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My name is Evie, but online I go by @โ€‹snuggle. I work in tech as a site reliability engineer (SRE), always herding computers around with code! ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿ’ป

Evie Snuggle's portrait with a garden behind
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This one isn’t in a calligraphic style, I don’t think, but it was my first time writing Chinese characters! This is: ้ฉฌๅˆฐๆˆๅŠŸ้ฆฌๅˆฐๅŠŸๆˆ (mวŽdร o chรฉnggลng mวŽdร o chรฉnggลng) meaning: instant success


Starting off the new year with some beginner’s Chinese calligraphy! This is: ็ฆ (fรบ) meaning: good fortune


He is wondering what’s going on!


Been playing around with setting up a Talos Linux-based kubernetes cluster recently, although I’ve found distributed storage very difficult to do cheaply.

I need enterprise SSDs with power-loss protection (PLP) for Ceph or it won’t be stableโ€ฆ and then having a HDD network share for bulk storage…


Perfection.


Lil’a’pud


He is in the cave!


His head is so heavy!


Can’t believe it has been a whole week into the new year 2026 already. I need to catch up! ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ


New year, new ducks! ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’จ


Cookies, milk, and a carrot for Santa! ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฅ›๐Ÿฅ•


Nyoooommmm, lovely holiday, safely back home โœˆ๏ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง


Went to the Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square! Lots of history here, recommend going to read “We Saw a Vision”.


Not quite seaside weather!

A cloudy, overcast sky looms over a calm, wavy sea with a grassy shoreline and some seaweed scattered along the beach.

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