Good afternoon Crafters Before we close 2025, I would like to thank everyone who showed up and did the work. Shoutout to @Adeyemi Ojo for setting goals, doing the work, and coming back with real proof three weeks in a row. 🙌 Shoutout to @Florian Hirson for building and improving his home lab step by step and sharing clear updates. 💪 Shoutout to @Nithin Upadhyaya for staying consistent with learning, growing his network, and showing progress. 🤟 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸. Enjoy the break and come back sharp. Before we step into 2026, I want to know one thing from you. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲? One goal. One focus. One direction. Show your favourite GIF that represents the year 2025 and drop your goal in the comments 👇

Good afternoon Crafters! Last week @Pragalva Sapkota showed exactly what happens when you use KubeQuest the way it’s meant to be used. You can check his post here He set three clear goals, stayed focused, and made more progress in one week than he normally would in a month 🌟 This is the power of direction and consistency. Thanks for the example and commitment, @Pragalva Sapkota . This is the standard we are trying to build here 🙌 ⚔️ 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 New week. New chances. New progress. We keep it simple 👇 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟭: 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆) Post your 1–3 DevOps goals for the week in the comments under this post 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟮: 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗪𝗶𝗻 (𝗙𝗿𝗶/𝗦𝘂𝗻) Before the week ends, reply to your own comment with your status update and your biggest win Whether you completed every goal or not, accountability is what matters 🗓️ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Weeks run from Monday to Sunday 👉 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: See the example below. Each week we'll create a fresh new post to keep the momentum going 🏆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗻: Each week we select a member who submitted both their goals and their update. They will receive a shoutout in the community 🌟 Use this week to connect, build, and help others. Post your goals today, then return on Saturday or Sunday to share your proof 🔥 Good luck this week!!

Just recently we saw what Gemini 3 Pro can do for websites. I decided that i have to use this to my advantage to build the Minecraft Server Management Dashboard of my dreams. I wanted to have my own project that i manage in a Development Environment and later send it to a Test, Production Environments to understand the big picture ideas. I got these ideas from a book i recently finished called The Phoenix Project, i'll make another post for it later in the future. So far i'm pulling modpacks via Modrinth API and be able to show every modpack's descriptions so i can understand what are their contents. Even though i'm gonna work on the website itself simultaneously, this week goals are: - On every push to Github repo, Github Actions runs tests and build docker images for backend & frontend individually then runs the containers on my server pc - Give it a domain name via reverse proxy with Nginx - Expose the metrics from containers and put them in Prometheus so i can watch them on Grafana I tweak and setup the website with AI and i like how it looks so far but the automation, the DevOps part excites me the most 😂 Can't wait to see how everything works by itself without me doing anything 😎 If you have any recommendations for DevOps structure, i'd love to hear them out. This will be my long term project for my homelab but i think it will be worth doing since it's so much fun!

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀! We’re making a few 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 inside the free community to 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲 your 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 and help you build 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 and 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 If you haven’t yet, read the new Start Here post, finish the onboarding, and update your profile ring That will be your foundation 🤝 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 From this week on 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 and keeping the accountability high here in the free community while @Mischa van den Burg shifts his focus toward the 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 We’re shifting the KubeQuests to 𝗮 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁 because it creates more momentum, more connections, and more consistent progress Every week we set goals, show progress, and build real proof So let’s lock in your focus for the week 👇 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟭: 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 (𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆) Post your 1–3 DevOps goals for the week in the comments under this post 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗣 𝟮: 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗪𝗶𝗻 (𝗙𝗿𝗶/𝗦𝘂𝗻) Before the week ends, reply to your own comment with your status update and your biggest win Whether you completed every goal or not, accountability is what matters 🗓️ 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: Weeks run from Monday to Sunday 👉 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: See the example below. Each week we'll create a fresh new post to keep the momentum going 🏆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘀: Each week we select a member who submitted both their goals and their update. They will receive a shoutout in the community 🌟 Make sure to connect with a few members this week. Share something, help someone, and have fun while you build proof together 🔥 Post your goals today, then return on Saturday or Sunday to share your proof Let’s build some momentum, Crafters 👨‍💻 Good luck this week!! PS: Add a GIF to bring some energy and show your Monday Mood.

...so I found this exercise "What's Cool About YOU" that's going to make you WAY more interesting to talk to. Seriously. I got this from Sean Stephenson (the three-foot-tall giant, may he rest in peace)... ....and it's called "What's Cool About You?" Here's the deal... ...when we meet people in Skool communities, we do the boring stuff: "I'm a course creator" or "I run a marketing agency" or whatever. YAWN. 🥱 But what if you could share the WEIRD, COOL, RANDOM stuff about yourself that actually makes people go "Wait, WHAT? Tell me more about that!" That's what this exercise does. It helps you remember (and share) the stuff you've done or experienced that you normally wouldn't mention... but which opens the door to WAY deeper, more fun, and more intellectual conversations. ...because let's be honest... nobody remembers the person who said "I do Facebook ads." But they DEFINITELY remember the person who said "I once trained myself to become #3 in the world at footbag" or "I have a street dog in India named Scooby who's in charge of 12th Road." 😂 HERE'S THE EXERCISE: Write down everything that's COOL, WEIRD, INTERESTING, or UNIQUE about YOU. Not your business accomplishments (boring). YOUR life accomplishments. YOUR quirks. YOUR stories. Some examples to get you started: - "I was a vegetarian for 25 years" (then went back to eating meat like a savage) - "At twelve years old, I won a silver medal in sailing in the Norwegian championship" - "I became one of the biggest party promoters in San Francisco" - "I pet or talk to ALL dogs I meet on the street... because I know they need love" - "I was in the Army and became the second-best dog handler... with a BRAND NEW dog that had never been trained" (the winner had a dog that had been there for 6 years... just saying 😏) Or maybe you've got stuff like: - "I can solve a Rubik's cube in under 2 minutes" (okay, that's not impressive, but if it's under 30 seconds, NOW we're talking) - "I once ate 47 tacos in one sitting" (don't judge me) - "I taught myself to play ukulele during lockdown and now I annoy everyone at parties" - "I lived in a van for 6 months and loved every second of it" - "I can name every country in the world in under 5 minutes" (nerd alert)