Devlog

Outsourcing space hoggers on my Kubernetes cluster

Aug 26, 2026

Ever asked yourself what would happen, if your pipelines won't run anymore, because Kubernetes cries about storage constraints? No? Well, here's the unrequired answer and my solution to the problem - offloading logs, image layers, and ephemeral storage onto Ceph, one staged migration at a time.

Creating a two drive raidz1 - or "How to make TrueNAS accept your orders"

Apr 14, 2026

When you're stuck with a web UI that refuses to create a two-drive raidz1, what would you do? You stop asking the web UI for permission and start having a conversation with the CLI instead - because ZFS doesn't care about TrueNAS's opinions, and neither do I.

Stopping a friend from destroying their data

Apr 3, 2026

Don't you love getting a phone call from a friend who managed to fry their filesystem — again? One impatient person, six external drives juggled across two USB ports, and a habit of pulling the plug at the worst possible moment. What started as a quick fix turned into a full custom TrueNAS build, drive shucking, a raidz1 CLI hack, and a dying drive dramatically proving my point right in front of its owner.