RabbitMQ for PoCs

Modern Proof of Concepts (PoCs)—especially those involving microservices or Kubernetes—rely heavily on a messaging backbone. While cloud-managed queues are popular, local PoC environments often require a self-hosted RabbitMQ instance to keep costs low and latency minimal. A common architectural challenge in these environments is the “Boot Race.” If you run RabbitMQ on a separate VM, … Read more

Installing Ceph with cephadm

Platform: Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)Deployment model: cephadm, multi-host, mixed SSD classes 1. Install prerequisites on all hosts Install base dependencies required by cephadm and Ceph daemons: Container runtime Cephadm requires a supported OCI container runtime.Podman is the recommended and well-tested runtime for Ceph Reef on Ubuntu 22.04. 2. Kernel and networking prerequisites Enable IPv4 forwarding (required … Read more

Installing PostgreSQL 16

PostgreSQL 16 is the ideal choice for this environment because it delivers major improvements in performance, parallel query execution, index efficiency, and write-ahead logging throughput—all of which directly benefit Git metadata workloads and AI/ML-related query patterns. PG16 also includes enhanced vacuum performance, faster sorting, and better handling of high-concurrency workloads, making it extremely well-suited for … Read more