November 2025 - Terminal Migration Begins

Month Overview

November marked a turning point. PyCharm felt increasingly heavy. The terminal called. This month began the deliberate migration to a terminal-centric workflow.

Key Milestones

November 1: quijote-reader

A reading list application to track books and reading progress.

  • 20 commits

  • Full-stack practice

  • API design patterns

November 9: ansible-linux-automation

157 commits of Ansible playbooks for Linux automation. Network engineering meets infrastructure-as-code.

Playbook Categories:

  • System setup and hardening

  • Package management

  • User configuration

  • Service deployment

  • Monitoring setup

November 18: ise-automation

Production-ready Ansible playbooks for Cisco ISE deployment.

  • ISE node configuration

  • Certificate deployment

  • Policy management

  • Backup automation

November 19: home-lab

KVM virtualization infrastructure setup for the home enterprise environment.

Infrastructure Components:

  • KVM hypervisor configuration

  • Bridge networking

  • VM templates

  • Storage management

November 19: rust-learning

First steps into systems programming with Rust.

Motivation:

  • Performance-critical tooling

  • Memory safety guarantees

  • Modern language design

  • CLI tool development

Environment Changes

Beginning of Month:

  • Windows 11 + WSL2

  • PyCharm Professional

  • Windows Terminal

End of Month:

  • Dual-booting Arch Linux

  • Testing Neovim configurations

  • Fish shell experiments

The Terminal Pull

PyCharm’s startup time became frustrating. SSH sessions into WSL felt indirect. The overhead of GUI tools compounded.

Initial Neovim Experiments:

  • Basic configuration

  • Plugin exploration

  • LSP setup attempts

  • Key binding muscle memory

Commits Summary

Project Activity Commits

ansible-linux-automation

Comprehensive Ansible playbooks

157

quijote-reader

Reading list application

20

ise-automation

ISE deployment automation

4

home-lab

KVM infrastructure

Initial setup

rust-learning

Systems programming

1

Infrastructure Progress

Home Enterprise Architecture

  • pfSense firewall configured

  • VLANs established

  • ISE deployment planned

  • Certificate infrastructure scoped

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