The IT Guy Show

Job search coach Jeffry Ullman and I dig into a reality-based approach to landing your next role through LinkedIn.

A candid solo episode about surviving a layoff, from my own story to practical job-search and mental health advice.

A fun, story-filled chat with Chris DeMars about DevRel, developer advocacy, empathy, and avoiding burnout.

A wide-ranging chat with Nate Lager about the sysadmin life, from burnout and bash scripts to automation and authenticity.

A solo look back at how I broke into system administration and how the sysadmin role has changed over the years.

Joel Krooswyk and I compare public sector and government tech work, covering compliance, modernization, AI, and career shifts.

Aaron Honeycutt breaks down NixOS, declarative configuration, and how to get started without pulling your hair out.

Christian Hernandez explains GitOps in plain terms for Linux admins, comparing it to traditional sysadmin practice and where to start.

A conversation with Erik Mols about Lomiri, the convergent open-source shell that runs the same way on your phone, tablet, and desktop.

A quick, honest reset point on where I have been since leaving Red Hat and what is coming next.

I wanted to run AI locally on Fedora using an Nvidia GPU I had sitting in my Dell PowerEdge R730 — and an hour and a half later, I actually got it working. Here’s what the road looked like.

The goal was simple: build a reusable Fedora golden image homelab template I can clone whenever I need a new server. Nothing about it was simple.