Writing on software engineering, cloud-native architecture, and leading technical teams.https://www.macenauer.net/en-ushttps://www.macenauer.net/blog/the-chassis-did-not-fit-finding-an-ultra-short-2u/https://www.macenauer.net/blog/the-chassis-did-not-fit-finding-an-ultra-short-2u/I published a parts list three days ago. Then I measured the rack, and two lines of that list turned out to be wrong — the chassis and the cooler.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabself-hostinghardwarehttps://www.macenauer.net/blog/outgrowing-my-raspberry-pi-a-3u-home-server-parts-list/https://www.macenauer.net/blog/outgrowing-my-raspberry-pi-a-3u-home-server-parts-list/Immich pegged my Raspberry Pi 4 at 100% for days and Jellyfin gave up on 4K HEVC. Here is the x86 rackmount build I picked to replace it, and why each part.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThomelabself-hostinghardwaredockerhttps://www.macenauer.net/blog/the-tech-roast-episode-is-out/https://www.macenauer.net/blog/the-tech-roast-episode-is-out/The episode of Absa's podcast The Tech Roast that Laco Šulák and I recorded back in May is published. Here is where to watch it.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTpodcastaievent-driven-architectureawshttps://www.macenauer.net/blog/moving-my-site-to-astro-548-kb-of-javascript-deleted/https://www.macenauer.net/blog/moving-my-site-to-astro-548-kb-of-javascript-deleted/What I gained and what I paid moving this portfolio from Next.js to Astro — including a TypeScript 7 incompatibility and a build step that fails silently.Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTastrotypescriptperformancehttps://www.macenauer.net/blog/the-tech-roast-ai-event-driven-aws-and-async-patterns/https://www.macenauer.net/blog/the-tech-roast-ai-event-driven-aws-and-async-patterns/Notes from recording an episode of Absa's podcast The Tech Roast with Laco Šulák — how we picked the four topics, and what a studio day looks like from an engineer's side.Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTpodcastaievent-driven-architectureaws