Notes
Short posts covering decisions, lessons learned, and observations from building and operating infrastructure. Each note captures a specific insight or trade-off encountered during real work.
SolidStart + Three.js: Technical Decisions for This Site
Why I chose SolidStart over Next.js and raw Three.js over wrapper libraries for a 3D portfolio site, and every major technical trade-off along the way.
SSH Management Suite — Design Decisions
Why I built a custom SSH management CLI in pure Bash, and the design choices behind key generation, config management, and connection lifecycle tooling.
Why Cloudflare Tunnels Over Traditional VPN
The reasoning behind choosing Cloudflare Tunnels for external access to homelab services, and what it replaces in the security model.
Why Authentik Over Authelia
Decision analysis comparing Authentik and Authelia for identity-aware access control in a homelab environment, and why Authentik won despite higher resource cost.