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Practical notes on Azure, identity, automation and AI — written from real projects, not press releases.

Latest postJuly 5, 2026 5 min

The Command Deck Redesign: Turning My Blog Into a Portfolio

My blog got a complete visual overhaul, designed together with AI. Why I went portfolio-first, how a Mass Effect vibe stays professional, and what I said no to along the way.

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Jun 4, 2026EN 2 min

Intune & Ubuntu 26.04

Testing out the Intune Portal installer script from Microsoft on Ubuntu 26.04

#Linux #Ubuntu #Software #Intune

May 26, 2026EN 6 min

Restore access to Unifi OS Server

Locked out after a cross-instance backup restore? Here's how UniFi OS Server actually stores passwords — across MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and a file cache — and how to reset them when everything is inconsistent.

#UniFi #SelfHosting #Proxmox #Networking #Linux

Apr 22, 2026EN 3 min

Intune & Ubuntu 24.04 revisited in 2026

Two years later, Intune onboarding on a fresh Ubuntu 24.04.4 install is finally simple: official script, quick compliance, and no workaround repos needed.

#Linux #Ubuntu #Software #Intune

Apr 14, 2026EN 9 min

Why I Built a Shelly MCP Server (So I Could Migrate to Home Assistant)

I wanted a practical way to migrate Shelly settings into Home Assistant workflows through MCP. I found a Home Assistant MCP server, but no reliable Shelly MCP server, so I built one.

#Shelly #Home Assistant #MCP #SelfHosting #VibeCoding

Apr 2, 2026EN 15 min

My Ultimate Self-Hosted AI Chat Stack

One Docker Compose stack to rule them all: private chat, local and cloud LLMs, image generation, voice input, web search, document research, and full observability — all on your own hardware.

#AI #SelfHosting #Docker #OpenWebUI #LiteLLM

Mar 5, 2026EN 8 min

Branch Manager: A Web UI for Cleaning Up Stale Azure DevOps Branches

I built a self-hosted web tool to filter, review, and bulk-delete stale branches across all repositories in an Azure DevOps project, because the portal was never designed for this.

#Azure DevOps #Azure #Tools #VibeCoding #Git

Mar 3, 2026EN 7 min

From Hugo to Nuxt: Why I Switched to Vibe Code My Blog

How switching from Hugo to Nuxt opened the door to vibe coding with GenAI and why a mature framework makes all the difference when you want to build, explore, and experiment fast.

#Nuxt #Hugo #AI #VibeCoding #WebDev

Jul 8, 2025EN 3 min

PIM + Conditional Role Assignments: Secure Autonomy for Azure Landing Zones

Combine PIM eligible roles with conditional role assignments to give teams just-in-time Owner access while preventing privilege escalation.

#Azure #RBAC #PIM #Security #IAM

Jul 1, 2025EN 5 min

Azure Conditional Role Assignments with Bicep!

Implement secure workload autonomy using Azure conditional role assignments with Bicep and Azure Verified Modules.

#Azure #RBAC #Security #IAM #Identity

Dec 16, 2024EN 6 min

Centralizing Password Policy Management in Multi-Tenant Entra ID Environments

Automate banned password list management across multiple Entra ID tenants using Microsoft Graph API, PowerShell and Azure DevOps.

#Entra #Authentication #PowerShell #Graph #Identity

May 1, 2024EN 6 min

Azure Privileged Identity Management as code

Configure PIM Eligible Role Assignments on Azure subscriptions using the ARM API in PowerShell, including role policies, approvers, and eligible role creation.

#PIM #Azure #PowerShell #IAM #Identity

Apr 22, 2024EN 5 min

Intune & Ubuntu 24.04

A complete guide to setting up Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Intune, including the Intune Portal, Microsoft Edge, development tools, and more.

#Linux #Ubuntu #Software #Intune