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AutomationHi, I'm Skyler King
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Converting homelab chaos into production-grade infrastructure — through multi-VLAN lab builds, network automation, and six certifications that prove reliability was never just a healthcare value.
About me →WRITING
01
The Coming Talent Void in Network Engineering
Apr 2026
The BLS projects 12% growth in network engineering through 2034 — nearly triple the national average — while a retirement wave, automation, and a widening skills gap converge into a structural workforce crisis.
02
Fix Immich 2.6 Postgres Upgrade Failure on TrueNAS
Mar 2026
Immich 2.6 dropped PG15 binaries from pgvecto, breaking every TrueNAS install on Postgres 15. Recover 17,512+ assets with this pg_dump → pg_restore fix.
03
Layer 3 vs Layer 4 VPN: What's the Actual Difference?
Mar 2026
Layer 3 VPNs (WireGuard) assign a virtual IP and put you on the network. Layer 4 ZTNA (TwinGate) brokers per-resource access with no IP assigned. Real lab breakdown with diagrams.
PROJECTS
01
Cross-VLAN Network Monitor
Mar 2026
A unified 'God View' of every device on the homelab — bare metal, VMs, LXCs, and containers — discovered via authenticated APIs instead of raw sockets.
02
n8n Homelab Docs Pipeline
Feb 2026
Automated homelab documentation pipeline. n8n pulls live state from OPNsense, diffs it, and triggers Claude Code over SSH to regenerate Obsidian Markdown and NetBox YAML on every change.
03
Local AI Coding Agent (Ollama + Aider)
Dec 2025
Deployment and configuration of a fully localized AI coding assistant using Ollama and Aider on Proxmox.
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