How I self-host this blog at home with a dynamic IPv4 address, IPv6 prefix, and a dash of Wireguard
I think I’ve finally figured it out. For now.
The most unstable computer in my fleet is now the most critical one
No way that this can go wrong. Not at all.
Server room? No, I have a server pantry.
Who needs AI data centers when you can have this?
The day IPv6 went away
Well, that’s a first.
Why Nextcloud feels slow to use
No amount of tuning the backend service performance helped, and then I learned why. Oh no. Oh no no no no.
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.