I Gave Up Too Early. The Problem Was One Line.
Three months of Google Analytics on a blog I built to avoid Google Analytics. The problem was one Caddy directive. I stopped looking too soon.
Letting a Jump Box Kill Itself
I wanted an ops host I could start when I needed it and forget about when I didn’t. What I built instead was a jump box that shuts itself off when I stop paying attention—and taught me more about cost, discipline, and designing for human failure than I expected.
Standing Up a Control Plane
What I learned the hard way about control planes, SSH, and trust—written as a snapshot of real decisions, not a step-by-step guide.
I Didn’t Break Git. Git Broke My Brain.
A small failure that exposed a bigger assumption about tools, context, and how easily mental models can drift.
