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Plex Optimization: Remote Access, Transcoding, and Taming the Beast
Plex defaults to transcoding files your TV could already play. Fix direct play, enable hardware transcoding, kill the relay tax, and know when to quit for Jellyfin.
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Home Assistant + Node-RED: Automate Your Home Without Losing Your Mind
Home Assistant handles device integrations. Node-RED handles the multi-step logic HA's YAML can't. Docker Compose setup, real flows, and where to draw the line.
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Debugging Bash Scripts: set -x and Beyond
set -x prints every command before it runs. Add PS4 for context. Use trap for cleanup. Here's the toolkit every bash debugger needs.
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Traefik vs Nginx Proxy Manager: Reverse Proxies for Humans
Traefik vs Nginx Proxy Manager compared for self-hosters. Docker auto-discovery, SSL certs, GUI vs labels, performance, and when to pick each reverse proxy.
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Word Splitting: The Bash Gotcha That Corrupts Filenames
Unquoted bash variables split on IFS and quietly break loops, file ops, and filenames with spaces. Here's why it happens and how to always quote right.
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Proxmox vs XCP-ng: Hypervisors for People Who Like Their Data Center at Home
Proxmox vs XCP-ng compared for homelabbers: KVM vs Xen, ZFS support, web UI vs Xen Orchestra, backups, and which free hypervisor fits your spare rack server.
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Wiki.js with GitSync: Documentation That Lives in Version Control Like It Should
Set up Wiki.js GitSync with GitHub or Gitea for docs-as-code. Version-controlled wikis, PR workflows, automated updates, and sane branch strategies.
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Docker Compose vs Docker Swarm: When "Good Enough" Beats "Enterprise"
Docker Compose vs Docker Swarm: a practical guide to choosing the right tool. Learn when simple orchestration beats enterprise complexity, with real examples.
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String Manipulation in Bash (Without sed or awk)
Bash has built-in string operations: substring extraction, find-replace, case conversion, and trimming. You don't need sed for basic text work.
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Vaultwarden vs Bitwarden: Own Your Passwords Before Someone Else Does
Why trust a cloud with your passwords? Compare Vaultwarden and Bitwarden self-hosted, lightweight vs full-stack, Docker setup, backups, and which one to actually run.
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Docker Resource Limits: Stop Letting Containers Eat Your RAM
Learn how to set Docker resource limits for memory, CPU, swap, and PIDs. Practical guide with real-world sizing examples, OOM killer behavior, and cgroups explained.
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Flowise vs Langflow: Build AI Pipelines Without Writing a Novel
Flowise vs Langflow compared: self-hosted, Docker-ready visual LLM workflow builders. Build no-code AI pipelines, RAG chatbots, and more, without losing your mind.
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