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monksy.bsky.social

@monksy.bsky.social

Ever had port 80 hijacked with no process showing in lsof? I chased this ghost and found out how K3s pulled it off. Turns out, the culprit was hiding in plain sight. 🔍
theexceptioncatcher.com/2025/09/find...

Finding The Owner of An Open Port

lsof doesn't always give you what you're looking for

theexceptioncatcher.com

September 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM

monksy.bsky.social

@monksy.bsky.social

#WebSerial: The Only Reason I’ll Admit #JavaScript Isn’t All Bad
But most of it is.

theexceptioncatcher.com/2025/07/webs...

theexceptioncatcher.com

July 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM

monksy.bsky.social

@monksy.bsky.social

6 Features you should use today with #Opnsense. #Networking #security #vpn #wireshark #dns theexceptioncatcher.com/2025/07/6-fe...

6 Features You Should Enable On A New OPNsense Installation

Just installed OPNSense? Start here.

theexceptioncatcher.com

July 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM

monksy.bsky.social

@monksy.bsky.social

How to get Youtube video summarizations. Avoid the nonsensical clickbait in the title with AI.

#selfhosting #OpenWebUI #Ollama #YouTube #LocalAI #Privacy #Tech #AI #OpenSource

theexceptioncatcher.com/2025/07/how-...

How to Ask Questions About YouTube Videos Using Open-WebUI & Ollama (All locally)

Ever wanted to ask a question on a Youtube video and didn’t want to watch the whole 1hr video? Same here. With Open-WebUI and Ollama - you can. Even better: It can be done locally and fairly efficient...

theexceptioncatcher.com

July 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM

monksy.bsky.social

@monksy.bsky.social

Remotely Accessing Your Local AI Services with Wake-on-LAN & a Web Proxy

#ai #selfhosted #ollama #greencomputing

theexceptioncatcher.com/2025/07/remo...

Remotely Accessing Your Local AI Services with Wake-on-LAN & a Web Proxy

After a decade of relying on laptops, I recently built a desktop PC and transformed it into a dedicated AI server. While equipped with powerful components, including a high-end Nvidia graphics card, I...

theexceptioncatcher.com

July 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM

monksy.bsky.social

@monksy.bsky.social

Kafka in 2025: A Clean Docker Compose Setup Without ZooKeeper

#kafka #dockercompose #docker #localdev

theexceptioncatcher.com/2025/06/kafk...

Kafka in 2025: A Clean Docker Compose Setup Without ZooKeeper

Kafka has changed a lot in the last few years. Zookeeper has been removed, one Kafka docker container maker has stopped making containers, and the configurations have changed. Without much futher ado,...

theexceptioncatcher.com

June 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM

monksy.bsky.social

@monksy.bsky.social

What am I looking to do while I'm on a career break?

I'm hoping to do more blogging, learning Rust and Elixir/Erlang, and learning/communicating more about self-hosted AI models (Using Ollama)

theexceptioncatcher.com/blog/2025/05...

#OpenToWork #Rust #Elixir #Scala #Java #AIML #TechCareer

New Adventures- What's Next?

Hey there! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, and I’m finally taking a moment to share where I’m at. Life has been a whirlwind of reflection, curiosity, and the occasional “what am I looking to achi...

theexceptioncatcher.com

May 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM