January 2026
Self-Hosted GitLab CI/CD: Building My Own Deployment Platform
How I set up GitLab CE with automated pipelines on my homelab—and what I learned the hard way about SSL termination, reverse proxies, and infrastructure design.
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December 2025
CI/CD runners on GitLab CE: a small win worth celebrating
I stood up my own GitLab CE runners and automated deployments without leaning on an off the shelf service.
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Beyond the Hypervisor: Architecting the Self-Sufficient Stack (Gitea, Vaultwarden, Uptime Kuma)
The next phase of the homelab: moving from core infrastructure to essential services. How Gitea replaced GitHub, why Uptime Kuma is non-negotiable, and the security shift with Vaultwarden.
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