K9s vs Lens vs Headlamp: Cluster UIs
K9s, Lens, and Headlamp compared for Kubernetes cluster management, find the UI that fits your workflow: terminal TUI, desktop GUI, or self-hosted web app.
Tag: self-hosting
All the articles with the tag "self-hosting".
Pangolin: Self-Hosted Cloudflare Tunnel Alternative
Pangolin gives you Cloudflare Tunnel-style access to home services via a $5 VPS, WireGuard mesh, and zero vendor lock-in.
Krew: Kubectl Plugins You'll Actually Use
Krew is the kubectl plugin manager. These are the plugins that genuinely save time in a home lab Kubernetes setup, plus exactly how to install them all fast.
KEDA: Event-Driven Autoscaling Self-Hosted
KEDA lets Kubernetes scale workloads on queue depth, cron schedules, and broker lag, including scale-to-zero for serious home lab resource savings overnight.
Beszel: Server Monitoring Without the Prometheus Tax
Beszel gives you Prometheus-style multi-host monitoring via a single hub container and tiny Go agents, no Grafana, no exporters, no yak shaving.
Crossplane vs Terraform for Home Lab
Crossplane vs Terraform and OpenTofu for home lab infra: GitOps-native Kubernetes CRDs versus battle-tested HCL, which one actually fits your k3s cluster?
Goldilocks + VPA: Right-Size Pods Without Guessing
Stop guessing Kubernetes pod resource limits. Goldilocks + VPA analyze real usage and recommend exactly what CPU and memory your containers need to run.
Capsule: Multi-Tenancy for Home Lab k3s
Stop handing out cluster-admin access to everyone. Capsule gives k3s lab tenants real namespace isolation without the overhead of spinning up vCluster.
Sealed Secrets vs External Secrets Operator
Sealed Secrets vs External Secrets Operator: which Kubernetes secret manager fits your GitOps workflow best, home lab cluster or production multi-tenant setup?
Mixture of Experts (MoE) for Self-Hosters, Demystified
MoE LLMs like Mixtral and DeepSeek-V3 run 70B-class quality on 7B-ish active params. Here's how sparse activation works and how to run it at home.
Python Libraries Worth Your Time in 2026
The Python libraries actually worth your time in 2026: data tools, ML frameworks, and CLI kit, plus which ones earn a permanent spot in your home lab.
Atuin: Shell History That Actually Works Across Machines
Atuin replaces your broken $HISTFILE with a SQLite DB, fzf-style search, and optional E2E-encrypted sync across every machine you own.