Spin up a three-node Garage v2 S3 cluster on UnRAID + Ubuntu, add a slick WebUI, then wire Duplicacy to push encrypted, deduped backups—complete with cron jobs, Telegram alerts, and zone-aware triple replication—for a zero-friction, homelab-ready safety net.
When df lies and du swears, look for Loki’s orphaned WAL segments. Our prod cluster filled up every week until we purged legacy boltdb-shipper data from S3. Postmortem, fix steps, and preventive checks summarized.
Strapping a Raspberry Pi Zero to my wrist, I built the "PiSpot Watch"—a chunky, lovable smartwatch that briefly challenged the Apple Watch, at least in spirit. From learning FreeCAD and 3D-printing cases, to battling hardware quirks and automating deployments with Ansible—this was my IoT odyssey.
As an intern in 2015, I automated provisioning and streamlined CPE deployments, combining DHCP66, TR-069, R, Python, and Selenium. Turns out Bill Gates was right—the best "lazy" engineers put extra effort into smart solutions upfront, saving countless hours down the line.
After searching endlessly for reliable backups, discovering Duplicacy felt like a gift. To help others easily set it up for free, I created a Docker-based CLI solution—perfect if you enjoy tinkering and want a flexible, space-efficient backup without breaking the bank.
