Posts by Dalton Ousley
9 posts • 95 minutes of reading
Enhancing backend architecture for the contact form on my portfolio site with AWS resources, Terraform, and GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
Kubernetes Homelab Setup (Part 2): Persistent Storage & First Real Apps (n8n + Uptime Kuma)
Part 2 of Kubernetes homelab build showcasing persistent storage and self-hosted apps n8n and Uptime Kuma.
Building a 3-node k3s homelab from scratch with GitOps, monitoring, and secure Cloudflare Zero Trust access plus real troubleshooting lessons learned.
Built a segmented UniFi home network with VLANs, firewall rules, and a Proxmox homelab to improve security, performance, and DevOps skills.
Building a production task manager on Cloudflare Workers with Terraform, D1, and Zero Trust auth. Real-world problems, solutions, and IaC lessons.
React Form with AWS Backend
As part of my ongoing Cloud Engineering journey, I recently decided to replace a simple embedded contact form on my website with a custom React form backed by AWS services.
