Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home: Block Ads for Your Whole Network
Browser ad blockers miss half the ads. DNS blocking kills them everywhere — TV, phone, game console, everything. Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home: here's which one to run.
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Ollama Model Management: Beyond ollama run
You know how to pull and run a model. Now learn Modelfiles, GPU layer tuning, the REST API, running multiple models without OOM-killing your server, and actually useful system prompts.
Restic vs Borg vs Kopia: Backups That Actually Deduplicate
rsync is not a backup. Restic, Borg, and Kopia do deduplication, encryption, and incremental snapshots properly. Here's which one fits your home lab and why.
Suricata vs Snort: Network Intrusion Detection That Actually Works
Snort invented network intrusion detection. Suricata multi-threaded its way past it. Here's how to set up real IDS/IPS on your home lab and actually understand what it's telling you.
Home Lab Hardware Guide 2026: What to Buy, What to Avoid, and What to Beg For
2026 home lab hardware guide: Pi-class boards, N100/N200 mini PCs, used Dell R730s, NAS picks, UPS, switches, and the power-draw math that pays the bill.
Continue.dev vs Cody vs Tabby: AI Code Help Without the Cloud
GitHub Copilot is great until you read the ToS. Continue.dev, Cody, and Tabby bring AI code assistance to your editor with local or self-hosted models — no code leaves your machine.
Jellyfin vs Plex: Your Media Deserves Better Than a Subscription
Plex built the gold standard for media servers, but added a paywall. Jellyfin is the open-source answer that's finally caught up. Here's which one belongs on your server in 2026.
Cockpit vs Webmin: Web Admin Panels That Don't Make You Cry
Cockpit is the modern systemd-native Linux admin panel. Webmin is the veteran that configures everything. Here's which one should be on your servers — and which shouldn't.
Cloudflare Tunnels: The Zero-Port-Forward Guide to Exposing Your Services
No port forwarding, no DDNS drama. Cloudflare Tunnels advanced config: multiple services, Access policies, origin TLS, and what Cloudflare can actually see.
Immich vs PhotoPrism: Escape Google Photos Without Losing Your Mind
Immich vs PhotoPrism in 2026: which self-hosted photo library beats Google Photos without making you regret the migration. Mobile app, ML, and gotchas.
Prometheus + Grafana: Monitoring That Doesn't Lie to You
Prometheus scrapes metrics. Grafana makes them pretty. Alertmanager wakes you up at 2 AM. Here's how to wire all three together into a monitoring stack that actually works.
Fail2ban vs CrowdSec: Blocking the Bots Actually Smartly
Fail2ban bans IPs that attack you. CrowdSec bans them before they attack you, using community threat intelligence. Here's how to set up both and why you might want both.