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BGP in Your Home Lab: Dynamic Routing for People Who've Run Out of Static Routes
Run BGP in your home lab with FRRouting. Covers iBGP vs eBGP, FRR installation, basic BGP config, peering with OPNsense, route filtering, and when BGP is actually worth the complexity.
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Suricata vs Snort: Intrusion Detection for the Paranoid Home Lab Owner
Suricata vs Snort for home lab IDS/IPS: compare performance, rules, and setup. Includes Suricata installation, suricata.yaml config, EVE JSON logging, and OPNsense integration.
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Docker Compose Environment Variable Precedence
Three ways to set env vars in Docker Compose. Only one wins. Here's which and why it breaks your configs.
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Plausible vs Umami: Privacy-Friendly Analytics That Won't Creep Out Your Users
Compare Plausible vs Umami for self-hosted, privacy-friendly web analytics. Ditch Google Analytics and keep your users' data off ad networks.
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DNS Troubleshooting from the Command Line
DNS broke again. Here's the exact command sequence to figure out what's happening without touching a GUI.
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Tailscale Deep Dive: Mesh VPN That Just Works (and Why That's Suspicious)
Go beyond tailscale up with ACL policies, exit nodes, subnet routers, and MagicDNS. Plus: self-host your own control plane with Headscale for full independence.
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Podman Quadlets: Running Containers Without the Docker Daemon (or Your Sanity)
Podman runs containers without a daemon — and Quadlets let systemd manage them natively. Here's why that's actually great for self-hosting.
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Why Self-Hosted Apps Lose Data After Updates
You updated your container and your database is gone. Here's the volume permission mistake killing your data.
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nmap for Your Own Network: What You Should Be Scanning
nmap isn't just for pen testers. Learn what's actually worth scanning on your home network and what those open ports really mean.
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Vaultwarden Organization Sharing: Password Management for Your Whole Household (or Team)
Vaultwarden organizations let you share passwords with family or team members securely. Collections, permissions, CLI usage, and backup — all explained.
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LLM Fine-Tuning for Mortals: LoRA, QLoRA, and Your Gaming GPU
Learn LLM fine-tuning with LoRA and QLoRA on a consumer GPU. Practical guide covering dataset prep, Hugging Face, Unsloth, VRAM needs, and common pitfalls.
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Ollama Beyond the Basics: Model Management, Custom Models, and Optimization
Master Ollama with Modelfiles, GPU tuning, API usage, and performance tricks. Stop running 70B models on 8GB VRAM and wondering why everything is slow.
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