Caddy handles reverse proxying so well that I ditched my entire toolchain
Joe Rice-Jones May 1, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
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My home lab sounded like a jet engine until I stopped ignoring this one thing
Joe Rice-Jones Jun 10, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
I stopped adding hardware to my home lab when I realized fewer moving parts meant more uptime
…After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning…
One DNS change turned my home lab from a weekend project into something I actually trust
…After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning…
I rented a VPS to get around CGNAT, and it solved problems I didn’t know I had
…a career path. Besides being the first call for tech support for those close to him, Ty is a computer science student, with his focus being cloud computing and networking. He also…
FreeBSD 15 reminded me that boring operating systems are sometimes the whole point
…After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning…
Plex Pass is expensive, but it's the only streaming app my family actually uses
Joe Rice-Jones Jun 12, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
Mini PC clusters are silently replacing rack servers in home labs, and I finally understand why
Joe Rice-Jones Apr 13, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's…
A used workstation costs less than a new GPU, but it pays for itself in ways gaming hardware never will
…a career path. Besides being the first call for tech support for those close to him, Ty is a computer science student, with his focus being cloud computing and networking. He also…
Stop treating Proxmox's firewall like an optional feature — it's your lab's clearest safety net
…After teaching university English and computer science for a few years, Jeff launched his writing career . He's written for Macworld , Tom's Hardware , groovyPost , The Mac Observer , and more before beginning…