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KubeVirt on k3s: VMs Next to Pods
Run real KVM virtual machines as Kubernetes resources on k3s. One control plane for pods and VMs, no more juggling Proxmox alongside your cluster every day.
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Mesh VPN Showdown: Tailscale, Nebula, ZeroTier, NetBird
Tailscale vs Nebula vs ZeroTier vs NetBird, honest comparison of mesh VPN options for homelabs, small teams, and self-hosters in 2026.
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ClickHouse vs DuckDB vs StarRocks: Light OLAP
ClickHouse, DuckDB, or StarRocks for home lab analytics? A practical guide to picking the right OLAP engine for your query patterns without losing the weekend.
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Speculative Decoding: Faster LLMs With a Tiny Sidekick
Speculative decoding, Gemma 4 MTP, and DeepSeek DSpark all make LLMs 2-6x faster losslessly. How each works, and which to use for local vs. serving.
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Gitea Actions vs Woodpecker CI
Gitea Actions vs Woodpecker CI: two solid self-hosted CI options, one clear winner for your setup. Compare syntax, runners, footprint, and secrets handling.
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Adding NOT NULL on a Big Table Without Downtime
How to safely add a NOT NULL column with a live backfill on a 200M-row Postgres table without locking your users out or scheduling any maintenance downtime.
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Karakeep: Self-Hosted Bookmarks With AI Tagging
Karakeep (formerly Hoarder) is a self-hosted Pocket alternative with AI auto-tagging, full-text search, and Docker Compose deploy in under 10 minutes.
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Firefly III vs Actual vs Fava (Beancount)
Firefly III is full-featured. Actual Budget is YNAB-style. Fava+Beancount is plain-text accounting. Here's how to pick self-hosted personal finance.
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io_uring: Linux's Async I/O Future Is Already Here
io_uring slashes syscall overhead vs epoll and AIO. Covers the submission/completion queue model, liburing examples, security caveats, and when to skip it.
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Postgres HA: Patroni + etcd + HAProxy
Build a real Postgres 17 HA cluster with Patroni 4.x, etcd 3.5, and HAProxy, fully automatic failover, tested switchover procedure, zero manual babysitting.
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Syncthing for Dotfiles: Sync vs Manage
Syncthing mirrors your files in real time, but is that actually a good idea for dotfiles? An honest comparison against chezmoi and proper dotfile managers.
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Btrfs RAID 5/6: Still Don't
The kernel docs still warn about it. The Btrfs wiki still warns about it. People still build it and lose data. Here's the write hole, why RAID 1/10 are fine, and what to use instead.
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