# Chaos Manor Reloaded

By [Kyle Downey](https://paragraph.com/@kyle-downey) · 2024-07-02

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Many years ago [Jerry Pournelle](https://jerrypournelle.com) wrote a column for the now-defunct _Byte_ magazine called Computing at Chaos Manor. Nowadays a lot of system administrators and developers are [homelabbing](https://linuxhandbook.com/homelab/) and writing about it, but he was probably one of the pioneers, so the title here is a nod to that history. As I am getting back to regular hobbyist software development and being our home’s [Bastard Operator From Hell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastard_Operator_From_Hell), I wanted to write more about that as well. In the past I have written while building both hardware and software, and I have found that it’s the best way to learn: read about it; do it; teach others what you learned.

In this blog I’ll be covering:

*   DevOps and cloud engineering
    
*   High performance computing techniques
    
*   Data structures & algorithms
    
*   New developments in software engineering & languages
    
*   New developments in AI
    

with no particular planned cadence at this time, and no agenda.

_As a global disclaimer, all writing here are my own personal opinions and not those of my employer. I have written on trading and markets as well in the past, and while I am not planning to do so here, none of this constitutes investment advice or a solicitation to purchase securities, and it is presented purely for educational purposes._

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*Originally published on [Kyle Downey](https://paragraph.com/@kyle-downey/chaos-manor-reloaded-2)*