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KONDUCTOR: Exhaustive Technical Omnibus

Executive Summary

Konductor is a Nix-based, polyglot, AI-first developer workstation distribution that produces:

• OCI container images for ephemeral development
• QCOW2 VM images for persistent KubeVirt/libvirt deployments
• Nix devshells for native machine development
• NixOS/Home Manager/nix-darwin modules for system-level integration

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Building Control Planes: From Classical Patterns to Kubernetes Operators

A primer for experienced engineers approaching Kubernetes API machinery

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The Mental Model Journey

Before we dive into Kubernetes specifics, let's establish what we're actually building: a control plane. Not container orchestration, not pod scheduling—those are implementation details of one particular control plane (the one that ships with Kubernetes). We're interested in the machinery itself.

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OptiPlex Prime Platform Reference Architecture v2.0

Document Scope

This document defines the reference hardware architecture for a progressive-scaling homelab cluster designed for enterprise development, machine learning, and cloud-native workloads. The architecture prioritizes used enterprise hardware for cost optimization while maintaining production-grade capabilities.

Design Principles

1. Progressive Investment Model: Start at $300/node, scale to $3000+/node
2. Vertical-then-Horizontal Scaling: Maximize per-node capacity before adding nodes

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GrapheneOS Installation Guide for Pixel 6 Pro

This guide documents the command-line installation procedure for GrapheneOS on a Google Pixel 6 Pro (codename: raven) from an Ubuntu 24.04 host system.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Device Preparation
• Host System Setup
• Bootloader Unlock

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Kalilix Tmux Implementation: Complete Technical Specification

Executive Summary

This document provides production-ready specifications for implementing a declarative, Nix flake-based tmux configuration for the Kalilix project. The implementation eliminates imperative plugin management (TPM), achieves hermetic reproducibility through home-manager, and delivers a 90% solution for modern terminal-based development workflows targeting macOS, Linux, and WSL environments.

Core recommendation: Use home-manager's programs.tmux module with tmuxp for session management, vim-tmux-navigator for neovim integration, and Catppuccin Macchiato theme with samoshkin's F12 nested session pattern for remote work. This combination provides battle-tested reliability, excellent Nix integration, and minimal cognitive overhead.

Why this matters: Developers waste 5-10 minutes daily on tmux configuration inconsistencies, SSH clipboard issues, and context switching between local/remote sessions. A

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# Node 1 (cp1) - Talos Image Factory Schematic
# IP: 10.201.73.193
# Hostname: cp1
# Bond: ens1f0np0, ens1f1np1 (802.3ad LACP)
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# This schematic configures network settings via kernel arguments so the node
# can boot with working networking in environments without DHCP.
#
# USAGE:
# 1. Upload schematic to Image Factory to get schematic ID:

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#cloud-config
hostname: fedora
fqdn: fedora.home.arpa
ssh_pwauth: true
disable_root: false

# User configuration
chpasswd:
  list: |

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OpenJDK, Node.js, NPM Installation - Debian Trixie 13

Requirements

• Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)
• sudo access

Installation Steps

1. Install OpenJDK 25, Node.js, and npm

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# yaml-language-server: $schema=pulumi-stack-config.schema.json
config:
  compliance:
    fisma:
      compliance_level: low
      enforcement_mode: warn
    nist:
      auxiliary: []
      exceptions: []
    project:

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Deterministic Agent Prompt Instruction Template v1.0

Triple Encoding Standard ABNF ASCII Mermaid Composite Grammar

version: 1.0.0
status: PROPOSED
standard: DETERMINISTIC_PROMPT_SPECIFICATION
specification: PROMPT_TRIPLE_ENCODING
primary_grammar: RFC_5234_ABNF
visual_encodings: