AI/LLM Coding Linux AMD x Hackster – Pervasive AI Developer Contest August 6, 2024Jason Paul TL;DR If you’re interested in testing out locally hosted AI/LLM features, this article goes through a number of tools that can let you do that. This article also goes through…Continue readingAMD x Hackster – Pervasive AI Developer Contest
Linux Community Spotlight – The Linux Upskill Challenge June 27, 2024June 27, 2024Jason Paul Introduction The Linux Upskill Challenge is a month-long course aimed at those who aspire to get Linux-related jobs in the industry. The challenge will help prepare for roles like a…Continue readingCommunity Spotlight – The Linux Upskill Challenge
Linux Troubleshooting Ubuntu Desktop Black Screen on vSphere June 12, 2024Jason Paul TL;DR If you’re running vSphere 7.0.3 (or any other hypervisor), and upgrade Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 from kernel 5.15 to 6.5, after a reboot, you may find your graphics not working…Continue readingTroubleshooting Ubuntu Desktop Black Screen on vSphere
AWS AWS Community Builders – Year 3 Renewal and Reflection May 10, 2024Jason Paul Introduction This morning, I woke up to a positive email that I was hoping to receive: My application for the AWS Community Builders program was approved, and I was renewed…Continue readingAWS Community Builders – Year 3 Renewal and Reflection
AWS Public Speaking AWS New Voices – Lessons Learned April 9, 2024April 9, 2024Jason Paul Introduction For the past few weeks, I’ve been participating in a weekly session to improve my public speaking skills, put on by the AWS Community Builders community. AWS New Voices…Continue readingAWS New Voices – Lessons Learned
Coding Gaming After 12 Years – New Desktop Workstation! April 8, 2024April 8, 2024Jason Paul Background I built my previous PC back in 2012. I had used a number of old laptops and a Pentium 4 machine for a while, while mostly gaming on PS3,…Continue readingAfter 12 Years – New Desktop Workstation!
Proxmox Server Administration Upgrading Ceph Quincy to Ceph Reef on Proxmox VE 8.1 April 5, 2024Jason Paul Introduction In my previous article, I upgraded my hyperconverged Proxmox cluster in my homelab from Proxmox VE 7.4 to 8.1: As recommended by the Proxmox upgrade guide, we purposefully left…Continue readingUpgrading Ceph Quincy to Ceph Reef on Proxmox VE 8.1
Proxmox Server Administration Upgrading a Hyperconverged Proxmox Cluster from 7.4 to 8.1 April 5, 2024April 5, 2024Jason Paul Introduction Before setting up some new projects in my homelab, I wanted to make sure I was up to date on the latest version of Proxmox. I was a bit…Continue readingUpgrading a Hyperconverged Proxmox Cluster from 7.4 to 8.1
Server Administration Day of the Tentacle: ScyllaDB University Live March 24, 2024March 29, 2024Jason Paul Introduction On March 19, 2024, ScyllaDB hosted a live training event, going over an Essentials and an Advanced track, covering a number of topics. I had heard of ScyllaDB through…Continue readingDay of the Tentacle: ScyllaDB University Live
Linux Server Administration KWLUG Presentation – March 2024 – Introduction to TrueNAS SCALE March 8, 2024April 22, 2024Jason Paul Introduction During the March 2024 session of the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group, I delivered a presentation on TrueNAS SCALE: A free, open-source Linux based Network Attached Storage software solution. TrueNAS…Continue readingKWLUG Presentation – March 2024 – Introduction to TrueNAS SCALE
AWS AWS To Provide Free Data Transfer Out To Internet March 6, 2024April 18, 2024Jason Paul Introduction A few days ago, AWS announced in a blog post that they would be providing free DTO (Data Transfer Out) of AWS, when moving data to another cloud provider…Continue readingAWS To Provide Free Data Transfer Out To Internet
AWS Bootcamp AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 6 and 7: Unofficial Homework Guide April 1, 2023April 4, 2023Jason Paul Introduction We’re finally past what was considered the hardest part of the Free AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – DynamoDB. Andrew did a poll on Twitter and LinkedIn, and DynamoDB was…Continue readingAWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 6 and 7: Unofficial Homework Guide
Proxmox Introduction to Proxmox VE 7.4 – Now with Dark Mode! March 25, 2023Jason Paul Introduction Proxmox VE 7.4 was released on March 23, 2023. It has a number of upgrades which the Release Notes and Forum Announcement outline, including: One of the main highlights…Continue readingIntroduction to Proxmox VE 7.4 – Now with Dark Mode!
AWS Bootcamp AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 5: Unofficial Homework Guide March 19, 2023March 23, 2023Jason Paul Introduction We’re finally finished with Week 4 of the Free AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp. Writing connections to PostgreSQL running on Amazon RDS was pretty tricky, and there was so much…Continue readingAWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 5: Unofficial Homework Guide
AWS Bootcamp AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 4: Unofficial Homework Guide March 14, 2023March 19, 2023Jason Paul Introduction Week 3 was a tough one. Working with AWS Cognito and implementing decentralized authentication within the Cruddur application code was fairly time consuming. I’m personally a bit behind as…Continue readingAWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 4: Unofficial Homework Guide
AWS Bootcamp AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Solving the CDE Problem March 10, 2023Jason Paul Introduction As part of the Free AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp, we were instructed to use Gitpod for our Cloud Development Environment (CDE), as our primary instruction would be carried out…Continue readingAWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Solving the CDE Problem
Linux Server Administration KWLUG Presentation – March 2023 – Homelab Tour March 7, 2023Jason Paul Introduction During the March meeting of the Kitchener-Waterloo Linux User Group, I did a 40 minute presentation on my homelab. Here are the slides and the audio: KWLUG Resources Here…Continue readingKWLUG Presentation – March 2023 – Homelab Tour
AWS Bootcamp AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 3: Unofficial Homework Guide March 7, 2023Jason Paul Introduction Week 2 was a lot harder, and a lot of students had difficulty getting the observability solutions implemented. As Andrew has said, it only gets harder from here, so…Continue readingAWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 3: Unofficial Homework Guide
AWS Bootcamp AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 2: Unofficial Homework Guide February 26, 2023March 3, 2023Jason Paul Introduction Week 1 was a tough week! Lots to learn about Docker, Gitpod, and getting more familiar with the Cruddur application code we’re working with. I saw a lot of…Continue readingAWS Cloud Project Bootcamp – Week 2: Unofficial Homework Guide
Bootcamp Coding Diving Deeper – Gitpod Cloud Development Environment February 21, 2023February 23, 2023Jason Paul Introduction As part of the Free AWS Cloud Project Bootcamp, we are using Gitpod as our Cloud Developer Environment (CDE). This has a number of advantages such as ensuring we…Continue readingDiving Deeper – Gitpod Cloud Development Environment
