Turning an old Dell Laptop into a Disposable Homelab
How I used Terraform and Ansible to build a disposable, production-like homelab on Alpine Linux
15 min
selfhosting
homelab
DevOps
Terraform
Ansible
CI/CD
Forgejo
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Emanuel's Blog
DevOps Engineer
I’m Emanuel, a DevOps Engineer who loves tinkering with infrastructure and homelabs. I love selfhosting my services and sharing my experiences through this blog. The ideas shared here are my own personal opinions.
Recent Posts
I Took Back Control of My Digital Life And My Health Data Too
What started as a curiosity experiment became the best infrastructure decision I ever made. A tour of my selfhosted stack, the cloud services it replaced, and what I actually gained beyond the savings.
11 min
selfhosting
privacy
homelab
docker
linux
Automate Dependency Updates on Forgejo
Automate repository dependency updates with Renovate on Forgejo
7 min
DevOps
git
Forgejo
CI/CD
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Automating my computers setup with chezmoi
My new way to setup a new computers with easy
7 min
DevOps
Development
Fosdem 2026: I was there!
My first time attending FOSDEM in Bruxelles
6 min
I'm now CKAD Certified
I'm a Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
2 min
DevOps
Kubernetes
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