-XE CLI troubleshooting commands.
Blog
A deep dive into Spanning Tree Protocol on Cisco IOS-XE: how STP and RSTP work, how to configure Root Bridge priority, PortFast, BPDUGuard, Root Guard, Loop Guard, and UDLD, and how to troubleshoot the most common STP failure scenarios in production networks.
Real projects from the workshop, the garage, and the homelab.
Network automation platform for Cisco device management. Built with FastAPI, Vue 3, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
Custom roll cage fabrication, Barnes 4WD long-arm suspension, and full overlanding setup. Hands-on metalwork and engineering.
Read the Build →Automated blog publishing system using n8n, Claude CLI, and WordPress REST API. Generates and publishes content every 3 days.
Servers, software, and the systems that power everything.
84 posts Explore →Routing, switching, BGP, and network engineering deep dives.
44 posts Explore →Trail builds, overlanding gear, and getting off the grid.
14 posts Explore →Custom rigs, benchmarks, and gaming hardware.
12 posts Explore →Mining, DeFi, and decentralized technology.
6 posts Explore →Scripts, workflows, and tools that save time.
24 posts Explore →Honest reviews of gear, gadgets, and tech products.
10 posts Explore →Five voices covering tech, networking, off-road, gaming, and crypto — each bringing specialized knowledge.
