Hard disk drive

Building a Quiet NAS for a Real Small Office (and Why I Chose TrueNAS)

When people talk about building a NAS, the conversation usually goes one of two ways: A step-by-step install guide for software such as TrueNAS Or a massive rack-mounted setup with more drives than most small businesses will ever need Neither of those was what I was looking for. I didn’t want a homelab, I didn’t want a science project, And I definitely didn’t want something that sounded like a server room sitting five feet from my desk. ...

April 20, 2026 · 5 min
Debian Linux

Practical Proxmox

Proxmox gets a lot of attention in home lab circles, and I get why. But my use case pushed past hobby territory into services that are genuinely important to my small business and my personal life. Once the stakes changed, so did the approach. Something you’re willing to let break overnight is very different from something you actually need to work. That meant building with intention: defined structure, real recovery paths, and a level of trust you don’t usually demand from a weekend project. ...

March 30, 2026 · 6 min
Server room

Diagnosing Intermittent 404s on Azure Static Web Apps

There’s a particular kind of issue that’s more frustrating than something being completely broken: When everything mostly works. I ran into this recently with an Azure Static Web App. The deployment was successful. The default Azure URL worked perfectly. DNS looked correct. And yet, the custom domain would intermittently return a 404. Not always. Just enough to make you question everything. If You’re Seeing Intermittent 404s, Start Here Before going deep, check these in order: ...

December 1, 2025 · 3 min