FirbLab

FirbLab

Bread

Mini PizzasThese adorable mini pizzas make a very generous, very delicious snack for after school, slumber parties, or weekend hangs. Bake them today!King Arthur BakingMartin PhilipNo-Knead Everything BreadChewy artisan bread is topped with a tasty mixture of dried onion, salt, and seedsKing Arthur BakingKing Arthur Test KitchenThe Healthy Banana

Cyberboy

I'm not sure when it started exactly, probably the first time I watched either Star Wars or Star Trek, but it feels like I've always wanted to have a handheld device for... really anything I could think--mainly controlling things around the house and hacking (think the

Building Demoji: A Small Tool That Helped Me Test A Much Larger Idea

Building Demoji: A Small Tool That Helped Me Test A Much Larger Idea

I've been working on a project called Cogit — a context system for coding agents. Memory, guidance, policy, delivery. I've been making good progress but I wanted to put it to the test. So I built something small first. Demoji is a TypeScript CLI that scans codebases

More Food!

I've been baking more lately and have some fantastic recipes to share! I'll leave out the not-so-great recipes I've come across--lookin at you banana cobbler... First is a delicious Shepherd's Pie. I've made this a few times and it turns

Homelab Rebuild Focusing on IaC, GitOps, and Automation

Homelab Rebuild Focusing on IaC, GitOps, and Automation

I'm an infrastructure engineer who's been working on my homelab over the last few years and learning as much as possible. FirbLab is my attempt to build a homelab that I consider to be up to the standard of production environments. This is everything I'

FOOD!

Just a few recipes for some things I've been making lately (with some pics at the end). Mayo-Roasted Thanksgiving Turkey With Gravy RecipeSome recipes for mayo-roasted turkey promise extra-juicy results with minimal effort This one does no such thing The mayonnaise won’t help the turkey stay juicy:

DnD and IaC

It's a thing of beauty when two of your passions come together. I've been interested in technological infrastructure for a few years now and have been learning everything I can in that time. A few months ago, I began playing Dungeons and Dragons with some friends

Basic Linux server hardening (Packer Templates)

Basic Linux server hardening (Packer Templates)

# Ubuntu Server Noble (24.04.x) # --- # Packer Template to create an Ubuntu Server (Noble 24.04.x) on Proxmox # Variable Definitions variable "proxmox_api_url" { type = string } variable "proxmox_api_token_id" { type = string } variable "proxmox_api_token_secret" { type = string sensitive = true

Technical Deep Dive: Building a Cost-Effective Ghost Blog on AWS with Terraform

Technical Deep Dive: Building a Cost-Effective Ghost Blog on AWS with Terraform

Introduction: Infrastructure as Code for Blog Hosting * Why Terraform for infrastructure management * Project goals and technical requirements * Repository structure and organization Part 1: AWS Architecture Overview * Architectural diagram and component breakdown * Resource relationships and dependencies * High-level implementation strategy Part 2: Setting Up the AWS Environment * AWS provider configuration provider "