Notes on how I live, what I value, and how I make decisions.https://www.jericoaragon.com/en-ushttps://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/passed-aws-sap-and-dop/https://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/passed-aws-sap-and-dop/Two AWS Professional certifications in two months. SAP in February, DOP in March. Notes on the exams, impostor syndrome, and what's next.Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/setting-up-traefik-as-a-reverse-proxy-in-proxmox/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/setting-up-traefik-as-a-reverse-proxy-in-proxmox/Simple, repeatable Traefik LXC setup on Proxmox with file provider configs and HTTP-01 ACME.Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:32:15 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/migrating-from-consumer-tplink-switch-to-juniper-ex2200/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/migrating-from-consumer-tplink-switch-to-juniper-ex2200/Notes on why the EX2200 behaved differently during migration, and the mental model shift that made VLANs predictable.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 10:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/expanding-opnsense-vm-disk/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/expanding-opnsense-vm-disk/After expanding a VM disk, OPNsense may still report the old size. Here is how to repair GPT metadata and grow the UFS filesystem.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/juniper-ex2200-vlan-reference/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/juniper-ex2200-vlan-reference/Reference notes on EX2200 VLAN behavior, the VLAN 1 failure pattern, and working trunk/access configs with explicit intent.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/new-year-new-site/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/new-year-new-site/A five-year refresh of my personal site, consolidated into four clear areas to make writing easier.Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:43:01 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/passed-aws-solutions-architect-associate/https://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/passed-aws-solutions-architect-associate/Finally passed AWS SAA-C03 after years of delays, with some notes on the exam and what's next.Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/derisking/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/derisking/We made a big and risky decision this year that spent our emergency fund andWed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/shipping-log-shipping-from-spike-to-customer-environment/https://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/shipping-log-shipping-from-spike-to-customer-environment/How a feature goes from research to a customer's environment, touching infrastructure, backend, frontend, and documentation along the way.Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/why-ecs-task-definitions-kept-changing-on-every-apply/https://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/why-ecs-task-definitions-kept-changing-on-every-apply/Debugging persistent drift caused by subtle JSON key ordering differences between Terraform state and the AWS API.Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/working-around-a-long-standing-terraform-aws-provider-bug/https://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/working-around-a-long-standing-terraform-aws-provider-bug/A CloudFront origin_shield drift issue, a dynamic block that made it worse, and a null_resource workaround while waiting on an upstream fix.Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/reducing-terraform-drift-in-production/https://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/reducing-terraform-drift-in-production/Eliminating noisy plans by fixing provider edge cases, state mismatches, and unsafe defaults to make applies predictable again.Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/hitting-can-be-a-form-of-love-too/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/hitting-can-be-a-form-of-love-too/One of my kids look for me whenever he feels frustrated or angry or sad. He looks for me to vent out his feelings by hitting me. Every hit,…Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:49:39 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/deploying-kubernetes-using-terraform-proxmox-ansible-and-k3s/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/deploying-kubernetes-using-terraform-proxmox-ansible-and-k3s/I've been meaning to try Kubernetes for a long time, but I kept finding excuses. It's been at the back of my mind marinating for yeaaars.…Tue, 25 Mar 2025 23:48:16 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/clear-values-make-decisions-easy/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/clear-values-make-decisions-easy/I volunteered to help organize a 3-day event, with the date set 10 months in advance. My plan was I'm going to stay near the venue for the…Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:07:04 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/value-based-giving/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/value-based-giving/Later in my freelance career, I learned the term value-based pricing. It’s a pricing strategy where the price of my service is set based on…Wed, 26 Feb 2025 22:24:50 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/upgrading-ups-battery/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/upgrading-ups-battery/My KSTAR YDC9101S RT UPS battery died a couple of months ago. I've been delaying fixing it because I didn't want a hackish solution since…Tue, 25 Feb 2025 22:05:17 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/kids-are-just-trying-to-meet-a-need/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/kids-are-just-trying-to-meet-a-need/One of my kids threw my phone at the TV out of anger. It broke. What made it hard for me to handle is it was intentional. If it wasn’t, I…Mon, 24 Feb 2025 13:23:10 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/sleep-deprived-but-still-grateful/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/sleep-deprived-but-still-grateful/School runs I went to bed earlier than usual on a Sunday night with the idea of getting a full-night sleep. I really want to start the week…Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:52:25 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/perpetual-state-of-catching-up/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/perpetual-state-of-catching-up/I’ve been in a state of catching up for a couple of months now. Months! It’s frustrating, to say the least. I can’t perform at my best, I…Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:16:34 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/do-one-thing-everyday/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/do-one-thing-everyday/Inside my head I have too many ongoing projects. It perfectly reflects the state of my mind. Everything is in my head, without structure.…Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:18:08 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/honor-to-love-you/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/honor-to-love-you/My son had a haircut. It did not went well. Pumipiglas siya the whole time. Julie was so bothered how it turned out that she considered…Thu, 08 Aug 2024 17:12:38 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/cloning-tailscale-vm/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/cloning-tailscale-vm/I wanted to create 3 Tailscale exit nodes for my 3 ISPs: Globe, PLDT, and Converge. I'm thinking of using it as a DIY VPN because sometimes…Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:15:30 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/something-has-to-change/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/something-has-to-change/I have a thousand things I need and want to do. Before I could brute forceFri, 29 Mar 2024 20:34:03 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/proxmox-igpu-passthrough-only-works-on-windows-guests/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/proxmox-igpu-passthrough-only-works-on-windows-guests/I wanted to passthrough UHD 630 to a DSM guest. I thought that PCIe passthrough in Proxmox has matured enough that it will be a…Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:46:14 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/attempts-to-fix-corrupted-btrfs-volume-in-dsm/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/attempts-to-fix-corrupted-btrfs-volume-in-dsm/I was restarting a Docker container in my NAS' DiskStation and I suddenly got a warning that my primary volume is mounted in read-only…Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:11:11 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/segfault-on-emulated-nvme-as-ssd-cache/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/segfault-on-emulated-nvme-as-ssd-cache/I had an idea to emulate an NVME and try to use it as cache in Synology DSM. I get to a point where it tried to mount the cache, then I get…Sat, 20 Jan 2024 22:43:28 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/emulate-nvme-drive-in-proxmox/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/emulate-nvme-drive-in-proxmox/Proxmox does not yet support adding NVME drives using the web interface. It has to be added using a custom args for QEMU. To do so, open…Sat, 20 Jan 2024 22:18:02 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/installing-an-on-line-ups-and-homelab-clean-up/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/installing-an-on-line-ups-and-homelab-clean-up/My homelab's state before clean up This was the state of my homelab. Whenever I go at my server room and attempt to arrange things, I get…Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:52:47 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/willingness-to-appear-like-a-fool/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/willingness-to-appear-like-a-fool/Text manipulation question I've been working on a migration script for aTue, 12 Dec 2023 22:15:48 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/ownership/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/ownership/I used to be sold to the idea of sharing economy. Uber, AirBnb, and not owningMon, 11 Dec 2023 23:24:53 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/microsoldering-upgrading-iphone-6s-from-16gb-to-128gb/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/microsoldering-upgrading-iphone-6s-from-16gb-to-128gb/I stumbled upon a video that upgrades an iPhone 6s from 16gb to 128gb a couple of years back. It was super fascinating to learn that it was…Sun, 10 Dec 2023 22:50:42 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/finding-a-philippine-based-vps/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/finding-a-philippine-based-vps/When I learned the term about multihoming, I revisited my interest again to have a VPS (Virtual Private Server) to setup as a VPN (Virtual…Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:37:50 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/why-i-have-a-separate-workspace/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/why-i-have-a-separate-workspace/What happens when I open my laptop at home I used to think that I needed aFri, 08 Dec 2023 22:12:25 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/working-in-2-hour-blocks/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/working-in-2-hour-blocks/Ever since two of our kids started school at different schools with different schedules, I’ve been trying to figure out a way to still…Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:12:54 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/just-hit-publish/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/just-hit-publish/I've been wanting to write and publish for a while, but I've been overlyWed, 06 Dec 2023 23:00:48 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/isp-for-family-and-friends/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/isp-for-family-and-friends/One of the hobbies I picked up this year was to be an Internet Service Provider (ISP) wannabe using Fiber to the Home (FTTH). I was just so…Tue, 05 Dec 2023 23:05:52 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/generous-on-people-frugal-on-things/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/generous-on-people-frugal-on-things/I’ve been wanting a 3D printer for years. The model I’m looking to purchase is around 10k. While I technically have the means to afford it,…Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:01:01 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/enterprise-grade-cctv-on-a-consumer-grade-hardware/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/enterprise-grade-cctv-on-a-consumer-grade-hardware/Surveillance Station Dashboard My Mom asked for a CCTV at their place. There were disputes were a CCTV would have been beneficial to…Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:02:19 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/contributing-back-to-wordpress/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/contributing-back-to-wordpress/WordCamp Manila 2023 Attendees For more than a decade now, I’ve been using WordPress. Using is a keyword here. I’ve been using it without…Sat, 02 Dec 2023 19:26:32 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/anicca/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/anicca/I first learned about this word when I attended Vipassana back in 2016. IFri, 01 Dec 2023 17:47:53 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/switching-back-to-ynab-4-and-a-fresh-start/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/switching-back-to-ynab-4-and-a-fresh-start/YNAB 4 running on a macOS Ventura I haven’t done budgeting since November 2022 (9 months!). Mainly because I’m out of track . Before…Tue, 29 Aug 2023 01:48:41 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/fauxpilot-self-hosted-github-copilot/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/fauxpilot-self-hosted-github-copilot/I've been trialing GitHub Copilot for a couple of weeks now. I can say that it's well worth it especially when writing code from a blank…Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:53:20 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/switching-from-cpanel-to-cyber-panel/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/switching-from-cpanel-to-cyber-panel/Back in the day when I was regularly doing freelance website projects, I offer hosting it too. It was a good idea to setup my own and I…Sat, 12 Aug 2023 16:12:31 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/synology-jellyfin-docker-compose/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/synology-jellyfin-docker-compose/version: '3.5' services: jellyfin: image: jellyfin/jellyfin container_name: jellyfin user: 1026:100 group_add: - "937" network_mode: 'host'…Mon, 07 Aug 2023 13:14:26 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/network-ups-tools/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/network-ups-tools/My UPS have a serial port to report operating data. I read in the manual that it uses Upsilon 2000 software to get data. It uses Megatec…Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:14:24 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/installing-mumble-server/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/installing-mumble-server/I've been wanting a solution to have conversationSun, 30 Jul 2023 21:41:16 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/wyze-cam-experiments/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/wyze-cam-experiments/For the past couple of days I've been experimenting with Wyze Cam v2 and Xiaomi Xiaofang 1s. It's an identical product that has Ingenic T20…Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:10:12 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/lenovo-thinkcentre-m920s-iommu-groups/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/lenovo-thinkcentre-m920s-iommu-groups/iGPU and SATA controller is in its own groupThu, 13 Jul 2023 21:01:18 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-on-proxmox/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-on-proxmox/In preparation for setting up and upgrading CRYSTALDRIN server to DSM 7.2, I tested out what's the new process for creating an Xpenology VM…Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:58:10 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-nvr-dva3219-gtx-1060-works/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-nvr-dva3219-gtx-1060-works/I continued with my Xpenology Experiments when I remember that there was an NVR that's using an older version of Nvidia GPU: DVA3219. It's…Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:47:31 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/proxmox-xpenology-mount-bootloader-as-a-usb/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/proxmox-xpenology-mount-bootloader-as-a-usb/The special configuration required for the virtual machine that simulates the U disk: 1. Select the model as q35 2. Enable SeaBIOS, or…Thu, 13 Jul 2023 16:16:37 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/proxmox-enable-iommu/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/proxmox-enable-iommu/vi /etc/default/grub Find the line with "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT" Add `intel_iommu=on` or `amd_iommu=on` Save `update-grub` PCIe ACS…Tue, 11 Jul 2023 20:49:39 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/asus-chromebox-cn62-iommu-group/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/asus-chromebox-cn62-iommu-group/It cannot passthrough the GPUTue, 11 Jul 2023 20:41:30 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/synology-2-5g-5g-support/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/synology-2-5g-5g-support/I have a DS918+ which only have 2 GbE port. I'm in the process of upgrading my local network to 10GbE. At the same time, I don't want to…Sat, 08 Jul 2023 16:50:31 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-ame-patcher/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-ame-patcher/AME patch is needed if you want support for HEVC encoding/decoding Connect to SSH Create the patch (below) Run by sudo python ame.py import…Sat, 08 Jul 2023 16:07:41 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-nvr-experiments/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-nvr-experiments/This all started when I was looking if there's a new way to "trick" DSM's Surveillance Station to increase camera limit. I stumbled a post…Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:43:40 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-creating-a-boot-disk/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/xpenology-creating-a-boot-disk/Step-by-step guide to create a boot disk for booting Xpenology bootloaders Download the bootloader you intend to use Extract the .gz to…Sat, 08 Jul 2023 13:42:12 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/installing-an-on-line-ups-and-a-homelab-clean-up/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/installing-an-on-line-ups-and-a-homelab-clean-up/This is the current state of my homelab. Whenever I go at my server room and attempt to arrange things, I get paralyzed how. Primary…Mon, 03 Jul 2023 12:41:16 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/self-hosting-your-wordpress-site-at-home/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/self-hosting-your-wordpress-site-at-home/Install Docker Create a folder Create a plain text file named docker-compose.yml Copy the code below Run docker-compose up services:…Sat, 11 Feb 2023 08:25:36 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/getting-own-asn-and-ip/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/getting-own-asn-and-ip/APNIC Fees I've been curious on getting my own ASN and IP address. The process is to register and buy in your region's internet registry.…Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:10:55 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/mergerfs-and-snapraid/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/mergerfs-and-snapraid/Another setup to try. I have a bunch of various size disk that I do not know what's the best setup for. mergerfs combines different disk…Tue, 07 Feb 2023 09:58:05 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/glusterfs-distributed-volumes-with-different-size-hard-drives/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/glusterfs-distributed-volumes-with-different-size-hard-drives/I have multiple, different size hard drives. It's hard to plan how to utilize it with data safety in mind. Usually, hard drives need to be…Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:30:03 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/attempted-to-make-xfx-rx-460-work-on-a-macos-kvm/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/attempted-to-make-xfx-rx-460-work-on-a-macos-kvm/For the past couple of days (when I'm procrastinating), I've been attempting to make an XFX RX 460 to to work as a GPU Passthrough on a…Fri, 27 Jan 2023 18:02:19 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/philippine-based-vps/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/philippine-based-vps/When I learned the term about multihoming, I revisited my interest again to have a VPS to setup as a VPN for my network. I wanted it to be…Sun, 22 Jan 2023 11:35:25 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/audiobookshelf/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/audiobookshelf/Wow. This app mindblowingingly easy to install and use. This is for managing and consuming audiobooks. I actually gave up trying to manage…Sat, 21 Jan 2023 20:50:04 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/freshrss/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/freshrss/Bigla kong na-miss yung Google Reader. I used to subscribe to blogs. Madami pa ring blogs ngayon but it's hard to keep track unless may…Sat, 21 Jan 2023 20:24:16 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/archivebox/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/archivebox/Spent an hour of my morning setting up ArchiveBox. I've set this up before but I forgot how to access it. It wasn't even running. I saw…Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:45:19 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/install-docker-compose-on-synology-dsm/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/install-docker-compose-on-synology-dsm/sudo su cd /var/packages/Docker/target/usr/bin/ mv docker-compose docker-compose_bak curl -L…Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:19:14 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/synology-dsm/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/synology-dsm/Utilize/get more value out of Synology Docker on Synology DSMMon, 16 Jan 2023 10:17:44 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/changing-router/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/changing-router/I've been considering changing my router from Omada's R605 to something more configurable. Omada is great for managing switch and access…Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:00:35 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/usb-to-ethernet-adaptors/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/usb-to-ethernet-adaptors/I have quite a few mini-PC that has only a single gigabit port. I've been considering and researching how to expand those to have an extra…Sat, 14 Jan 2023 09:11:50 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/fixing-synology-dsm-crashed-volume/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/fixing-synology-dsm-crashed-volume/One of my DSM virtual instance had a crashed volume. A crashed volume doesn't necessarily mean lost data. It crashed for some reason and…Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:31:26 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/switching-to-wordpress-multisite/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/switching-to-wordpress-multisite/One of the reasons why I don't publish regularly is I pre-judge what I write if it's publish-worthy. At Human Made, we use a WordPress…Mon, 02 Jan 2023 20:08:01 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/publish-everyday/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/publish-everyday/I'm actually writing this on Jan 2nd already, but family stuff happened andSun, 01 Jan 2023 15:42:53 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/it-took-4-days-to-add-2-volumes-in-my-nas/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/it-took-4-days-to-add-2-volumes-in-my-nas/Grabe. I did not expect that it will take 4 days to add 2x 10TB volume to my NAS. Started at 2022-12-15 18:27:19 Finished at 2022-12-19…Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:14:05 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/increasing-nas-storage-take-days/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/increasing-nas-storage-take-days/I've upgraded my family's NAS to add another 2x 10TB drives. I added the drive 2 days ago. Up until now, it's still in progress. I did not…Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:00:26 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/slow-down-to-appreciate-stop-to-reflect/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/slow-down-to-appreciate-stop-to-reflect/For a couple of months now, my days are mostly filled work and family time. ISun, 11 Dec 2022 12:30:18 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/want-to-do-saturdays/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/want-to-do-saturdays/While doing a weekly review earlier today, I realized most of the stuff in myMon, 17 Jan 2022 11:43:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/putting-myself-first/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/putting-myself-first/Sat, 01 Jan 2022 22:45:40 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/slow-mornings/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/slow-mornings/“Way too often we bring the best of ourselves to work and the leftovers home.”Sun, 12 Dec 2021 14:00:24 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/new-role-cloud-engineer-at-human-made/https://www.jericoaragon.com/devops/new-role-cloud-engineer-at-human-made/I recently joined Human Made as a Cloud Engineer. The application process spans a few weeks and I was super anxious with the whole thing. I…Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:31:16 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/insecurity-as-a-trigger-to-take-action/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/insecurity-as-a-trigger-to-take-action/I used to see insecurity as a sign of weakness, something I should dispose. Lately though, I've been thinking about usefulness of negative…Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:33:09 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/nothing-in-excess/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/nothing-in-excess/I recently got a new a job as a Cloud Engineer. Part of pre-onboarding was choosing my preferred equipment. The recommended machine for…Fri, 26 Nov 2021 21:20:59 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/preparing-to-die/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/preparing-to-die/One thing that significantly changed in me when I had kids is the willingnessWed, 24 Nov 2021 08:12:51 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/whats-the-worst-thing-that-can-happen/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/whats-the-worst-thing-that-can-happen/Whenever I'm in a tough situation, it has become my habit to ask "what's theSun, 26 Sep 2021 16:39:47 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/saving-state-to-make-it-easier-to-resume-work/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/saving-state-to-make-it-easier-to-resume-work/I maintain and add/fix features to an eight-year-old codebase (web app). I like maintaining and keeping things running. My main challenge…Sat, 04 Sep 2021 11:34:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/make-fast-decisions/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/make-fast-decisions/I used to procrastinate making decisions because I fear making the wrong one. I preferred to keep things hanging until somebody else takes…Fri, 03 Sep 2021 23:59:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/extending-ups-run-time/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/extending-ups-run-time/Last week, we had a 4-hour power outage. Since all our networking equipment is plugged in a UPS , I assumed internet will be up for at…Thu, 02 Sep 2021 23:59:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/why-renting-out-a-property-makes-sense/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/why-renting-out-a-property-makes-sense/Newly built house for Johan Growing up, I heard that investing in a real estate property and renting it out is a good investment. I didn't…Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:13:30 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/i-got-scammed-p15-9k-in-fb-marketplace/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/i-got-scammed-p15-9k-in-fb-marketplace/For the past few months I’ve been buying tiny PCs in FB Marketplace because I'm planning to create a homelab Kubernetes cluster for…Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:32:54 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/implementing-a-free-wifi/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/implementing-a-free-wifi/When fiber internet was rolled out at my Mom's home, I had this itch to provide internet for the whole compound. She have an ice cream…Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:34:07 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/high-availability-mobile-internet/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/high-availability-mobile-internet/My role at work is partly DevOps. This means that there are rare instances that even if I'm not at home (where internet is reliably…Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:22:27 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/structure-sets-you-free/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/structure-sets-you-free/I tried an unstructured life for a few months. No wake up time, no schedule, no commitment on deliverables. I was free to do anything I…Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:16:53 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/blame-it-on-me/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/blame-it-on-me/Put me in a bad situation and I’ll find a way to blame it on myself. Be itFri, 27 Aug 2021 12:45:30 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/dont-fake-it-till-you-make-it/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/dont-fake-it-till-you-make-it/I heard the idea "fake it till you make it" back in college. I tried it a fewThu, 26 Aug 2021 12:29:47 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/scoop-of-work/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/scoop-of-work/Scope of work presented by a contractor I used to be too critical with grammarWed, 18 Aug 2021 12:21:56 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/gaining-self-losing-self/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/gaining-self-losing-self/Gaining self In my younger years, my goal was to be self-reliant,Sun, 08 Nov 2020 15:31:01 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/age-of-money/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/age-of-money/I remember getting shocked with my first credit card bill. Total amount is almost the same amount as my full-time job salary. \U0001F605 That was 8…Wed, 24 Jun 2020 12:27:45 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/getting-back-on-track/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/getting-back-on-track/No matter how much I plan, I still go through a phase where I just have zero motivation to do anything at all. I find myself wasting my day…Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:58:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/working-out-everyday/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/working-out-everyday/I have been consistently working out for more than 80 days because of stay-at-home orders. This has been the habit that had the most impact…Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:50:21 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/a-loving-kind-of-procrastination/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/a-loving-kind-of-procrastination/I gave up on the idea of "beating" procrastination. I've tried all the to-do apps and all the productivity hacks. I just accepted that it's…Mon, 15 Jun 2020 08:49:47 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/two-month-break-of-taking-new-projects/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/two-month-break-of-taking-new-projects/I'm taking a two-month break of taking in new projects. Not out of burnout,Sun, 14 Jun 2020 08:00:51 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/fill-your-cup-and-let-it-overflow-around-you/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/fill-your-cup-and-let-it-overflow-around-you/I have this guilt that I’m doing so well with Coronavirus’ quarantine. The only thing that changed with my routine is I haven’t been able…Sat, 25 Apr 2020 22:25:13 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/time-for-introspection/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/time-for-introspection/The time after Christmas and before New Year is a perfect time to stop and reflect. There’s a lot of downtime. Almost everybody stops…Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:45:33 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/relative-size-perception/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/relative-size-perception/This is an optical illusion called Ebbinghaus illusion . It shows that whenSun, 22 Dec 2019 10:33:12 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/the-good-side-of-being-unfair/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/the-good-side-of-being-unfair/When I hear the word unfair, it usually comes from the perspective of the oneWed, 18 Dec 2019 03:10:34 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/wishing-for-a-stress-free-life/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/wishing-for-a-stress-free-life/I’ve been dreading having another unexpected stressors for the past weeksMon, 02 Sep 2019 21:18:35 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/dont-end-the-week-with-nothing/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/dont-end-the-week-with-nothing/I'm starting a personal weekly goal of producing something I can show. The idea is based on Patrick McKenzie's advice with the same title .…Sat, 21 Apr 2018 17:28:54 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/julies-contract-maker/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/julies-contract-maker/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ksJJ1eVmc Every time Julie create contracts for her clients, she always complains. It's one of the things…Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:57:28 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/making-personal-dashboard/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/making-personal-dashboard/I have been out of track for a while now. Julie is starting to get worried that I'm getting a little too present-oriented (YOLO lyf). I…Sun, 18 Feb 2018 14:17:08 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/enable-backup-using-s3-whm/https://www.jericoaragon.com/homelab/enable-backup-using-s3-whm/Backup to Amazon S3 using WHM is natively supported. However, I ran into trouble that the AWS keys I setup isn't working. It turns out that…Tue, 06 Jun 2017 03:03:22 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/monday-weekly-reviews/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/monday-weekly-reviews/I figured that Monday is the perfect time to review my week. I have a fresh outlook and high energy because of the weekend break. I always…Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:49:12 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/on-reading-books/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/on-reading-books/Read one book at a time. While reading, highlight and take notes ideas that come up to your mind. At the end of the book meticulously edit…Wed, 04 Jan 2017 20:06:52 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/choose/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/choose/Most great things in your life won’t happen by chance, they will happen byThu, 07 Apr 2016 18:33:59 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/depth-over-distance/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/depth-over-distance/Effectivity over efficiency Am I doing things right over am I doing the rightMon, 14 Mar 2016 09:27:22 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/getting-better-at-vim-will-give-me-nothing-it-will-not-get-me-closer-to-any-goal-i-have-now/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/getting-better-at-vim-will-give-me-nothing-it-will-not-get-me-closer-to-any-goal-i-have-now/So this is my simple observation: When deciding to embrace a self-motivatedTue, 01 Sep 2015 06:44:24 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/debugging/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/debugging/I enjoy understanding how other people code. I'm not the type who bash atMon, 31 Aug 2015 00:23:57 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/well-adjusted/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/well-adjusted/Adjusting is normal, expected, and encouraged. It means you’re setting a plan,Mon, 20 Jul 2015 07:13:37 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/am-i-focusing-on-the-right-things/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/am-i-focusing-on-the-right-things/I've been reading @iamdevloper tweets. I'm surprised that I can relate to most of the stuff posted there. Just a reminder that what I’m…Sun, 19 Jul 2015 06:27:55 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/maybe-im-wrong/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/maybe-im-wrong/Whenever I’m being too sure, naiisip ko na baka ang sarado ng utak ko paraFri, 17 Jul 2015 02:06:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/nakakabobo-magalit/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/nakakabobo-magalit/Mabilis ako magalit. Mabilis din naman mawala. For a long time I considered itWed, 15 Jul 2015 02:03:57 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/exactly-knowing-where-to-tap/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/exactly-knowing-where-to-tap/There is a very old story, often told to fill time during training courses,Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:23:48 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/the-invisible-hand/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/the-invisible-hand/Individuals' efforts to pursue their own interest may frequently benefitSat, 11 Jul 2015 18:20:22 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/unlimited/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/unlimited/Merong yatang dalawang bagay na unlimited Gusto Excuses Madami akong gustoThu, 09 Jul 2015 14:52:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/take-time-to-not-lose-time/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/take-time-to-not-lose-time/I always say, 'Look, I'd rather you take an extra minute or two and slow upSun, 05 Jul 2015 18:32:41 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/relaxed-approach-when-coding/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/relaxed-approach-when-coding/To conclude, programmers work at night because it doesn’t impose a time limit on when you have to stop working, which gives you a more…Thu, 02 Jul 2015 21:42:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/wrong/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/wrong/I did not know how to do it right, so first I did it wrong. One thing thatSat, 24 Jan 2015 07:47:47 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/overlooking/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/overlooking/Mahalaga pala matuto mag overlook. Of flaws and superficialities, and ofThu, 22 Jan 2015 07:45:39 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/learning-ask/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/learning-ask/One thing I learned from Julie is learning how to ask. I usually over thinkTue, 20 Jan 2015 04:43:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/fresh-start/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/fresh-start/I just sorted out all my debt and budgeted my remaining money yesterday and itTue, 14 Oct 2014 05:22:00 GMThttps://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/designing-a-resume/https://www.jericoaragon.com/journal/designing-a-resume/I got most of it wrong. Akala ko you just preset yourself, your skills, yourFri, 14 Mar 2014 15:38:30 GMT