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title: "Project Log: Docker Dreams and YAML Nightmares"
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date: 2025-11-05
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description: "A totally serious update on my local lab, featuring unexpected container drama, a misbehaving reverse proxy, and lessons in patience."
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tags: ["homelab", "docker", "networking", "humor"]
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categories: ["DevOps"]
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draft: false
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---
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> Sometimes the difference between a 'production-ready stack' and 'why is my NAS on fire?' is one missing space in a YAML file.
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It started innocently enough:
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a single `docker-compose.yml`, neat and tidy, humming along like a well-trained orchestra. Then I added *one* new service—my self-hosted note app—and everything fell apart.
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### The Symptoms
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- Containers refusing to start with no useful logs
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- DNS loops that made my router question its purpose
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- My wife asking, “Why is our TV buffering when you touch the server?”
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### The Diagnosis
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Turns out, I nested a volume mount under the wrong key.
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YAML: 1 — Human: 0.
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### The Fix
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A humble indent.
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Four spaces, to be precise.
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Suddenly the world made sense again, DNS was stable, and my cat stopped judging me.
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### Lessons Learned
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1. **Version control everything**, even your test Compose files.
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2. **Automate backups** before you “just try something real quick.”
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3. **Celebrate small victories**—sometimes the win is just getting your network back online before dinner.
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---
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If you read this and thought, “I’ve been there,” then welcome to the club.
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Homelabs teach patience, humility, and the thrill of a perfectly clean `docker ps` output.
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*Stay tuned for next week’s adventure: rebuilding my reverse proxy after a 301 loop ate my weekend.*
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