DevOps engineer, self-hosting person, homelab caretaker, and trans woman from Germany. I build systems, write about becoming real, and try to keep both honest.
I spend most of my engineering time around infrastructure that is declarative, observable, reproducible, and pleasant to recover when reality inevitably drifts. The same themes show up in my writing: identity, recovery, transition, systems, and the strange human habit of turning pain into process.
- GitOps-managed Kubernetes, mostly with Argo CD, Helm, SealedSecrets, and policy guardrails
- Self-hosted developer platforms built around Forgejo, Woodpecker CI, Harbor, Renovate, and internal tooling
- Homelab infrastructure across Proxmox, OPNsense, DNS, storage, networking, and cluster lifecycle work
- Security-minded automation for secrets handling, supply-chain hygiene, image hardening, and operational recovery
- Practical tools in Go, TypeScript, Rust, Shell, Python, and whatever else fits the job
I keep an independently run site at yael.m0sh1.cc for personal writing, transition documentation, homelab notes, infrastructure topics, and longer thoughts about technology, identity, and life.
Recent posts:
- I Tried Everything Except Being Myself - 26 May 2026
- I Became Very Good at Functioning - 07 May 2026
- Tightening the m0sh1.cc platform into a clean Forgejo-first, GitHub-mirrored workflow
- Improving Kubernetes app delivery, chart hygiene, CI reliability, and deployment evidence
- Building and maintaining small tools that make infrastructure work less mysterious
- Keeping self-hosted systems useful without letting them become a second full-time job
| Project | What It Is |
|---|---|
| wakapi | Self-hosted WakaTime-compatible coding statistics backend |
| karakeep | Self-hostable bookmark, notes, image, AI tagging, and search app |
| proxmox-csi-plugin | Kubernetes CSI integration for Proxmox storage |
| netzbremse | CNPG-backed speed telemetry service and dashboard |
| helm-charts | Helm chart work for self-hosted and GitOps-managed services |
| chart-version-guard | CI guardrail enforcing Helm chart version bumps |
| harbor | Cloud-native registry work used in the local platform |
| csi-driver-nfs | Kubernetes NFS CSI driver maintenance and dependency work |
| apple-mail-mcp | MCP server for Apple Mail automation and assistant workflows |
Best place to start: yael.m0sh1.cc. For code and infrastructure work, I am usually around GitHub and Forgejo.
No ads. No tracking nonsense. No personal-brand cosplay. Just a human being writing and building on the internet again.