Bind Mounts vs NFS for Container Storage
Bind mounts are fast and simple; NFS is shared and flexible for containers. Pick wrong and your database corrupts at 2 AM. Here is how to choose wisely.
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Frigate + Coral TPU: AI Cameras Without the Subscription
Frigate NVR + a $60 Google Coral TPU gives you real-time AI object detection on your own cameras, integrates with Home Assistant, and costs nothing per month. Here's how to set it up.
GPU Passthrough on Proxmox: Run LLMs in a VM
GPU passthrough on Proxmox is the best way to isolate LLM workloads — but it's a minefield of IOMMU groups, vfio-pci binding, and Code 43 errors. This post walks through the whole thing end-to-end.
Hoist: Label-Driven Docker Updates
Per-container control over Docker image updates with labels. Auto-update or notify via Discord, Slack, ntfy—no sidecar needed.
Coolify vs Dokploy: Self-Hosted Vercel for People Who Don't Trust Vercel
Coolify vs Dokploy head-to-head: install pain, Traefik handling, UI quality, git-push deploys, and which self-hosted PaaS actually belongs on your single VPS.
RAID 6 vs RAID 10: Two Dead Disks
RAID 6 and RAID 10 both survive two dead disks and both need four drives. But they get there completely differently — and that difference matters.
RAID 0, 1, and 5: Pick One
RAID 0 is fast and terrifying, RAID 1 is boring and beautiful, RAID 5 is the NAS compromise. How to pick the right one for your home lab drives.
Vaultwarden Organization Sharing: Password Management for Your Whole Household (or Team)
Stop texting passwords. Set up Vaultwarden organizations to share credentials with family or your team: collections, member invites, roles, and the bw CLI.
Escaping Zim: Migrate to Obsidian
Migrate your Zim Wiki notes to Obsidian using zim2obsidian—escape a dated GTK app for modern sync, mobile access, and a thriving plugin ecosystem.
Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home: Block Ads for Your Whole Network
Browser ad blockers miss half the ads. DNS blocking kills them everywhere — TV, phone, game console, everything. Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home: here's which one to run.
Ollama Model Management: Beyond ollama run
You can pull and run a model. Now learn Modelfiles, GPU layer tuning, the REST API, running multiple models without OOM-killing your server, and useful system prompts.
Restic vs Borg vs Kopia: Backups That Actually Deduplicate
rsync is not a backup. Restic, Borg, and Kopia do deduplication, encryption, and incremental snapshots properly. Here's which one fits your home lab and why.