{"id":20,"date":"2026-06-19T16:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:06:16","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to StagNode! \ud83d\ude80"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My name is <strong>David Crilly<\/strong>, and I have a confession: I cannot leave well enough alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My foundational philosophy in life is <strong>&#8220;How does that work?&#8221;<\/strong> Whether it is a piece of software, a smart home protocol, or a kitchen wall, my immediate instinct is to tear it down, figure it out, and re-engineer it to be better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83e\udd8c What is a &#8220;StagNode&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name is a mix of family insight and tech obsession. My wife and daughter determined that my spirit animal is a stag. Around the same time, I was knee-deep in setting up Kubernetes nodes. An AI connected the dots, and <em>StagNode<\/em> was born.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf0c Biomechanical Networking (Yes, Farscape)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a sci-fi fan, you will appreciate my infrastructure layout. My home lab is a living, breathing tech ecosystem managed cleanly via <strong>ArgoCD<\/strong> and GitOps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pilot:<\/strong> A massive tower server pushing <strong>90TB of TrueNAS storage<\/strong>\u2014the essential backbone holding my entire digital life, media, and personal cloud together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Moya:<\/strong> My main production cluster (3 mini PCs + 2 desktops) that handles daily operations and hosts my <strong>private AI<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Talyn:<\/strong> My development cluster (3 mini PCs) where I test new ideas and deliberately break things safely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Off the Grid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When my eyes need a break from screen glare and Kubernetes YAML, I transfer my re-engineering energy into the physical world. I am constantly remodeling our house, fixing things around the property, and spending time with my family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks for stopping by my corner of the internet. Stick around for deep dives into tech, home labs, and the occasional AI experiment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is David Crilly, and I have a confession: I cannot leave well enough alone. My foundational philosophy in life is &#8220;How does that work?&#8221; Whether it is a piece of software, a smart home protocol, or a kitchen wall, my immediate instinct is to tear it down, figure it out, and re-engineer it &#8230; <a title=\"Welcome to StagNode! \ud83d\ude80\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Welcome to StagNode! \ud83d\ude80\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnode.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}