Back to basics
Why, after three months of using Niri, I went back to basics with Sway. On scrolling tiling, three monitors, and why predictable and boring sometimes just works better.
// Recent posts
What I Discovered About Myself was something I hadn’t expected, until everything fell into place
Sometimes you come across something that isn’t necessarily new, but which puts into words how you’ve always felt inside
SSHFS: mounting remote files as a local folder
With SSHFS, you can mount a remote folder via SSH as a local drive. No extra ports, no FTP — just SSH. Works on macOS, Ubuntu, Arch and Fedora.
WooCommerce plugin: automatically rotate featured products every day
Auto-Featured Products is a free WooCommerce plugin that automatically highlights 10 products every day and removes the previous day’s selection. No coding required; includes WP-CLI support.
Controlling Gerootte Toon remotely — port forwarding or VPN
How to control a rooted Toon thermostat remotely via port forwarding or a VPN. Includes steps for mobile login, firewall settings and security advice.
Automatically add TransIP renewal dates to Apple Calendar
DomainReminder retrieves all renewal dates via the TransIP API and automatically sets them as reminders in Apple Calendar — 14 days before the expiry date.
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// Infrastructure engineer & indie hacker
I'm Jouke Siekman — infrastructure engineer and indie hacker from Leerbroek in the Netherlands. I design and run production infrastructure: from BGP networks and MikroTik configurations to Kubernetes clusters on Proxmox and fully self-hosted tooling. MTCNA/MTCRE certified.
My background runs from VoIP platforms and regional ISP networks with their own ASN to platform engineering with k3s, GitOps and CI/CD. I think in systems, not in separate components — from layer 2 up to the application.
Next to my engineering work I build indie projects: affiliate sites, SEO-focused PHP sites and a Dutch domain marketplace. Everything runs on my own hardware — my own git server, my own monitoring and a live status page.
On this blog I share what I run into: concrete posts about Kubernetes, networking, MikroTik, PHP development and domain investing. No theory, just what works.
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Platform engineering, MikroTik network advice, homelab setup or building a website — I can help.
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Practical posts about Kubernetes, MikroTik, PHP, self-hosting and indie hacking. Technical, no detours.
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See marketplace →// Today I Learned
Short notes about things I run into.
All TILs →// This week
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