Build logs, random thoughts, and lessons learned while shipping from coffee shops and breweries. No polish, just honest notes from the journey.
How I turned bi-weekly manual Factorio server updates into a fully automated, set-it-and-forget-it GitOps pipeline using GitHub Actions, nightly version checks, and OKD's native ImageStream + Deployment triggers. No more pod killing.
High-level lessons from building AI agents that actually work: when to use a workflow instead, what fails in the real world, and the checklist I use to ship.
The moment you put a VPS on the internet, bots start knocking. Here is the no-drama checklist I run before I deploy anything real. My 30 min server hardening pass I apply to every server before I do anything else.
I had a notebook full of ideas collecting dust. Here's how I finally stopped planning and started shipping, and why the first version is always garbage (and that's okay).
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