I started writing software around 1996 using Borland Turbo Pascal, got my start in hardware fixing arcade games and pinball machines, wrangled big iron for a Fortune 500, and spent nearly a decade deep in the reactor core of the Internet helping to keep the lights on for a national ISP.
The philosophy that has gotten me through it all is that there are no absolutes in this game. There is no 'one size fits all' in life and certainly not in technology. While my specific opinions on technology often diverges wildly from the mainstream I try to approach each situation with an open mind and a minimum of preconceived notions of how I am going to solve the problem. 'Keep it simple, stupid' is also a pretty good mantra.
Below is a sampling of the systems that make up my personal infrastructure. In the dropdown above there is an archive of screenshots available for browsing as well as the git repository containing some software I've written.
internal.ub3rgeek.net
Network
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OpenBSD router, firewall
- SuperMicro X11SDV-4C-TLN2F
- Intel Xeon D-1521 2.4GHz
- 8GB Micron DDR4 ECC PC4-17000
- 250G Samsung EVO 860 SSD
- P-Link 1U Rackmount Mini-ITX case
- printer01 - Brother color laser printer
- printer02 - Samsung greyscale laser printer
- ptp01a - Mikrotik wAP 60G PtP access point
- ptp01b - Mikrotik wAP 60G PtP access point
- sw01 - Cisco WS-C3750G-24PS x2 (stacked), core switch
- sw02 - Ubiquiti SW8-150W, garage distribution switch
- wap01 - Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC-Pro, access point
- wap02 - Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC-Pro, access point
- wap03 - Ubiquiti UniFi AP-AC-Mesh, access point
Systems
- adsb-feeder - Raspbian, ADS-B receiver and feeder
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macOS workstation
- 15" Apple MacBook Pro (Mid 2015)
- Intel i7-4870HQ 2.5GHz
- 16GB DDR3 PC-12800
- 500G Samsung EVO 970 EVO SSD
- AMD Radeon R9 M370X 2048MB
- - Windows 10, workstation
- ASRock H310M-ITX/ac
- Intel i7-9700KF 3.6GHz
- 32GB DDR4 PC-19200
- 250G Samsung EVO 860 SSD
- 3T Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 SATA HDD
- 500G Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD
- LG BD-RE ODD
- Fractal Design Core 500 Mini-ITX case
- Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 mini 8GB
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- Debian, KVM host, container
host, NAS (CIFS, NFS)
- Gigabyte B550M DS3H
- AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- 64GB DDR4 PC-19200
- Fractal Design Node 804 case
- Areca ARC-1880-iXL-12 RAID controller
- 8x Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 SATA HDD
- uat-feeder - Raspbian, UAT receiver and feeder
work.ub3rgeek.net
Network
- bdr01 - Ubiquiti USG, router, VPN endpoint
- nas01 - Synology DS214se NAS
- sw01 - Ubiquiti SW8
- sw02 - Ubiquiti SW8
- wap01 - Ubiquiti UniFi UAP-AC-IW, dual radio access point
Systems
colo.ub3rgeek.net
Network
- bdr01 - OpenBSD router, firewall, VPN hub
- palantir - Mikrotik Routerboard RB951Ui-2HnD - management firewall
Systems
klga.ub3rgeek.net
Systems
- vpngate - OpenBSD VPN server
ksfo.ub3rgeek.net
Systems
- bree - Debian, public auth DNS server