Software engineering manager. Kubernetes homelab managed as code, AI agent tooling, and writing about building infrastructure with AI as a co-pilot.https://edkarlsson.github.io/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/recap-posts-11-16/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/recap-posts-11-16/What the final six posts of Homelab as Production are actually aboutFri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/16-lessons-and-future-work/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/16-lessons-and-future-work/What 43 sessions taught me, and what comes nextFri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTlessonsretrospectiveroadmapfuturehomelabkuberneteshttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/15b-executive-summary/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/15b-executive-summary/A methodology for applying AI assistance safely in engineering teamsFri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTexecutive-summaryai-assisted-engineeringengineering-leadershipmethodologyhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/15-team-adoption/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/15-team-adoption/Translating the homelab methodology to an engineering innovation teamWed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-assisted-engineeringteam-adoptionengineering-leadershipclaudemethodologydevopsplatform-engineeringhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/14-retrospective/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/14-retrospective/An honest retrospective on 43 sessions of AI-assisted infrastructure workWed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-assistedclauderetrospectivedevopsgitopsinfrastructurelessons-learnedhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/13-oidc-debugging-arc/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/13-oidc-debugging-arc/How a 'simple' SSO integration turned into a JVM truststore, CORS, and a Jetty runtime discoveryTue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTdependency-trackoidckeycloakpkcejvmjettykubernetesdebuggingssosecurityhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/12-gitlab-kubernetes/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/12-gitlab-kubernetes/Self-hosted GitLab with Keycloak OIDC, homelab CA TLS, and a K8s runner — and the PR review that caught the mistakesTue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTgitlabkuberneteskeycloakoidcansibleci-cdgitopsgithubnexushttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/recap-posts-06-10/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/recap-posts-06-10/What the second five posts of Homelab as Production are actually aboutTue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/11-cicd-validation/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/11-cicd-validation/Every PR goes through a pipeline. Here's what that pipeline checks.Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTci-cdgithub-actionsterraformansiblekuberneteskubeconformkustomizeshellchecktflintpolicy-enforcementhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/10-day2-operations/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/10-day2-operations/The unglamorous work that makes infrastructure actually reliableMon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTpostgresqlhigh-availabilitykeepalivedk3sansiblebackupoperationshttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/09-nexus-supply-chain/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/09-nexus-supply-chain/Why your homelab needs a repository manager, and how to build oneFri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabkubernetesnexussonatypedockerregistrysupply-chaingitopsk3scontainerdhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/08-app-deployment-pattern/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/08-app-deployment-pattern/A repeatable 7-manifest pattern (plus kustomization.yaml) that scales to 20+ applicationsFri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTkubernetesgitopsfluxingress-nginxtailscaleexternal-secretskustomizepatternshttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/recap-posts-01-05/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/recap-posts-01-05/What the first five posts of Homelab as Production are actually aboutTue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/18-gpu-passthrough-failure/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/18-gpu-passthrough-failure/Sometimes the right answer is that the answer doesn't existMon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabproxmoxgpuvfionvidiakubernetesdebugginghttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/homelab-as-production-launch/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/homelab-as-production-launch/The story behind Homelab as Production — and what I actually learned about working with AI.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/07-secrets-1password-eso/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/07-secrets-1password-eso/Never commit a secret. Ever. The production secrets pattern at homelab scale.Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabkubernetessecrets1passwordexternal-secrets-operatorgitopssecurityhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/06-sso-keycloak-oauth2proxy/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/06-sso-keycloak-oauth2proxy/Centralizing authentication before you have more than two appsThu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTkeycloakoauth2-proxyssooidckubernetessecuritygitopshttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/05-observability-first/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/05-observability-first/Why you instrument the cluster before deploying anything elseThu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabkubernetesobservabilityprometheusgrafanalokimonitoringgitopshttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/04-platform-layer/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/04-platform-layer/MetalLB, ingress-nginx, cert-manager, NFS: the boring infrastructure every app depends onThu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/03-gitops-fluxcd/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/03-gitops-fluxcd/Why you set up GitOps before deploying any applicationsThu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTgitopsfluxcdkubernetesterraformk3shttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/02-terraform-provisioning/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/02-terraform-provisioning/The bpg/proxmox provider, cloud-init, PostgreSQL HA — and the SSH username bugThu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTterraformproxmoxcloud-initpostgresqlinfrastructure-as-codeai-assistedhttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/01-production-homelab-thesis/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/01-production-homelab-thesis/Why apply enterprise patterns at home, and why AI makes it viable nowThu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabkubernetesiacaiclaudedevopsgitopshttps://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/00-preface/https://edkarlsson.github.io/blog/00-preface/Where this project started, and why the tools almost got in the wayThu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTai-toolsclineclaudelearningworkflowmeta