Two days without internet taught me why local LLMs are worth the setup
… Power outages come and go here, sometimes they hit every day on a rotating schedule, and sometimes even longer when the schedule slips or when it's an unplanned outage. …
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Why I ditched Cloudflare Tunnels for Tailscale and Caddy on my homelab
… On top of that, the outages also took down my access to my homelab. In the end, I realized I was the only one accessing my homelab remotely. …
4 ways I watch TV and movies on my smart TV when my internet is down
… This means that while you can't access Netflix, Disney+, or Hulu, if you self-host media with an app like Plex or Jellyfin , you're set. You should still be able to access your extensive self-hosted library of acquired media, just as you would when your internet connection is still active. …
Ghostty is ditching GitHub over chronic reliability failures, and no one knows where it's going yet
… Sign in to your XDA account Summary Frequent GitHub outages are disrupting work, happening almost daily, and blocking hours. …
Most smart home failures start with DNS, and nobody notices until everything breaks
… Instead of guessing whether an issue involves wireless coverage, firmware bugs, or cloud outages, I can quickly determine whether DNS is involved. …
Stop treating Proxmox's firewall like an optional feature — it's your lab's clearest safety net
… When you have a mix of LXCs, VMs, and self-hosted services, it's easy for "temporary" access to become permanent access. …
Cloudflare is by far the best service for home labbers and the wider internet, and that should make you nervous
… Projects like Pangolin make self-hosted access possible without relying on Cloudflare’s infrastructure. …
I let Claude Code Routines babysit my home lab while I slept, and it caught what my monitoring missed
… The point is to catch drift and weak spots before they become outages, not to hand your home lab a robot with root access and a flashlight. …
I thought self-hosting would make software less convenient, but the opposite happened
… A NAS, mini PC, or home server works well for ensuring round-the-clock access to your services. A Cloudflare Tunnel is beginner-friendly for enabling access from outside your home network. …
My entire homelab runs on an 8-year-old laptop most people would throw away
… I reside in the countryside, where power outages are frequent. The laptop battery gave me a failover during outages. …