My 125B Local Run Ran Out of Weekend
A 125B MoE ran an agent job locally for 72 hours and made real progress. A free 120B cloud route finished the same job in 7. Here is where the time went.
Tag: self-hosting
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What the B in 12B Actually Means
What the B in 7B, 12B and 125B means, how MoE total vs active parameters differ, and why quantization changes the memory math. A guide for local LLM users.
What Your Reverse Proxy Leaks by Default
Stock nginx shows its exact version on every response and hands your real cert to bare-IP scanners. We audited nginx, Caddy, and Traefik and fixed each leak.
PrivateBin vs Hemmelig: Secrets That Burn
PrivateBin and Hemmelig both share secrets that self-destruct. Compare encryption, features, and upkeep, plus tested Compose files and the archived-repo catch.
Shlink vs YOURLS: Self-Hosted Short Links
Shlink or YOURLS for your own short-link domain? Docker Compose setups for both, tested, plus API, analytics, multi-domain, backups and a clear verdict.
Self-Hosted Excalidraw, Minus the Cloud
Run Excalidraw on your own server in two minutes. Then see what the stock image still sends to excalidraw.com, and how to host real collaboration yourself.
When Vaultwarden Dies: A Recovery Drill
Back up Vaultwarden properly: the SQLite file plus the files people forget, what the Bitwarden clients keep cached, and a restore drill that proves it works.
Context Window Math: Paying to Remember
Every chat turn re-sends the whole history. See the token math, what prompt caching saves on the API, and what a long context costs in VRAM when you run local.
Pterodactyl Wings: Scaling Past One Node
Add a second Wings node to Pterodactyl without breaking the web console: per-node TLS, firewall ports, VPN gotchas, subnet clashes, and server transfers.
step-ca: Let's Encrypt for Your LAN
Run step-ca as a private ACME server so Caddy and Traefik auto-issue and renew TLS certs for grafana.home.arpa, with no internet exposure and no CT log leaks.
Garrul: 24 More Releases, Mostly Cheaper
Garrul v2.23 to v2.40 recap: one-request mounts, static assets, fewer D1 rows read, a usage panel, plus moderation, locale and upgrade changes for self-hosters.
Rootless Podman Quadlets vs Docker
Rootless Podman Quadlets or rootless Docker for a home lab host? Networking, cgroups, auto-updates, bind mounts and boot behavior compared, with a clear pick.