• Amazon SES for Email Alerts

    calendar Sep 15, 2025 · 2 min read · Amazon Cloud  ·
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    Introduction So many self-hosted applications support email-based alerting or notifications. One option is to create a free email address somewhere such as gmail or Outlook but I own my own domain and I wanted something tied to it. I looked at a few mail services but most of them seemed to be aimed at mass mailings …


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  • Goodbye, VMware

    calendar Jan 26, 2025 · 3 min read · General VMware Proxmox  ·
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    Goodbye, VMware

    I've used VMware, both professionally and personally, for almost 20 years. I started with VMware GSX server and ESX 3.5 in my Homelab and set up my first cluster of my career with ESX 4.1 circa 2008 or 2009. VMware ESXi has been the workhorse of my homelab for years and my hypervisor of choice. It has run all of my …


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