Field Notes.

Small things about code, home servers and coffee.

Moving a tiny homelab to a single VPS

I finally retired the old mini PC under my desk. Everything now fits on one small virtual server with Docker Compose, and the electricity bill is grateful.

Notes on Postgres backups that actually restore

A backup you have never restored is just a hope. Here is the boring nightly routine I use, plus the one time it saved me.

Pour-over, measured

Fifteen grams, two hundred fifty millilitres, and too many spreadsheets. An engineer's attempt at a better morning cup.

Why I still write things down

This blog started as a notebook for myself. It still mostly is, but if any of it helps you, that is a nice bonus.