Published on : 2025-12-07
       
       As 2025 draws to a close, I like to pause for a moment and reflect 
       on what this year has meant for Sava.Rocks: the experiments, the 
       little wins, the unexpected detours, and those times when a small 
       piece of tech brought a bit of joy or calm.
       
       2025 was a fairly busy year with 20 blog posts, a lot of updates 
       to my docker swarm, some new simple CGI scripts.
       
        - 🔧 Home lab projects, automation & power under control ---------
       
       This year saw a lot of work behind the scenes - setting up tools, 
       scripting away, and building a reliable foundation. From 
       configuring UPS shutdowns on multiple machines to automatically 
       updating Git repos with shell scripts, I tried to make things 
       smoother, more predictable, more set it and forget it. 
       
       Posts like the 3 below reflect that drive. 
       
 (DIR) Installing and configuring NUT (Network UPS Tools) for your home lab
 (DIR) Use Gotify with NUT Server
 (DIR) Automating Git Repo Updates and Navigation with a POSIX Shell Script
       
       There's a quiet satisfaction in knowing your servers shut down 
       cleanly during power outages.
       
          - 🧰 Linux, Debian, Ubuntu and a commitment to hands-on learning 
       
       For anyone who loves tinkering, 2025 was a pretty good year. The 
       blog covered topics from running a headless Ubuntu server on a 
       compact machine, to tempting the switch to Debian 13, enabling 
       Wake-On-LAN with ethtool and wakeonlan, and many small but 
       educational tweaks. 
       
       The satisfaction from making something just work, especially using 
       open tools and a Linux mindset - is hard to beat.
       
        - 🌱 Sentiment & reflection: balancing hustle with calm ----------
       
       What stands out the most, looking back, is the balance between 
       activity and calm. 2025 wasn't about chasing "shiny new tools" or 
       "maximum performance." Instead it was about:
       
        * building reliability and self-sufficiency (UPS, automation, 
        servers)
        * rediscovering analog and low-distraction tools (thermal 
        typewriter, minimal printing)
        * learning and tinkering - often for fun, often for curiosity
       
       To me, that's more sustainable than chasing buzz - and closer to 
       what I think Sava.Rocks should be about.
       
        - 🎉 Looking Ahead -----------------------------------------------
       
       As 2026 begins to unfold, I'm hoping to carry forward the best 
       parts of this past year: curiosity, simplicity, and a commitment 
       to building things that make life calmer rather than louder.
       
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