Dec 31, 2025
2025 Retrospective
Systems. Tradeoffs. Reality. What matters when the noise fades
Tia Zanella
SKHELL
Big things have small beginnings
Ciao!
I'm a Senior Solution Architect for Data centers and Cloud. OSIRIS founder and friend of Open Source, focused on network engineering, software development, high-performance hybrid architectures and automations. I prototype tools and software that solve real problems and I share what I learn along the way.
Latest posts
Notes from the navigation diary
Dec 19, 2025
Do I really need a DB?
So I asked myself a simple question: can I run a website without a database? Can I get rid of it completely?
Dec 18, 2025
Bare-metal vs vps vs serverless
I see many people persevering in the default same decision: vintage bare-metal or a VPS is “the fastest answer” to all our human problems even on what so called cloud.
Dec 17, 2025
Some insights about the website
I made a menu wheel bottom right so is more easy even on mobiles to get acces through in natural gesture.
Dec 16, 2025
Why Astro
It’s also incredibly easy to create new content while keeping the project structure tidy and maintainable over time.
Dec 15, 2025
Wordpress what else
After 15 years spent on WordPress, Mr. Clooney, if he were me, would probably have said, “WordPress, what else?” for this new website.