Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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Docker vs Podman: Key Differences
Docker needs a daemon; Podman doesn't. Compare architecture, rootless support, Compose compatibility, and which one belongs in your workflow.
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SSH Tunneling: A Secure Conduit for Your Data
SSH tunnels forward ports over encrypted connections — local forwarding, remote forwarding, and dynamic SOCKS proxy explained.
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Socat: The Swiss Army Knife of Networking
socat relays data between almost any two endpoints — TCP, UDP, Unix sockets, files, and serial ports. The netcat you didn't know you needed.
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User and Group Management in Linux
Create, modify, and delete users and groups on Linux — useradd, usermod, groupadd, sudo access, and /etc/passwd explained.
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Large Language Model Formats and Quantization
GGUF, GGML, AWQ, GPTQ — LLM file formats and quantization levels explained: trade-offs between model quality, size, and inference speed.
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Exploring the Diverse World of LLM Models
LLaMA, Mistral, Falcon, GPT — the LLM landscape is crowded. Compare model families, sizes, licensing, and what each is actually good for.
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Ollama: Powerful Language Models on Your Own Machine
Ollama makes running local LLMs dead simple — pull a model, start the server, and get a private ChatGPT running on your own hardware.
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Unleash the Power of LLMs with LocalAI
LocalAI is a self-hosted OpenAI-compatible API — run any GGUF model and connect existing tools without changing a line of client code.
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Understanding PostgreSQL Connection URIs
Decode the postgresql:// connection string — host, port, database, SSL mode, and the gotchas that cause connection refused at deploy time.
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Supercharge Your Homelab Monitoring with Zabbix
Zabbix is enterprise-grade monitoring that you can self-host — agents, templates, triggers, and dashboards for your entire home lab.
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A Guide to LXC/LXD
LXC/LXD runs full Linux environments in lightweight containers — faster to spin up than VMs and perfect for home lab service isolation.
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Talos OS: API-Driven, Kubernetes-First OS
Talos OS is an immutable, API-driven OS designed purely for running Kubernetes — no SSH, no package manager, pure GitOps.
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