Claude Code Needed a Home. Archon Gave Me a Security Education Instead.
How setting up a self-hosted AI stack turned into a crash course in Docker networking, zero-trust security, and why simple solutions beat perfect ones There’s this moment when you’re deep into AI development where you realize you’re paying $20/month for Claude Pro, another subscription for API credits, and you’re still hitting rate limits when you […]
I Forked a Repo to Supercharge Claude Code (And Accidentally Learned Zero-Trust Architecture)
You know that moment when a tool becomes so powerful that the tooling around it becomes the bottleneck? That was me with Claude Code about three weeks ago. Claude Code has gotten ridiculously good. I’m using it for client projects, my own infrastructure work, even for building out complex n8n workflows. But the more powerful […]
Setting Up Uptime Kuma: When ‘Just Monitor My Stuff’ Becomes a Linux Deep Dive
You know that sinking feeling when a customer calls to tell you they can’t access something, and you realize you had no idea it was broken? That was me last week when AWS decided to have hardware issues with my EC2 instance. A simple phone call about a broken form turned into the wake-up call […]