Author: volt
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Why I Switched Back to Windows on My PC and Kept Linux on Servers
After spending a long time with Arch Linux on the desktop, at some point I had to stop and face an uncomfortable question. Arch with the zen kernel is a war machine. Rolling release, always up to date, performance maxed out. I played Diablo 4 well under Proton, managed proprietary NVIDIA drivers, built a chain…
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AI and the Fear of the Future
A few days ago I posted an article about how AI simplifies sysadmin tasks and the risk that this might erode expertise. It discussed this and what path might prevent it, along with questions about the future. A fairly harmless article. Moderate, I’d say. You can find it on this blog, just to get an…
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Managing a Linux System with an AI Agent: Today’s Convenience or the Future of Sysadmin?
I’ve been using Arch Linux as my main system for years. KDE Plasma on Wayland, hand-written configurations, manual package management. A system that rewards those who know it well and punishes those who forget where to look. For the past few months I’ve been working alongside Claude Code, an AI agent that runs directly in…
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WordPress Multilingual with Claude Code: How We Translated 72 Articles into 5 Languages
I had a WordPress site in Italian and English. I wanted to add Spanish, French and German. Seventy-two articles to translate into three languages, plus navigation pages, categories, shortcodes, redirects, SEO. Looking at the volume of work, the honest answer was: it can’t be done. Not with the time and resources of a personal project.…
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Segmenting the Tailscale Network with ACL and Tags: How I Isolated My VPS from Home Devices
I’ve been using Tailscale for years as my personal VPN: incredibly convenient, zero-config, works everywhere. But I never kept it always active — I’d turn it on when needed and shut it down after. A bit crude as precautions go, I know, but there was a reason: a VPS server exposed to the internet sitting…
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Traefik as a Reverse Proxy for Docker: Complete Guide with Automatic SSL
If you manage multiple web services on a single server, sooner or later you have to solve the reverse proxy problem. After trying several solutions, I switched to Traefik as a Docker-integrated reverse proxy and it’s been one of the best infrastructure decisions I’ve made in years. In this article I share my hands-on experience,…
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Using Claude Code for Linux Server Administration: A Practical, Supervised Approach
Claude Code for Linux server administration: Claude Code is the command-line tool developed by Anthropic that allows a large language model (LLM) to interact directly with the filesystem, execute shell commands, read and modify files, and manage services, containers, and configurations. This is not a chatbot that suggests commands: it is an agent that executes…
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⚖️ GPU Balance Pro: Save Money on Your Gaming Build
How many times have you asked yourself: “Is this GPU too powerful for my monitor?” or “Am I wasting money on a graphics card I’ll never use at 100%?” I built GPU Balance Pro, a free web tool that answers these questions visually and immediately, by analysing the balance between GPU, monitor, and game settings.…
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Tempest: The 3D Web Player That Transforms Music into an Immersive Visual Experience
Imagine being able to see the music you listen to. Not just hear it, but watch it dance in three-dimensional space, pulse with the bass, explode in colour when the chorus hits. Tempest is an online music visualiser that transforms every track into an interactive audiovisual experience, freely accessible directly from your browser. What is…
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AST3ROIDX: Recreating Asteroids with Claude Sonnet 4.5
How I developed a complete classic arcade game in less than a working day After the experiment with BOMBRIS, I wanted to test Claude Sonnet 4.5 on a more complex project: a real space shooter with realistic physics, unlockable achievements, and an advanced particle system. The result is AST3ROIDX — a tribute to Atari’s classic…