Devlog
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 new owner.