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The Laptop That Screams "Don't Kill Me!"
Devops Networking Security Linux Backend
16 days ago 126.6K views 0 shares
The Laptop That Screams "Don't Kill Me!"
THE DRAMA OF SERVER LIFE! 😱 This laptop is literally BEGGING for its life with a note that screams "I'M A SERVER" in what can only be described as the most passive-aggressive plea in tech history. That poor machine is probably running some mission-critical application while Susan from accounting keeps trying to "fix it" by turning it off. HONEY, THAT'S NOT A FACEBOOK MACHINE! That's the reason the entire company can access their files! The absolute AUDACITY of people treating servers like regular laptops! Next time your IT person looks dead inside, this is why. They've taped one too many desperate notes to improvised server hardware.

Peak Homelabbing
Networking Security Devops Hardware Linux
19 days ago 166.5K views 0 shares
Peak Homelabbing
The ultimate DIY server solution: slap a threatening note on a laptop and call it enterprise-grade infrastructure. That poor laptop has been conscripted into 24/7 service against its will, now living in perpetual fear someone might actually try to use it as... a laptop. This is the tech equivalent of putting a "BEWARE OF DOG" sign on a fence when you actually own a hamster. Welcome to homelab economics: where repurposing old hardware as servers saves you money but costs your family their sanity when everything crashes because someone closed the sacred lid.

The Linux Gateway Drug
Linux Networking Devops Hardware Programming
29 days ago 160.7K views 0 shares
The Linux Gateway Drug
Started with one innocent computer, ended up with a room full of salvaged hardware running 24/7. That's the Linux gateway drug effect—you think you're just trying a new OS, and suddenly you're hosting 17 services on machines you rescued from dumpsters. The stuffed animals are just witnesses to your descent into terminal madness. They've seen things.

Cheaper Than Therapy Too
Kubernetes Devops Hardware Docker Programming
1 month ago 254.3K views 2 shares
Cheaper Than Therapy Too
Why pay someone $200/hour to listen to your problems when you can spend $2000 on old server hardware to create your own EMOTIONAL DAMAGE?! 💀 The absolute DEDICATION of stacking five Dell servers in your basement just to run container orchestration that could probably run on a Raspberry Pi! But nooooo, we need the FULL ENTERPRISE EXPERIENCE at home because clearly our relationships weren't complicated enough already! The electricity bill alone would fund a year of therapy, but who needs mental health when you have high availability and auto-scaling for your personal blog that gets three visitors a month?!

Men Will Literally Build A Kubernetes Cluster At Home
Kubernetes Devops Hardware Docker Linux
3 months ago 223.0K views 1 shares
Men Will Literally Build A Kubernetes Cluster At Home
Nothing says "I'm processing my emotions in a healthy way" like stacking five Dell servers in your bedroom and spending 72 sleepless hours configuring container orchestration. The sweet hum of overheating hardware drowns out those pesky feelings, and the electricity bill that rivals a small nation's GDP is totally worth it. Who needs a therapist asking about your childhood when you can debug YAML files at 3 AM? It's not hoarding if it's infrastructure .