VMware → Proxmox? The real challenges aren’t the migration — it’s the mindset. Here are the hidden gotchas VMware admins always hit. mrplanb.com/blog/proxmox-e…

Stop guessing Kubernetes. Learn how it really works and level up your DevOps/SRE skills with clear, practical explanations. amazon.com/dp/B0G49C3WMK

First day working at #Reddit! Fixed the whole server experience this morning. Feeling proud. Anyway, taking the afternoon off for coffee and gym. If the site goes down again… pretend you didn’t see this. 😌 #redditfirstday

You have metrics, logs, dashboards. Yet during incidents, you're still alt-tabbing tools and replaying timelines in your head. That's a monitoring smell, not a lack of data.

Observability isn't about collecting more data. It's about understanding **relationships** between metrics, logs, and traces so incidents stop feeling like archaeology.

Proxmox can now run Docker-style stacks straight from OCI images, and I moved a real SimpleLogin email setup (Postgres + Postfix) over to it to see what actually breaks and what just works. medium.com/@PlanB./from-d…

Running #OpenClaw on #Proxmox sounds simple until theory meets reality. This guide walks through what actually works, what breaks, and how real humans get it running without burning a weekend medium.com/@PlanB./runnin…

Cheap, fast, reliable boot SSDs for homelabs don’t have to be expensive—here’s how I pick used enterprise drives (with PLP) that quietly power Proxmox nodes for years.​ Full breakdown, model suggestions, and sizing tips in my new post: medium.com/@PlanB./cheap-…

Proxmox snapshots + PBS turned my update anxiety into “meh, I’ll just roll it back if it breaks” and I kind of love it. If you’re still gambling your homelab on hope instead of tested restores, this might be the nudge you need: medium.com/@PlanB./snapsh…

Ingress-NGINX changed the rules overnight, and teams are scrambling to adapt. This blog breaks down what really happened and how engineers are navigating the post-bombshell migration 👉 medium.com/@PlanB./the-gr…

Your VMware vSphere license just expired and panic is not a strategy. This post walks through what breaks, what still works, and the smartest next moves when the clock runs out medium.com/@PlanB./your-v…

Proxmox migrations don’t have to turn into cluster chaos or late-night firefights. This post shows a smarter, safer way to move your Proxmox setup without breaking workloads or your sanity medium.com/@PlanB./avoid-…

Unraid didn’t break my setup, it surfaced something quieter and harder to fix. This post is about homelabs, late nights, and realizing that building alone isn’t always the win we think it is medium.com/@PlanB./unraid…

Docker in LXC or VMs on Proxmox keeps sparking debates because there’s no clean winner, only tradeoffs. This post breaks down why the argument still refuses to die in 2026 and how to choose without dogma medium.com/@PlanB./docker…

A new Proxmox tool just launched with bold promises and raised eyebrows almost instantly. This post cuts through the hype to explain what’s real, what’s questionable, and why skepticism showed up so fast medium.com/@PlanB./a-new-…

Running Docker inside a Proxmox container is not layering chaos, it is layering control. When done intentionally, it is clean and powerful.

Leaving VMware? Test Morpheus like it’s 3AM in prod. HA, replication, VLANs, licensing—trust > lab results. mrplanb.com/blog/hpe-s-mor…

Free ESXi isn’t future-proof. If it’s not in your portal, you’re not entitled. Infra engineers must master licensing too. mrplanb.com/blog/free-isn-…

TrueNAS isn’t paywalling… but trust matters. Infra engineers must evaluate direction, not just features. mrplanb.com/blog/truenas-i…

We have new subdomain dedicate for Proxmox proxmox.mrplanb.com