Development notes, home lab experiments, and programming projects by Alexander Sigler. Mostly backend, infrastructure, and whatever I'm tinkering with.
A step-by-step guide to routing Docker container logs into Splunk using the HTTP Event Collector — covering HEC token setup, Docker logging driver configuration, and a Splunk query to parse structured log output.
Build a household notification system using Google Home Mini devices and Node.js — convert text to speech via the Google TTS API and broadcast it to multiple rooms simultaneously.
A quick code snippet for querying internal memory on an ESP32 running nanoFramework — essential when you're working with kilobytes instead of gigabytes.
How to mount Unraid array shares inside a Linux Virtual Machine using VirtioFS — faster than 9p with read/write speeds averaging 600 Mb/s, and easier to set up than most guides suggest.
A quick fix for enabling UnraidOS host access to custom Docker networks by creating a shim-br0 macvlan network interface at array startup.
A step-by-step guide to routing Docker container logs into Splunk using the HTTP Event Collector — covering HEC token setup, Docker logging driver configuration, and a Splunk query to parse structured log output.
Implementation and explanation of Cox Automotive Programming Interview challenge using C# and .NET, covering parallel REST API calls and JSON mapping.
Build a household notification system using Google Home Mini devices and Node.js — convert text to speech via the Google TTS API and broadcast it to multiple rooms simultaneously.
