Assume Your App Gets Popped
How to expose a possibly-vulnerable app to the public internet and survive it: rootless containers, a file-integrity tripwire, and zero inbound SSH on the box.
Tag: self-hosting
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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.
RAID 50/60: Nested Parity Done Right
RAID 5 and 6 don't scale gracefully past 8 drives. RAID 50 and RAID 60 stripe across multiple parity sub-arrays so rebuilds only stress one group. Here's when nesting actually pays off.
Linkding vs Hoarder vs Wallabag in 2026
Linkding is minimal bookmarks. Hoarder is AI-tagged content store. Wallabag is read-it-later. Here's how to pick the right self-hosted bookmark tool.
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.
Owncast vs PeerTube vs nginx-rtmp
Owncast is the Twitch-alike. PeerTube is federated VOD. nginx-rtmp is roll-your-own RTMP. Here's how to pick a self-hosted streaming platform.
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.
Navidrome vs Airsonic vs gonic
Three self-hosted music servers, all Subsonic-compatible. Navidrome is polished, Airsonic feature-heavy, gonic minimal. Here's how to pick yours.
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.