Parallels
Why Parallels RAS Wouldn't Work on Port 443 with my other services
The SNI Routing Trap....
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Artificial Intelligence
Advanced Diabetes Monitoring System: Bridging Technology and Healthcare with AI-Powered Analysis
A comprehensive technical exploration of building an automated weekly diabetes monitoring system using AI-powered analysis, weather correlation and medical insights for better Type 1 diabetes management.
TrueNAS
Diagnosing and Fixing TrueNAS Performance Issues: A Complete Case Study (homelab)
A TrueNAS system with sluggish file access was bottlenecked by Samsung 870 QVO drives consumer QLC NAND drives that collapse to 80 MB/s under sustained load in RAIDZ1 configurations.
haproxy
Comprehensive HAProxy High Availability Monitoring with Grafana and Prometheus
Complete HAProxy HA monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana. Custom dashboard with eight panels covering instance health, throughput and error rates. Includes automated alerts for critical failures.
haproxy
Implementing HAProxy High Availability: A Complete Migration Guide
Migrating from a single HAProxy instance to high availability using keepalived and VRRP. This guide covers implementing automatic failover with Virtual IP management, SSL certificate synchronization and zero-downtime service continuity.
netscaler
Migrating from Citrix NetScaler to HAProxy: A Complete Guide
Migrating from Citrix NetScaler to HAProxy removed the 20 Mb/s freemium bottleneck and replaced dead SDX hardware with a modern, open-source load balancer. This guide covers content switching, tricky apps like Home Assistant and Outline, and the key features you can and cannot migrate.
Business Strategy
Why AI Projects (might) Keep Failing ?
Despite massive investment, most AI projects never reach production. Here’s why and how to finally close the gap between ambition and real-world impact.
DNS
Building Enterprise-Grade DNS Infrastructure with Docker Swarm, AdGuard Home and Unbound
Built a DNS infrastructure with Docker Swarm, AdGuard Home and Unbound delivering 1ms response times, comprehensive ad blocking and complete privacy while maintaining Active Directory compatibility.
AI Networking
Building a Network Expert (& Netscaler) LLM with LLaMA 3.2
Fine-tuning open-source AI models for deep domain expertise in enterprise networking
ESP32
Pool Temperature Monitoring with ESP32 and ESPHome – Updated Setup
An updated guide to monitoring your pool’s temperature using ESP32 and ESPHome with improved stability, static IP configuration, and a reliable OneWire setup. Includes full YAML config and integration tips with Home Assistant.
proxmox
Hunting Down Orphaned Disks in Proxmox: A Simple Bash Script to Reclaim Storage
In any Proxmox setup, especially one using shared storage like a NAS, it's easy to accumulate orphaned virtual disks over time. These are remnants of deleted VMs or containers that silently continue to consume valuable storage space.
self hosted
archy.net blog moved to a private comment system
I have officially removed Disqus from the blog and switched to Ghost’s built-in comment system. This change is about one thing: respecting your privacy.