Tag: self-hosting

Stop using your registrar's janky DNS panel. Here's how Cloudflare DNS actually works, proxying, DNSSEC, dynamic DNS, and email records that don't break.

LiteLLM proxies every LLM, local or cloud, behind one OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Pair it with vLLM for GPU-backed serving and ditch the SDK sprawl.

HashiCorp Vault vs Infisical compared: secrets management for DevOps teams, Docker Compose setup, SDK examples, and when the added complexity is worth it.

Master Traefik's label-based routing in Docker: entrypoints, routers, middlewares, TLS, and the mental model that makes it all click.

Piper vs Coqui TTS compared: speed, voice quality, Docker setup, and Home Assistant integration. Run offline neural TTS on your own hardware, no cloud fees.

Set up Nginx Proxy Manager in Docker, get SSL certs, proxy hosts, access lists, and TCP streams, without reading a 40-page nginx manual.

FOSS licenses explained for developers and self-hosters: MIT vs GPL vs AGPL vs Apache 2.0, copyleft vs permissive, and what recent license changes mean for you.

Backups and disaster recovery are not the same thing. Learn RTO and RPO, the 3-2-1 rule, Proxmox and Restic backups, and a runbook that survives a real outage.

Stop paying per-token to ask questions about your docs. Build a local RAG pipeline with Ollama and ChromaDB: Docker Compose, Python code, chunking strategy.

ComfyUI, Fooocus, A1111, and Forge compared for local AI image generation, which to pick based on your GPU, Docker comfort level, and workflow needs.

Appwrite is self-hosted BaaS: auth, databases, storage, and serverless functions on hardware you control. Docker setup plus a Supabase/PocketBase comparison.

Connect n8n to Ollama for automations that classify, summarize, and triage instead of just moving data around. Three practical workflows plus prompt design tips.