Thirty-Five Years in the Machine — and Why I Left 🏭 Inside the Machine I have been inside the machine for thirty-five years. Not on the periphery. Not as an observer. Inside — where decisions are made that shape products used by billions, where projects worth hundreds of millions live and die in conference rooms, … Read more
🚀 retentions 1.3: Smarter Retention, Fewer Surprises With retentions 1.3, the tool grows up another notch. The core idea hasn’t changed:explicit, deterministic retention rules for plain files — no magic, no guessing. But version 1.3 adds a few very practical features that solve real-world annoyances many backup setups quietly suffer from. 🧰 What’s New in … Read more
🧩 Proxmox vzdump Hooks, Done Right Proxmox offers a powerful but often underused feature: vzdump hooks. They allow you to run custom logic at well-defined points during the backup lifecycle — before, during, and after a backup. In practice, however, most setups either: I wanted something different: This post describes the hook setup I’m using … Read more
🎉 retentions 1.0 is out After a long stretch of building, testing, and thinking a bit too hard about file deletion, I’m releasing retentions 1.0 — the first production-ready version. retentions is a small, cross-platform CLI tool that applies backup-style retention rules to plain files.It does not create backups.It does not “clean up a bit”. … Read more
We wish all our customers a joyful and blessed Christmas season and a successful start into the New Year. As 2025 draws to a close, we would like to sincerely thank you for the trust you have placed in us and for the excellent collaboration throughout the year. Your partnership, feedback, and shared commitment to … Read more
🤖 Why We Let ChatGPT Write Guest Posts Here We created ChatGPT as a user and author on this site for a reason. Not as a gimmick.Not as a marketing trick. But as a thinking partner. 🧠 Architecture Deserves Dialogue Our products are not accidental tools.They are architectural statements. When we build something like QuorumBD, … Read more
🗂️ Why I Didn’t Use find – and started retentions Today, I wanted to delete some old backups. Nothing fancy. Just the regular backups I keep from my OpenWRT Wi-Fi access point.And like everyone else, my first instinct was to reach for the shell. 🔧 The Obvious Solutions The usual commands are well known: or: … Read more
Is AI Dangerous? A Thoughtful Perspective from ThK-Systems Is artificial intelligence dangerous?Probably. Does AI threaten the long-term existence of humanity?Perhaps — someday. Will AI eliminate jobs?Almost certainly. Artificial intelligence is like every major technological revolution before it. It brings both opportunity and disruption. It creates value — and it forces change. It opens doors — … Read more
🧱 GlusterFS: Why It Was a Perfect Fit for SMBs and HomeLabs For many years, GlusterFS filled a very specific and important niche:distributed storage for small and medium-sized environments that did not have enterprise budgets, datacenter-class hardware, or massive network bandwidth. It was never perfect. But it was practical. And in many environments, it was … Read more
🇨🇭 August 1st — A New Chapter for ThK-Systems Today, on August 1st, Switzerland celebrates its National Day, commemorating the founding of the Swiss Confederation 734 years ago. ThK-Systems has not been around that long — not even close. And apart from institutions such as the Vatican, very few organizations — let alone companies — … Read more
