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Deploying Diun and Watchtower: The Decisions That Determine Whether It Actually Works
Starting point The decision to use Diun alongside Watchtower has already been made: Diun handles notification, Watchtower handles execution, and the combination restores a human checkpoint to a change surface that running :latest tags makes otherwise invisible. What that setup actually looks like, and whether it holds under real operating
How Deep Does the Recovery Documentation Need to Go?
The Architecture post for this idea draws the line between data resilience and operational resilience , between the backup job completing and actually being able to rebuild your environment. That line is the reason you're here. The decision this post is about is what comes next: given that the
When Home Automation Becomes Infrastructure
There's a moment in most home automation projects when the framing shifts. It doesn't announce itself. One day you're automating a light, the next you're thinking about database backend selection, container isolation boundaries, and whether your remote access method is actually secure
The Arr Stack: The Decisions That Determine How It Runs, Not Just Whether It Runs
You've decided to run the arr stack. The container list is chosen — Sonarr, Radarr, a download client, probably Prowlarr. What you decide in the next few hours determines whether this stack runs reliably for the next two years or becomes a system that mostly works until it doesn&
OPNsense DHCP — The DNS Handout Decision
DHCP is the mechanism that makes every other DNS decision actually take effect. You can configure Unbound perfectly, deploy AdGuard with a clean compose file, and have a solid filtering policy — and none of it matters if clients are still pointing at whatever the router handed out six months ago.
Unbound on OPNsense — Why the Resolver Lives on the Router
AdGuard is already running. It's filtering queries, logging traffic, handing back clean responses. The question that comes up quickly is: where do the queries AdGuard can't answer locally actually go? And separately — where do internal hostnames resolve? These are two different problems, and collapsing them into
AdGuard Home — Where It Sits in a Layered DNS Stack
AdGuard Home is a DNS filtering proxy. That's the complete description of what it does and what it should be responsible for. The decisions that matter aren't about AdGuard itself — they're about where it sits in your network, what it hands off to, and
Before the First Boot: The Rocky Linux Decisions That Shape Everything After
Rocky Linux is chosen. The architecture case has been made — RHEL compatibility, career skill alignment, a community-governed distribution on solid footing. That decision is behind you. What's ahead is a thirty-minute installer conversation with Anaconda that will determine the shape of this machine for as long as it
What You're Actually Deciding When You Build a Claude Skill
The solution is already chosen. You have Claude Cowork, you understand what skill files do, and you've decided to use Claude to write one rather than drafting it manually. That decision is behind you. What's ahead is a set of smaller decisions that most people don&
How Much to Say: The Decisions That Determine Whether Your SKILL.md Works
You have decided to use Claude to automate a repeatable workflow using the skill system. The choice is made. What is left is a series of decisions about what actually goes in the SKILL.md file — and those decisions have direct consequences for how the skill performs across sessions, how