Walid KarrayBuilding things, and writing it down
RSS FeedI'm Walid, a freelance hands-on solutions architect based in Paris. By day I design and build cloud and generative AI systems; the rest of the time I build my own tools and run a homelab. This is where I write about all of it.
Recent Posts
Flux on Talos Linux: GitOps for a Homelab
How my homelab deploys about twenty apps from git with Flux on a two-node Talos cluster, and why Docker Compose hosts, k3s and Argo CD were set aside.
How I Run My Homelab in 2026: Proxmox, Kubernetes on Talos and Tailscale
Updated:My homelab today: one Proxmox host in a 16U rack, two Talos Linux VMs as a Kubernetes cluster, network tiers like a cloud VPC, and Tailscale as the only door.
My Homelab Is Written by Coding Agents
Updated:How coding agents write my homelab: the AGENTS.md files and skills they follow, the guardrails, the incidents that became rules, and the risk I accept.
Proxmox and Synology UPS Shutdown With NUT: Don't Trust the Low-Battery Flag
Updated:How a Proxmox host and a Synology NAS shut down in time on a PowerWalker UPS with NUT, why its 0% low-battery threshold can't be trusted, and the fix.
