Outside the job description
The homelab corner
Sometimes being interested is enough of a reason. Sometimes it also gives you a better place to keep your photos.
A shelf of useful things
This is a selection of applications I configure and run, not products I authored. The links lead to their makers, never to my administration screens.
The fun is in getting my hands on the system. The responsibility is in keeping the useful parts working after the first successful setup.
The setup is the beginning.
Then you have to look after it.
The foundations
Everyday things
Connecting the pieces
Beyond the app shelf
My own experiments include a recorded-notes dashboard built with AI assistance, and a Salesforce-focused Hermes assistant. They are different kinds of work from installing an application: the questions are about context, review, and how the pieces connect.
Behind the click
Type a name, get a page. It feels immediate, but a few different jobs are hiding inside the click.
Who turns the name into an address?
DNS helps the browser find an address for a name. It is a directory lookup, not the page itself.
Who answers the request?
A web server receives a request and returns content. Other services may sit in between to handle secure connections and route requests.
Who makes it look like a page?
Your browser interprets the HTML and CSS, loads the assets, and puts the page on screen. For this site, static files are enough. Not every page needs an application server.
A conceptual explanation, not a map of my systems.