Automating Proxmox VMs with Ansible: From Manual Chaos to Orchestrated Bliss 🚀 Remember the good old days when you’d manually SSH into each VM to update packages, configure services, or install new software? Yeah, me neither. That’s why I automated my entire Proxmox homelab with Ansible—and now I’m here to show you how to do the same. In this guide, I’ll walk you through transforming your manual VM management into a streamlined, repeatable automation pipeline....

Testing AI Development Tools: From ChatGPT to Cursor (and Beyond) Are you searching for the best AI development assistant to boost your productivity? In this post, I share my hands-on experience with top AI coding tools—ChatGPT, Continue in VS Code, Ollama, Cursor, and a preview of Claude Code—and reveal why Cursor is my current favorite for daily development. ChatGPT: The Gateway Drug ChatGPT was my first introduction to AI-assisted development. It’s like having a knowledgeable coding partner who can:...

Not long ago, this blog was running on WordPress. For many, WordPress is the go-to platform to get started with a website. It’s feature-rich, flexible, and widely supported. But for my use case — a simple blog — it quickly started to feel like using a sledgehammer to hang a picture. I found myself constantly maintaining: WordPress itself Plugins (many needed just to make it feel modern) A full database stack Security patches and performance tweaks All of that, just to serve some static text and images....