A place for me to share my thoughts and ideas.https://sharmashobh.it/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/state-of-homelab-2026/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/state-of-homelab-2026/A look at the state of my homelab in 2026. Some new finds, learnings and what's coming up next.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:00:00 GMThomelabthoughtswrappedk3shttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/avoid-uuid-v4-primary-keys/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/avoid-uuid-v4-primary-keys/Keep it simple. Use integer IDs take advantage of the performance benefits of integer keys internally, and opaque, non-guessable identifiers externally.Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:30:00 GMTdatabasesecurityperformancedatabase-designhttps://sharmashobh.it/til/runprompt/https://sharmashobh.it/til/runprompt/I discovered a tool called Runprompt that lets you chain LLM prompts together like standard Unix pipes, turning complex AI workflows into simple terminal commands.Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:00:00 GMTLLMcli-toolshttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/fluxcd-gitops-the-right-way-to-do-devops/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/fluxcd-gitops-the-right-way-to-do-devops/Kubernetes + GitOps = ❤️Tue, 05 Aug 2025 01:12:43 GMThomelabgitopsself-hosteddata-privacyhttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/when-good-enough-is-not-good-enough/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/when-good-enough-is-not-good-enough/Vibe coding,Thu, 01 May 2025 18:30:00 GMTAIthoughtsproductivityprogramminghttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/gpt-and-rediscovering-bookmarklets/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/gpt-and-rediscovering-bookmarklets/How I'm taking control of my online experience by customizing websites with bookmarklets, userscripts and GPT, tweaking functionality, automating tasks, and shaping the web to work exactly the way I wantWed, 30 Apr 2025 21:20:00 GMTgptai-developmentreverse-engineeringhttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/state-of-homelab-2025/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/state-of-homelab-2025/As the year 2025 begins, I take a look at the state of my homelab. What's new, what's old, and what's changed? Let's dive in...Mon, 06 Jan 2025 03:19:00 GMTHomelabSelf-Hostedhttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/monorepos-are-back/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/monorepos-are-back/After months of experimenting with AI agents, I've discovered something unexpected: they work incredibly well with monolithic codebases and structured documentation.Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMTsoftware-engineeringmonorepoai-agentsdeveloper-experiencehttps://sharmashobh.it/project/wololo/https://sharmashobh.it/project/wololo/A simple and efficient web-based Wake On LAN management tool built with Rust, designed for homelab environments.Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:00:00 GMThomelabrustself-hostednetworkinghttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/simgen-ssg/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/simgen-ssg/The new version of Python is a major leap forward for the language. Performance gains, separate GILs for better multi threaded parallelism, new CPython monitoring API and a lot more.Wed, 06 Dec 2023 07:29:00 GMTVector-EmbeddingsStatic-Site-GeneratorOpen-Sourcehttps://sharmashobh.it/project/simgen/https://sharmashobh.it/project/simgen/An ephemeral vector database for generaing suggestions and reccomendations for your static sitesSat, 25 Nov 2023 12:17:16 GMTfediversedata-privacyhttps://sharmashobh.it/til/wasm-gc-ports/https://sharmashobh.it/til/wasm-gc-ports/The new version of Python is a major leap forward for the language. Performance gains, separate GILs for better multi threaded parallelism, new CPython monitoring API and a lot more.Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMTWASMlanguage-portshttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/python-next-generation/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/python-next-generation/Pythons Global Interpreter Lock An Optional Revolution for Multithreading and BeyondSun, 22 Oct 2023 12:02:00 GMTpythonmultithreadingthoughtshttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/python-3-12/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/python-3-12/The new version of Python is a major leap forward for the language. Performance gains, separate GILs for better multi threaded parallelism, new CPython monitoring API and a lot more.Wed, 04 Oct 2023 05:12:00 GMTpythonreadingupdatehttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/pihole-wireguard/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/pihole-wireguard/How would you feel if you were to lose all your photos, videos, documents, messages, contacts, and other data that you stored online?Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThomelabdata-privacyadblocknetworkhttps://sharmashobh.it/blog/data-ownership-and-homelab/https://sharmashobh.it/blog/data-ownership-and-homelab/How would you feel if you were to lose all your photos, videos, documents, messages, contacts, and other data that you stored online?Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:57:52 GMThomelabdata-privacyhttps://sharmashobh.it/project/plasma/https://sharmashobh.it/project/plasma/The journey to data ownership involves being aware of where our data is stored, who has access to it, and how it's being used. This is a quick guide for anyone getting on this journey.Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:57:52 GMThomelabDevOpsdata-privacy