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Object Storage on a Pi: SeaweedFS Cluster Walkthrough
Run a real S3-compatible object storage cluster on Raspberry Pi 4s with SeaweedFS — low RAM overhead, fast filer, no Ceph drama or surprise cloud bills.
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eBPF for the Curious: Kernel Tracing Without the PhD
eBPF traces what Linux is actually doing — syscalls, TCP events, slow functions — without rebooting. A hands-on intro to bpftrace, BCC, and libbpf with copy-paste one-liners.
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Bind Mounts vs NFS for Container Storage
Bind mounts are fast and simple; NFS is shared and flexible for containers. Pick wrong and your database corrupts at 2 AM. Here is how to choose wisely.
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NixOS First Impressions for Pragmatists
NixOS promises reproducible, declarative Linux from a single config file. The learning cliff is steep and the Nix language is weird — but atomic rollbacks and identical machines from a git repo are genuinely worth it for the right use case.
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Bcachefs in 2026: Ready or Not
Bcachefs landed in Linux mainline but controversy followed fast. An honest look at stability, performance, and whether it belongs in your home lab in 2026.
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tmux vs Zellij vs Screen: Pick Your Multiplexer
Screen is on every server, tmux is the sysadmin workhorse, and Zellij is the modern newcomer with sane defaults. Here's how all three compare — and which one you should actually use.
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The Modern Unix Toolkit: fzf, ripgrep, fd, bat, eza
GNU coreutils are 50 years old and it shows. ripgrep, fd, bat, eza, fzf, and zoxide replace grep/find/cat/ls with faster, friendlier Rust-powered tools. Here's what each one wins at — and when the original still holds.
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Frigate + Coral TPU: AI Cameras Without the Subscription
Frigate NVR + a $60 Google Coral TPU gives you real-time AI object detection on your own cameras, integrates with Home Assistant, and costs nothing per month. Here's how to set it up.
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GPU Passthrough on Proxmox: Run LLMs in a VM
GPU passthrough on Proxmox is the best way to isolate LLM workloads — but it's a minefield of IOMMU groups, vfio-pci binding, and Code 43 errors. This post walks through the whole thing end-to-end.
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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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Immich Hardware Acceleration: Stop Cooking Your CPU
Your Immich server is at 100% CPU again. Here's how to wire up QSV, VAAPI, NVENC, and the ML container to a GPU so thumbnails and face recognition finish before next Tuesday.
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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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