Add storage upgrade post

Dockerfile

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM alpine as builder
+FROM alpine AS builder
 
 COPY ./website /home/website
 

website/config.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title = "mr-vercetti"
 description = "mr.vercetti.cc - sup homie?"
 
 default_language = "en"
-generate_feed = true
+generate_feeds = true
 minify_html = true
 
 [markdown]

website/content/_index.md

@@ -6,41 +6,36 @@ template = "section.html"
 
 ## Hey there!
 
-I'm `mr-vercetti`, a regular nerdy guy from Europe. I created this website to be able
+I'm `mr-vercetti`, a regular nerdy guy from Poland. I created this website to be able
 to share my hobbies with others and not use bloated centralised social media platforms.
 I can do whatever I want here, without ads and other crap.
 
 This is my place in the World Wide Web. It's a very nice feeling to have
 one.
 
-## All right, but what will be posted here?
+## What will be posted here?
 
-I intend to write something from time to time about what turns me on, which is:
+I intend to write something from time to time about my interests, which are:
+- Computers, self-hosting, software
+- Internet culture
+- PC games
+- Movies
+- Film  photography
+- Music, audio setups, vinyl
+- Literature
 
-- Self-hosting
-- Tinkering with computers
-- Old PC hardware
-- My job
-- Playing classic video games
-- Watching classic movies and shows
-- Film and digital photography
-- Art in any other form (fashion, architecture, music, literature)
-- Weird stuff from the Internet
+## More about me
 
-## By the way, more about me...
-
-I love classic/retro/old stuff, but also appreciate the new. I spend a lot of
-my free time in front of the computer but that doesn't mean it's "productive".
+When it comes to pop culture, I love the classic stuff, but I also can appreciate the new.
+I spend a lot of my free time in front of the computer, but that doesn't mean it's "productive".
 I'm not a fan of forced productivity. Sometimes I just like to sit and install
-mods for GTA Vice City. I'm interested in new technologies and enjoy typing
-commands in the terminal, so I work as a DevOps Engineer.
+mods for GTA Vice City or tinker at my homelab.
 
-## My job and my own tech projects
+## My job and tech projects
 
-My job is quite an important part of my life because it connects with my passions
+My job is quite an important part of my life because it connects with my interests
 and gives me a lot of satisfaction. However, I'm not some kind of tech-guru, and
-I'm still learning a lot of the basics. Keep that in mind when you browse my
-[projects][gitea]!
+I'm still learning. Keep that in mind when you browse my [projects][gitea]!
 
 ## Contact me ✉️
 
@@ -48,12 +43,12 @@ Now that you know a bit about me, perhaps you'd like to make friends?
 Feel free to contact me via [email][email]. You can also find me on:
 
 - My self-hosted [Gitea][gitea] instance
+- My film photo [gallery][widmo]
 - [Github][github]
-- [Reddit][reddit]
 - [Linkedin][linkedin]
 
 [email]: mailto:mr@vercetti.cc
 [gitea]: https://git.vercetti.cc/mr-vercetti
 [github]: https://github.com/mr-vercetti
-[reddit]: https://www.reddit.com/user/mr-vercetti
+[widmo]: https://widmo.cc
 [linkedin]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-milewski-162b821b3/

website/content/posts/dr-freeman-and-his-friends/index.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ date = 2024-03-09
 
 My first time playing Half-Life was quite recently, in 2019, when the pandemic began. Locked up at home, I thought I would start catching up on some gaming classics that I've never played. I started with the Half-Life series and immediately fell in love! The atmosphere, the soundtracks, the sounds and the whole aesthetics of this series are something truly unique. Add to that an interesting story and immersive, innovative gameplay and you get games that, many many years after release, surprises and are incredibly enjoyable.
 
-Well, ok, although there are some people who don't like them (lol, weirdos), everyone know why they are iconic. But perhaps not everyone knows that each one of them can be played in coop. Of course, there is no official support for this mode in any of them, but what are mods for? Yes, to fulfill all our secret desires... ❤️ And I didn't know that I had the desire to play Half-Life in coop until I found the mods below while googling for games to play with my homies. Thank you PC modding community!
+Well, ok, although there are some people who don't like them (lol, weirdos), everyone know why they are iconic. But perhaps not everyone knows that each one of them can be played in coop. Of course, there is no official support for this mode in any of them, but what are mods for? Yes, to satisfy our needs. And I didn't know that I had a need to play Half-Life in coop until I found the mods below while googling for games to play with my homies. Thank you PC modding community.
 
 | Game | Mod | Installation (client) |
 | ---- | --- | --------------------- |
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Yeah, but after all, playing any of these mods is fun, even better than classic
 
 ### But how? 🛠️
 
-![Tinkering with computers in HL2](hl2.jpg)
+![HL2 pic](hl2.jpg)
 
 You will most likely be forced to host your own server, as there are not many (if any) public ones to play on. As for Synergy and Sven Co-op, it's rather simple, just create server from main game menu and invite your friends. By doing so, you will create a server that runs only when your game is running. In my case it worked fine in Synergy, but in Sven Co-op the server crashed every few minutes. Things can also go wrong with the SourceCoop server setup, as it is more complicated and runs as a separate application, you can see the guide for it [here][sourcecoop-docs]. 
 

website/content/posts/friendship-ended-with-instagram/index.md

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+title = "Friendship ended with Instagram"
+description = ""
+date = 2025-02-05
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+
+![Random pic of my choice](belmondo.jpg)
+
+The time has come. I set up a website for my film photography project.
+I'm into film photography for a few years now, but I only treat it as a side quest.
+When I don't feel like it I don't take pictures, sometimes even a few months. 
+Anyway, I've always wanted to have a place to show them. Previously, I mainly used Instagram,
+but for me this platform is already dead. The amount of ads and shitcontent there is terrifying.
+It took me some time to find the right solution, because I didn't want to build a website from
+scratch, but now it's online baby.
+
+Check it out [here][widmo].
+
+[widmo]: https://widmo.cc

website/content/posts/how-much-storage-is-enough/index.md

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+title = "How much storage is enough?"
+description = "Home server storage upgrade"
+date = 2025-03-12
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+
+![SSD drives](ssd-drives.jpg)
+
+Until now I only had 2TB of storage on my home server. That's not much, but it was enough to start with and it taught me to be picky about my data, which is a handy skill. Ofc, initially I planned to have more disk space, but I faced two problems - hard drives were too noisy for a machine that sits in my living room, and I was on a tight budget. I chose silence and limited space - SSD drives (1x 2TB for storage, 1x 2TB for parity). I tried my best, but after a while they filled up, mainly because more friends and family started using my media library that I share with them through Jellyfin. You know how it is. Everyone wants to have their favorite movie, and you are trying to be a good admin.
+
+Because of this growing demand, I recently decided to do an upgrade. I went with 2x [2TB WD RED SA500][wd-red-ssd] because of their good price and high TBW. I also asked my friend who has a 3D printer to print me this [SSD caddy mod][ssd-caddy-mod] for my server case. Thanks bro.
+
+![SSD caddy](ssd-caddy.jpg)
+
+This way, in a drive cage that normally fits two HDD drives, I could fit all four of my SSDs. It saved a lot of space, so there is still plenty for future expansion. Very clever and elegant solution.
+
+Three of the drives are combined into one storage space using [MergerFS][mergerfs], and the fourth one is a [SnapRAID][snapraid] parity drive. This gives me around 6TB of usable space. I hope this will be enough for some time...
+
+![Output from df command](df-cmd.jpg)
+
+[wd-red-ssd]: https://shop.sandisk.com/products/ssd/internal-ssd/wd-red-sata-2-5-ssd?sku=WDS200T2R0A-68CKB0
+[ssd-caddy-mod]: https://www.printables.com/model/342894-node-304-ssd-caddy
+[mergerfs]: https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs
+[snapraid]: https://www.snapraid.it/

website/content/posts/look-how-they-massacred-my-boy/index.md

@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ description = "Modpack for original GTA Trilogy."
 date = 2022-12-19
 +++
 
-![Oh Misty! What they did to you?](gta-3-de.jpg)
+![GTA3 DE pic](gta-3-de.jpg)
 
-I have no idea why, but last year the Rockstar team, decided to play a hilarious joke on us and massacre the 3 iconic GTAs as hard as they could. They messed up the color palette, changed the characters faces to look like they were from The Simpsons, barely fixed any bugs, make the jokes more polite, and released this as a Definitive Edition for only (sic!) $59.99. What do you guys think? Funny? 💀
+I have no idea why, but last year the Rockstar team, decided to play a hilarious joke on us and massacre the 3 iconic GTAs as hard as they could. They messed up the color palette, changed the characters faces to look like they were from The Simpsons, barely fixed any bugs, make the jokes more polite, and released this as a Definitive Edition for only $59.99. What do you guys think? Funny? 💀
 
-Maybe a little bit. Also because the 3D Universe GTAs modding community is still alive (or was recently hehe, because [Rockstar doesn't seem to like it][re3-revc-taken-down]) and over the years has released many patches/fixes/mods that make it possible to play these amazing games without problems on new hardware and operating systems. You can just install a few of them and you have your own, better remaster. Eeeeeee... unless you are a console gamer, then you're at the mercy of Rockstar.
+Maybe a little bit. Also because the 3D Universe GTAs modding community is still alive ([Take-Two doesn't seem to like it][re3-revc-taken-down]) and over the years has released many patches/fixes/mods that make it possible to play these amazing games without problems on new hardware and operating systems. You can just install a few of them and you have your own, better remaster. Eeeeeee... unless you are a console gamer, then you're at the mercy of Rockstar.
 
-And yeah, I know that original trilogy had cartoonish graphics and didn't try to look super realistic, but it was all created with style that gave these games a unique vibe and didn't look like Fortnite. No offence, I also play it sometimes xD. I'm just a bit sad that it's so easy for game companies like Rockstar to destroy classics and lie to us that it's cool only to make some money.
+And yeah, I know that original trilogy had cartoonish graphics and didn't try to look super realistic, but it was all created with style that gave these games a unique vibe and didn't look like Fortnite. No offence, I also play it sometimes. I'm just a bit sad that it's so easy for game companies like Rockstar/Take-Two to destroy classics and lie to us that it's cool only to make some money.
 
 ### My go-to mods for original trilogy
 
 ![Screenshot from modded Vice City](gta-vc2.jpg)
 
-So, as I am a PC player who does not like to spend money on crap, and I often like to return to the original GTA trilogy, I have created a list of mods that I consider worthy of attention. This small modpack will allow you to feel the classic atmosphere again, but in better quality, and without bugs. All for free, thanks to the super cool modding community.
+So, as I am a PC player who does not like to spend money on crap, and I often like to return to the original GTA trilogy, I have created a list of mods that I consider worthy of attention. This small modpack will allow you to feel the classic atmosphere again, but in better quality, and without bugs. All for free.
 
 Installation process is quite simple and only requires placing the files in proper directories, everything is described in ReadMe files. Just keep in mind that some of these work best on 1.0 game version. So if you have a higher one you will probably have to downgrade it. To find out how to do it visit each game's page on [PCGamingWiki]. It is also important to lock the in-game FPS to a maximum of 60, this can be done with [LimitAdjuster][limitadjuster] (one of the mods) or a external program like [RTSS][rtss]. Otherwise, you can spot many bugs.
 

website/content/posts/my-home-server-hardware/index.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Tough decisions about home server hardware."
 date = 2023-01-26
 +++
 
-![Cool stuff m8](hustler-neofetch.jpg)
+![Neofetch pic](hustler-neofetch.jpg)
 
 As I don't like to pay big tech companies for services that are stealing my data, some time ago I decided to change something in my life and set up a home server. I mainly wanted to create a solution to sync files from many devices, organize my movie collection as well as having my own instance of some password manager. I knew what software I need, but I wasn't sure about the hardware. And that's how I started spending more and more time on the [r/selfhosted][selfhosted] and [r/HomeServer][homeserver] subreddits.