The Art of
Self-Sovereignty
Owner of the Iron. Student of the Light.
In an era where digital existence is rented on a subscription basis, I have built my life around a singular, defiant principle: If you cannot touch the metal, you do not own the data. Most people find comfort in the abstraction of "The Cloud," but I find clarity in the hum of a local rack and the absolute control of a self-managed kernel.
From the Iron Up
My architecture is not a collection of services; it is a meticulously forged ecosystem. I rely on a High-Availability Proxmox Cluster powered by a fleet of Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny nodes. These compact powerhouses represent the pinnacle of efficiency—providing enterprise-grade virtualization within a minimal footprint. Here, uptime is not a promise made by a third party; it is a standard I enforce myself.
The Foundation: TrueNAS SCALE
Data is the soul of the machine. For my storage backbone, I utilize TrueNAS SCALE. By moving beyond simple storage and into a Linux-based hyper-converged platform, I have built a custom-scaled environment that handles 10GbE throughput with ease. Every photograph I capture and every line of code I write sits behind a resilient ZFS wall.
The Reset
But systems require a counter-balance. When the servers are humming in perfect synchronization, I seek the beautiful chaos of the natural world. Photography is my reset. It is a pursuit of the "Perfect Light"—a reminder that while 1s and 0s can be mastered, the wind and the sun must simply be observed and respected. Whether I am framing a wildlife shot or architecting a network, the goal is the same: True Mastery.
The Art of
Self-Sovereignty
Owner of the Iron. Student of the Light.
In an era where digital existence is rented on a subscription basis, I have built my life around a singular, defiant principle: If you cannot touch the metal, you do not own the data. Most people find comfort in the abstraction of "The Cloud," but I find clarity in the hum of a local rack and the absolute control of a self-managed kernel.
From the Iron Up
My architecture is not a collection of services; it is a meticulously forged ecosystem. I rely on a High-Availability Proxmox Cluster powered by a fleet of Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny nodes. These compact powerhouses represent the pinnacle of efficiency—providing enterprise-grade virtualization within a minimal footprint. Here, uptime is not a promise made by a third party; it is a standard I enforce myself.
The Foundation: TrueNAS SCALE
Data is the soul of the machine. For my storage backbone, I utilize TrueNAS SCALE. By moving beyond simple storage and into a Linux-based hyper-converged platform, I have built a custom-scaled environment that handles 10GbE throughput with ease. Every photograph I capture and every line of code I write sits behind a resilient ZFS wall.
The Reset
But systems require a counter-balance. When the servers are humming in perfect synchronization, I seek the beautiful chaos of the natural world. Photography is my reset. It is a pursuit of the "Perfect Light"—a reminder that while 1s and 0s can be mastered, the wind and the sun must simply be observed and respected. Whether I am framing a wildlife shot or architecting a network, the goal is the same: True Mastery.