Homelab Adventures: From K3s to Nomad to Reclaim My Free Time (Part 2)
How dismantling K3s, eliminating StatefulSets, and moving observability to the cloud transformed Travolta and Thurman into a lean Nomad cluster powered by GitHub Actions.
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How dismantling K3s, eliminating StatefulSets, and moving observability to the cloud transformed Travolta and Thurman into a lean Nomad cluster powered by GitHub Actions.
The GitOps Pull vs. Push dilemma in small infrastructures: replacing heavyweight in-cluster operators and broken reconciliation loops with ephemeral Tailscale pipelines and decoupled SOPS + Nomad Variables secret management.
How two mini PCs running K3s went from the ultimate Kubernetes playground to devouring my evenings with the classic Homelabber Syndrome.
How to cut transaction triage and DLQ recovery times from days to hours using FastMCP, Cursor, and human-in-the-loop controls.
How combining Domain-Driven Design, CQRS, Flyway, and jOOQ offers predictable persistence and a pristine, 100% pure domain model.
A real-world migration strategy from PostgreSQL to AWS Aurora with just 3 minutes of controlled degradation.
How we decoupled microservices using ports, adapters, and CQRS in the automotive industry, and why JSONB became a costly trap.