hello world 🔗

Breaking ground on my.pgnd.dev

What is pgnd.dev? 🔗

pgnd.dev is my playground.

TL;DR: pgnd.dev is a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster running on Raspberry Pi—a place where I can scratch the occasional itch with side projects and maintain complete control over the infrastructure that powers them.

The longer version: It’s a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster with full CI/CD pipelines built in. This setup lets me deploy easily, keep infrastructure costs predictable, and—honestly—it’s a hell of a lot more satisfying than another cloud account. There’s something tangible about having an actual physical cluster on your shelf running your entire stack. Sure, managed Kubernetes services exist, but this appeals to me for the same reason I tinker with other projects: learning what’s under the hood matters.

The infrastructure setup is just as interesting as building the applications themselves. When infrastructure isn’t your day job, setting this up forces you to think deeply about deployments, networking, and operational concerns that matter in production.

What’s cooking:

• A window manager (architecture explorations, not hosted on pgnd.dev)
• Infrastructure learnings and lessons from running this setup
• Occasional thoughts on software engineering and building things

About me 🔗

Feel free to check out the About page to learn more about me.