…There's also a learning curve, even if it is a reasonable one. The first time you move from simple scheduled backups to a more purpose-built platform, you have to think…
…In that context, Proxmox's built-in firewall can look redundant, like one more lock on a door that's already closed. And honestly, the interface and terminology can make it feel…
…my self-hosted Qwen 3.6 27B running on a Radeon RX 7900 XTX in my home lab. The starting point was the original ESP32-P4 project I'd built around the…
…Routine checks can find problems that monitoring ignores The useful alerts are not always the loudest ones Most of my monitoring is built around obvious failure. If a service goes down, Uptime…
…Related How I replaced all these streaming services with one self-hosted app Cutting the online streaming cord with this one free self-hosted app. Plex is on thin ice When I…
…It runs on anything A tiny, lightweight service The best part about Pi-hole is that you can set it up on just about any device on your network. As a self…
…Here was a NAS operating system built on top of TrueNAS Scale, one of the most battle-tested storage platforms in the world, but wrapped in an interface that didn't require…
…grabbed a couple of images with its built-in image downloader. Within a few minutes, I had a collection of Podman containers deployed on my makeshift. I also wanted to tinker with…
…I still rely on Snipping Tool for most of my screenshots, but when I need to add a bit more annotation or pixelate content, I switch over to ShareX. After all, it…
…As you may have guessed by now, transcoding translates an incompatible video format into one that a device can play. But relying entirely on the CPU to transcode videos isn’t ideal…