Dragonfly vs Redis: Single-Binary Performance
DragonflyDB vs Redis 7.4 and Valkey 8.x: architecture deep dive, real performance benchmarks, honest gotchas, and when to swap your cache layer for a dragon.
Tag: homelab
All the articles with the tag "homelab".
ntfy vs Gotify vs Apprise: Push Stacks
ntfy is curl-friendly push with iOS. Gotify is self-hosted with web UI. Apprise abstracts 70+ providers. Here's how to wire homelab notifications.
KeyDB: A Redis Fork With Multi-Threading
KeyDB forked Redis and shipped multi-threaded I/O and active-active replication years before Redis itself did. Here is whether it is still worth using today.
pg_repack vs VACUUM FULL: Reclaim Bloat Live
Postgres table bloat killing your query performance? Compare VACUUM FULL vs pg_repack and learn how to reclaim disk space live without any scheduled downtime.
pg_stat_statements: What Most Tutorials Miss
pg_stat_statements is far more than a slow query log. Here is what most tutorials skip entirely: tail latency percentiles, cache hit ratios, and WAL bloat.
Mealie vs Tandoor vs Grocy Kitchen Stack
Mealie is the polished recipe app. Tandoor is the kitchen-ops powerhouse. Grocy tracks your entire house. Here's how to pick a self-hosted kitchen stack.
Postgres EXPLAIN ANALYZE Without Crying
Learn to read Postgres EXPLAIN ANALYZE output without losing your mind. Costs, row estimates, buffer hit stats, and the index and query fixes that matter most.
pgAdmin vs Adminer vs CloudBeaver: Web UIs
pgAdmin, Adminer, or CloudBeaver — three web UIs for your databases, zero overlap in who should use them. Pick the wrong one and you'll hate your life.
Borgmatic: Borg Backup, Done Right
BorgBackup is great. Borgmatic makes you actually run it: config-driven schedules, hooks, healthchecks, and a backup system that pages you when it breaks.
PostgreSQL on ZFS: Tuning, Snapshots, Pitfalls
Run PostgreSQL 18 on ZFS for atomic snapshots, lz4 compression, and silent corruption detection. Tuning guide, backup automation scripts, and the real pitfalls.
Kasm Workspaces: Browser Desktops
Kasm Workspaces streams disposable Linux desktops and apps to your browser. Threat model, real homelab uses, and how it compares to Guacamole.
TimescaleDB Continuous Aggregates Without Pain
Stop melting your DB with Grafana queries. TimescaleDB continuous aggregates pre-roll your metrics so dashboards stay fast even at 90-day ranges without pain.