Rob McBryde

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February 20, 2026

Books read year by year Many years ago, I created this post to track all the books I read. I update this […]

February 14, 2026

[Note: Since this series of blog posts have become more and more technical in nature, I added a Glossary of

February 10, 2026

I flew too close to the Sun I looked this up on Wikipedia: Icarus was the son of Daedalus, who

February 8, 2026

Google Gemini, The SysAdmin Guide I Didn’t Know I Needed Last week’s update ended with me wondering if I could

January 31, 2026

Daily Driver Changes and Leftover Hardware In October 2025, I started using the Pop!_OS Linux distribution as my daily driver

October 5, 2025

Well That Escalated Quickly My quest for data freedom quickly went from exploring open-source or privacy-focused Google alternatives to a

April 19, 2025

Installing and Configuring are Not the Same Thing Two months ago when I first installed CasaOS on the Lenovo ThinkStation,

April 12, 2025

It’s been a few weeks since my last update, and I’m excited to dive back into my homelab journey with

March 11, 2025

Welcome! This is the third post in a series documenting my homelab journey (see posts 1 and 2). Note: This series