🎉 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
🔥 QuorumBD: A System Built for the Edge of Collapse There are storage systems that whisper. And there are storage systems that roar. QuorumBD must roar. Not because the world needs more noise —but because the world is drowning in fragile complexity. Clusters that pretend to be invincible.Stacks that collapse under their own abstraction.Distributed systems … 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
