Building a steadier life, one system at a time.
Life as Infrastructure is where I document the systems behind my homelab, routines, health, finances, and day-to-day operations. It is less about polished conclusions and more about capturing what changed, what broke, and what proved worth keeping.
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Infrastructure
Networking, homelab, security, and the technical systems that keep everything else dependable.
Automation
Smart home experiments, Home Assistant builds, and the routines that reduce manual overhead.
Performance
Training, health, and habit systems built for consistency instead of bursts of motivation.
Finance
Money handled as infrastructure: clearer decisions, steadier execution, and less emotional noise.
Notes
Short-form updates, loose thinking, and snapshots from the work between bigger projects.
Recent writing
Netgear ProSAFE Plus Configuration Page Lockout
How I regained access to a Netgear ProSAFE Plus switch config page after VLAN and subnet assumptions got in the way.
Adding Pi-hole to My Homelab (and Where It Actually Belongs)
How I integrated Pi-hole into my VLAN-based network and what mattered more than the install itself.
Current State Snapshot
A checkpoint on active projects, stable systems, and the work intentionally kept on the back burner.
The Difference Between Working and Understood
A note on why working systems are not the same as understood systems, and why documentation closes that gap.
The 10-10 Method
A simple cleanup method that turns overwhelm into motion by focusing on ten items for ten minutes.
Putting pfSense Behind Cloudflare Access (And Breaking It Twice)
How I restored pfSense access by correcting tunnel origin routing and VLAN assumptions.