The optimization treadmill: why I keep changing my computing setup all the time
A short explanation about what drives me to experiment with new hardware setups in my self-hosting hobby.
Zimaboard: the closest thing to my dream home server setup
I gave in to my impulses and bought myself a small single board computer to be my power-efficient home server, here’s how it went.
The IKEA-powered homelab on a wall
This pegboard can fit so much compute power on it!
Why you might not want to publicly self-host a Wikipedia clone
Does not apply if you like spam. No, not that one.
How I blew up my backup server (Valve pls fix)
All of this could have been avoided if I didn’t insist on making backups of my Steam Deck.
I held a talk about my self-hosting adventure!
I had the opportunity to talk about my self-hosting adventure and share some tech tips at k-space, the hackerspace in Tallinn, Estonia.
Tiered storage: use the right tool for the job
A short ramble about something I realized over the years with my self-hosting setup.
LattePanda V1 - my experience with a Raspberry Pi alternative
I got a LattePanda V1 and gave it a go as a Raspberry Pi replacement for my self-hosting setup. Here’s how it went.
ThinkPad as a server: the follow-up
The ThinkPad as a server is back, this time with a couple of adjustments.
Can a laptop from 2012 be a viable home server?
I took a spare ThinkPad T430 and put all my home server workloads on it. Here’s how it went.
Self-hosting Wikipedia using Kiwix
Hosting your own Wikipedia instance has never been this easy!
I’ve reached the self-hosting endgame
If all you have is a powerful workstation…
Tech tip: eliminate HDD humming noise
Silence your hard drives with this one weird trick! System administrators hate him!
Whacky setups: seedbox on a wall
This is what happens when someone takes the meaning of ‘brute force’ too literally.
How to start your self-hosting adventure: a high-level overview
Getting started is probably the hardest step.
My server setups throughout the years
From repurposed old PC-s to the elusive minimum viable server.
Things I’ve learned during my self-hosting adventure
$HOME wasn’t built in a day.
Disk is OK
It’s all good, man.