blog.stix-cloud.win/A personal tech blog where I share my findings, experiments, and deep dives into the topics that pique my interest. 2026-08-18T00:01:03+02:00 Simeon Stix blog.stix-cloud.win/ Jekyll © 2026 Simeon Stix /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 2026-07-01T00:00:00+02:00 blog.stix-cloud.win/posts/home-infrastructure-backup-strategy/ Simeon Stix

This post is a continuation of How My Homelab Went From One Pi to a Kubernetes Cluster, and Back to Docker Again, which covers how the lab evolved into the infrastructure described here. Why I Suddenly Needed a Backup Strategy For quite some time, my homelab was pure playground. Containers spun up and down, configs were rewritten on a whim, and if something broke, I’d just rebuild it. The bea...

2026-06-12T00:00:00+02:00 2026-06-12T00:00:00+02:00 blog.stix-cloud.win/posts/history-of-a-homelab/ Simeon Stix

I built a Kubernetes cluster to make my homelab stable. The single least stable thing my homelab ever ran was that Kubernetes cluster. The whole thing, one Pi to a Kubernetes cluster to a single mini PC, happened in roughly a year. That’s the part that still gets me. It wasn’t a slow, considered evolution; it was about twelve months of me adding complexity to chase the feeling of being in cont...

2026-05-31T20:11:00+02:00 2026-05-31T20:11:00+02:00 blog.stix-cloud.win/posts/extracting-black-library-books/ Simeon Stix

Games Workshop is retiring BlackLibrary.com. The new Black Library: The App launched on 18 March 2026, the old web store closes on 31 August, and the migration funnels everything through a MyWarhammer account into a single app with a built-in eReader and MP3 player. The convenience is real. So is the change in ownership model: where I used to download an EPUB or an MP3 and drop it into whatever...