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Incus: LXD's Community Fork, Two Years In
Two years after Canonical's LXD CLA grab, Incus is shipping in Debian/Fedora/NixOS. Here's what changed, what works, and when to use it.
Sandstorm: Self-Hosted Apps in a Sandbox, Not Just a Container
Sandstorm gives every app instance its own capability-gated sandbox. Different threat model than a Compose stack, here's what that actually means.
Llamafile: Single-Binary LLMs That Actually Just Run
Llamafile bundles llama.cpp + Cosmopolitan libc into one portable binary that runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and BSD with zero install.
Memos: Self-Hosted Microblog Meets Daily Note
Memos is a lightweight self-hosted microblog and scratchpad. One Compose container, SQLite, Markdown hashtags, and zero Twitter brain rot.
crun vs runc vs youki: OCI Runtimes Compared
runc, crun, and youki all run your containers, but they differ wildly in startup speed, language, and cgroups v2 support. Here's which to pick.
OpenTofu in 2026: Where the Terraform Fork Stands
Two years after HashiCorp's BUSL switch and IBM's acquisition, OpenTofu is the mature open-source Terraform fork. Here's the honest state of play.
Stop Feeding the AI Your Whole Repo
Comparing context-mode, code-review-graph, token-savior, and claude-context, MCP tools that stop AI coding agents from reading your whole codebase blind.
Jitsi Meet Self-Hosted
Self-host Jitsi Meet as your private Zoom alternative: encrypted video calls, no SaaS bill. Here's how to deploy it with Docker without it falling over.
Matrix: Synapse vs Dendrite vs Conduit
Three Matrix server implementations, Python's Synapse, Go's Dendrite, Rust's Conduit. Which one runs your federated chat without eating your homelab alive?
pfSense vs OPNsense in 2026
Two FreeBSD firewall distros, one bitter fork. pfSense vs OPNsense in 2026, which one to pick for your home lab, and why the licensing drama still matters.
ModSecurity vs Coraza WAF
ModSecurity 3 is end-of-life and Coraza is the open-source successor, Go-native, faster, and friendlier. Here's the migration story and what actually changes.