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GitOps Without Kubernetes: Docker Compose + GitHub Actions

Mon, 25 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200

GitOps Is a Principle, Not a Tool

When people talk about GitOps, Kubernetes quickly enters the conversation. FluxCD, ArgoCD, Helm — the ecosystem is rich, and the tooling handles a lot of the heavy lifting. The platform continuously watches the repository and reconciles the cluster state to match what Git declares.

But the underlying principle has nothing to do with Kubernetes specifically. GitOps is simpler than that: Git is the single source of truth. No change happens outside of Git. Automation applies what Git declares.

Why I Built a Self-Hosted Home Security Platform

Sun, 24 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200

The Problem with Commercial Solutions

When I started thinking about home security cameras, the obvious path was a commercial solution — Ring, Nest, or one of the dozens of cloud-connected systems on the market. Plug it in, create an account, and you’re done.

I did not go that route. Not because it is difficult to set up, but because of what it implies: your video footage lives on someone else’s server, your access depends on a subscription, and if the company changes its pricing or shuts down, you lose everything you built around it.

OpenClaw setup and security

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Why I run OpenClaw at home

I want an AI agent who can read my files, run commands, and help me on my homelab project, but I don’t want to send my workspace to a SaaS or open a public port on my router. OpenClaw is a self-hosted agent platform: it run on my Linux box, hold the agent sessions, and expose a small control UI to interact with it from any of my devices.