Writing on EUC · IaC · DevOps

A way automation
can help you.

Notes from the intersection of End User Computing, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps. Written by Jeroen Meppelink — engineer, Home Assistant tinkerer, and tireless believer that if a human does it twice it belongs in code.

Focus
EUC · IaC · DevOps
Stack
Ansible · Python · Pipelines
Platform
Citrix · Windows · Linux
Hobby
Home Assistant
01 · Writing

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Ai

From second brain to team brain: a developer standards MCP

How a personal second brain pattern turned into a shared knowledge system for an entire development team, connected to every developer's AI through MCP.

29 March 2026
Citrix

Upgrade Citrix CVAD 2402 LTSR Database with Ansible code

Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) 2402 LTSR introduced modifications to the database upgrade process.

9 December 2024
Powershell

Get all users that have access to Citrix

Understanding user access within a Citrix environment is crucial for security and management purposes. To facilitate this, I've developed a script to identify and report on user access privileges.

11 November 2024
Anisble

Check IIS Web App Pool state in an Ansible Library

This library assists in assessing the health status of a IIS Web App Pools.

7 October 2024
Anisble

Check Delivery controller state in an Ansible Library

This library assists in assessing the health status of a Citrix Delivery Controller.

2 September 2024
Anisble

Pre and post checks for CVAD

To ensure server readiness for checks or installations, it's essential to verify its health status. To facilitate this, I've implemented several checks to assess server health.

12 August 2024
Anisble

Set Director retention in an Ansible Library

To streamline the process of modifying log data retention settings in Citrix Director, I developed a library that simplifies the configuration changes.

8 July 2024
Anisble

Add admin to CVAD in an Ansible Library

To streamline the management of administrators and groups within Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD), I developed a library that automates the process of adding or removing users and groups.

3 June 2024
02 · Projects

Things I've built

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03 · About

Making enterprise EUC feel like a product.

Jeroen Meppelink · Lead Infrastructure Engineer · Hilversum, NL

I'm a Lead Infrastructure Engineer focused on End User Computing, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps at enterprise scale. My days look like Ansible roles, pipelines, Citrix WEM and the occasional deep dive into why a session is slow. The goal is a platform that runs itself and an application team that doesn't need to file a ticket to ship.

At home I'm a Home Assistant hobbyist and open-source tinkerer. I build custom integrations in Python and JavaScript, including ns-reisadvies — a Dutch train travel advisor that runs on my own network. I write here when something from the day job is worth sharing.