Suricata vs Snort: Network Intrusion Detection That Actually Works
Snort invented network intrusion detection. Suricata multi-threaded its way past it. Here's how to set up real IDS/IPS on your home lab and actually understand what it's telling you.
Tag: self-hosting
All the articles with the tag "self-hosting".
Continue.dev vs Cody vs Tabby: AI Code Help Without the Cloud
GitHub Copilot is great until you read the ToS. Continue.dev, Cody, and Tabby bring AI code assistance to your editor with local or self-hosted models — no code leaves your machine.
Gitea vs Forgejo vs GitLab CE: Self-Hosted Git Without the Existential Crisis
You want to self-host your git. Noble. Responsible, even. But now you're staring down three options and a Reddit thread that's somehow both 4 years old and still being argued about. Gitea, Forgejo, GitLab CE — let's cut through the noise and figure out which one won't ruin your weekend.
WireGuard Is Fast, But You're Leaving Performance on the Table
WireGuard is fast out of the box, but default config leaves throughput on the table. Tune MTU, use the kernel module, and benchmark what you actually get.
Vault vs Infisical: Secrets Management for Teams Who've Learned the Hard Way
Your database password is in 14 different `.env` files across three repos, one of which is public on GitHub. Somewhere out there, a bot is already trying it. It's time to fix the secrets sprawl problem — and pick the right tool to do it without spending three weeks on setup.
Cockpit vs Webmin: Web Admin Panels That Don't Make You Cry
Cockpit is the modern systemd-native Linux admin panel. Webmin is the veteran that configures everything. Here's which one should be on your servers — and which shouldn't.
Cloudflare Tunnels: The Zero-Port-Forward Guide to Exposing Your Services
No port forwarding, no DDNS drama. Cloudflare Tunnels advanced config: multiple services, Access policies, origin TLS, and what Cloudflare can actually see.
Prometheus + Grafana: Monitoring That Doesn't Lie to You
Prometheus scrapes metrics. Grafana makes them pretty. Alertmanager wakes you up at 2 AM. Here's how to wire all three together into a monitoring stack that actually works.
Fail2ban vs CrowdSec: Blocking the Bots Actually Smartly
Fail2ban bans IPs that attack you. CrowdSec bans them before they attack you, using community threat intelligence. Here's how to set up both and why you might want both.
Tailscale Deep Dive: Mesh Networking That Actually Works
Tailscale takes WireGuard's speed and wraps it in a control plane that handles key exchange, routing, and ACLs automatically. Here's everything beyond 'tailscale up'.
n8n + LLM: Building Automations That Actually Think
Traditional automation is just very fast copy-paste. When your email filter breaks because someone wrote "URGENT" in lowercase, you realize rule-based logic has limits. Connecting n8n to a local LLM turns "if this then that" into "figure this out and do the right thing."
Qdrant vs Weaviate vs Chroma: Vector DB Showdown
Every RAG tutorial says 'just use Chroma.' Then you hit production. Here's what Qdrant, Weaviate, and ChromaDB actually offer and when each one earns its place.