I over-engineered my home lab on purpose, and it's the best decision I've made
… It’s definitely overkill, but the extra measures make my DevOps experiments a lot more stress-free. …
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Docker rootless mode is a one-line fix most guides skip over
… Or, you can just switch to Podman I love Docker as much as the next self-hosting enthusiast, but after dipping my feet into the Podman ecosystem, I’ve started using the latter a lot in my DevOps projects. …
Instead of Claude and Anthropic models, I use my local LLMs for coding (and not vibe-coding, mind you)
… Rather than sifting through the whole mess myself, I can just feed the config and log files into my Ollama usually DeepSeek R1 or Llama 3.1 models and ask them to find the code snippets causing all the fuss. While I’d implement the fixes myself, I’d typically use the models to check for solutions. …
I turned my NAS into a private Git server, and it made more sense than I expected
… He writes for XDA-Developers, where he focuses on topics like productivity, networking, self-hosting, and more. …
Proxmox's new load balancer can migrate LXCs and VMs dynamically, and that changes everything for high-availability clusters
… As such, you’ll probably use the main workstation for hosting virtual guests, while leaving the secondary nodes for high-availability tasks. …
6 Proxmox LXCs I set up once and never think about again
… Related 4 Proxmox changes I made that delivered 90% of my reliability gains These Proxmox tricks made my self-hosting and experimentation server more reliable BentoPDF The best PDF editor out there Even before I started hosting my own services, I absolutely despised cloud-based PDF editors with ad-… …
I mapped every machine in my home lab with this free tool
… Thankfully, you can arm your self-hosting empire with a couple of documentation and backup tools to facilitate quick recovery if or rather, when your server goes down after a botched experiment. …
I ditched Copilot on VS Code for this free extension, and it's miles ahead
… For example, I continue to rely on extensions for C++, Python, Terraform , Ansible , and other coding/IaC languages I use to train my DevOps skills. Likewise, I’ve got Container Tools for my self-hosting experiments, while Prettier makes my terribly formatted code a bit more readable. …
Pi may be a powerful AI coding agent, but I refuse to run it without this extension
… But when you’ve got a self-hosted LLM server with a limited context window, you’ll want to minimize the agent’s inputs as much as possible. …
Forget Portainer and Komodo, I finally found a better way to manage my Docker containers
… Related This zero-config self-hosted tool is a must install for all Docker enthusiasts Supercharge your Docker experience with this must-have self-hosted tool. …