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Jun 26, 2026

k3s Node Freeze: Longhorn iSCSI Stalls and Memory Pressure

Longhorn iSCSI I/O stalls and memory pressure were freezing k3s nodes and requiring physical power-button reboots. How kdump revealed what journald couldn't.

Jun 26, 2026

SMB Mounts in Kubernetes Will Freeze Your Node — Here's What Actually Works

CIFS mounts in Kubernetes have no reliable timeout option on most kernels. Every obvious fix fails. This documents what was tried, what the kernel actually supports, and the sidecar pattern that works.

Jun 30, 2026

Persistent SSH and Tailscale on Steam Deck / SteamOS Across Updates

Key-only SSH and Tailscale on Steam Deck / SteamOS that survive every update — the atomic update whitelist for SSH and the official deck-tailscale installer, explained.

Jun 24, 2026

PPiNAS: 6-Bay NAS on a Raspberry Pi 5, and the ASM1166 Boot Hang

Building a 6-bay NAS with a Raspberry Pi 5 and an ASM1166 SATA controller — including the silent boot hang caused by the Pi 5's MSI implementation.