Joris writes a serial homelab blog about self-hosting, covering his move from RAID5 to mergerfs with SnapRAID, a reinstall of his main server from Proxmox to bare-metal NixOS, and a 10 Gbit hardware rebuild with container migration. Readers get candid, practical detail on the trade-offs and the parts, costs and scripts behind the changes.
Website: https://blog.jorisda.ch/
A personal guide collection from a self-hosting and torrenting enthusiast, covering Docker-based torrent setups with VPNs, private tracker advice, and PC hardware tuning like undervolting AMD Ryzen CPUs. Readers get concrete configuration details and candid first-hand experience, though the sample mixes some very personal asides with the technical content.
A long-running personal blog-style newsletter by a self-described home server enthusiast who documents builds, hardware choices and the mishaps along the way, from early HTPCs to a mirrored Unraid backup server. Readers get a detailed parts-by-parts account of building home media and backup servers, with costs, reasoning and humorous storytelling.
A personal blog by a non-professional writer sharing thoughts on AI, covering AI risk hype, the flood of low-effort AI-generated video content, and experiences building an AI agent workflow. The posts are chatty, sceptical and readable, with occasional practical anecdotes but limited depth.
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