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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.
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The Further You Get, The More It Stings: How to Respond to Job Rejection at Every Stage
From ATS filters to final-round losses, here's what peer-reviewed research actually says to do after a job rejection, and why the next 72 hours matter most.
IPv8 Wants to Replace IPv6. Here's Why It Probably Won't.
A new IETF draft proposes IPv8 with 64-bit addresses and IPv4 backward compatibility. Can it succeed where IPv6's 28-year climb to 50% adoption stalled?
The Coming Talent Void in Network Engineering
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.
PROJECTS
netcensus, a cross-vlan network monitor
A unified 'God View' of every device on the homelab (bare metal, VMs, LXCs, and containers) discovered via authenticated APIs instead of raw sockets.
n8n Homelab Docs Pipeline
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.
Local AI Coding Agent (Ollama + Aider)
Deployment and configuration of a fully localized AI coding assistant using Ollama and Aider on Proxmox.
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