A personal log from a self-hoster building one web server to host several sites, including Ghost blogs, static sites and file serving. It walks through the practical problems of nginx and certbot HTTPS bootstrapping, switching to Caddy, and per-database credentials for MySQL.
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Detailed first-person field notes on running a homelab, covering self-hosted NetBird upgrades and backups, Docker network segmentation, and Home Assistant energy cost modelling. Readers get concrete configurations, scripts, and the reasoning behind each decision.
Covers security news for people who run their own servers and care about privacy, including supply-chain attacks, runtime vulnerabilities and forensic tooling. It separates verified facts from rumour and explains what each issue means for readers and which fixes to apply.
A homelab blog documenting the build of a production Kubernetes cluster on TuringPi hardware with Talos Linux, covering migrations, monitoring and secret management in detail. Readers get worked examples, real failures and the reasoning behind each design decision.
A personal technical blog by Sascha Corti covering hands-on projects such as storing PGP and SSH keys on a subdermal NFC implant and running open-weight AI models on home hardware. Readers get detailed, step-by-step write-ups including mistakes and configuration details, plus reasoned opinions on when to use open models.
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