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Hoist: Label-Driven Docker Updates
Per-container control over Docker image updates with labels. Auto-update or notify via Discord, Slack, ntfy, no sidecar needed.
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Open WebUI Tools, Functions & Pipelines: Extend Your Local LLM
Open WebUI Tools, Functions, and Pipelines do different things, and the names don't help. What each one actually does, when to use which, and working code for all three.
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Coolify vs Dokploy: Self-Hosted Vercel for People Who Don't Trust Vercel
Coolify vs Dokploy head-to-head: install pain, Traefik handling, UI quality, git-push deploys, and which self-hosted PaaS actually belongs on your single VPS.
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systemd-nspawn: The Container Runtime Already on Your Box
systemd-nspawn ships on every modern Linux box and most sysadmins have never touched it. Here's when this no-daemon, no-Docker-socket container runtime is actually the right tool.
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Distroless Images: When Minimal Goes Too Far
Distroless containers are tiny, secure, and loved by security teams, until you need to debug one at 2 AM. Here's when Google distroless actually pays off vs when it's just container hipster points.
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RAID Is Not Backup: Rebuild Math
Your RAID 5 rebuild on a modern multi-TB drive has a 40-50% chance of hitting a URE before it finishes. Here's the 2026 math and what to do about it.
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RAID 6 vs RAID 10: Two Dead Disks
RAID 6 and RAID 10 both survive two dead disks and both need four drives. But they get there completely differently, and that difference matters.
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Incident Response for Self-Hosters
You've been compromised. Now what? A practical incident response playbook for self-hosters who didn't think they'd need one until right now.
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RAID 0, 1, and 5: Pick One
RAID 0 is fast and terrifying, RAID 1 is boring and beautiful, RAID 5 is the NAS compromise. How to pick the right one for your home lab drives.
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Cloud Gaming Tips That Actually Work
Network setup, latency tricks, display settings, and genre matching, everything you actually need to know to stop fighting your cloud gaming setup and start playing.
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Package Management in 2026: apt, brew, nix, and the Friends We Made Along the Way
apt, Homebrew, Flatpak, and Nix, which Linux package manager actually fits your workflow in 2026, and which one is just dependency hell with extra steps.
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Open Source Licenses Explained: What You Can and Can't Do With Free Software
Nobody reads software licenses. That's fine until you ship a product, get acquired, or build a SaaS on GPL code and receive a strongly worded email. Open source licenses matter, and once you understand the three-sentence version of each, you'll never have to read the full text yourself.
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