Self-Hosting
Self-Host Your Bookmarks with Linkwarden: Beat Link Rot
Set up Linkwarden to self-host bookmarks with automatic page archiving. A step-by-step guide to a permanent, private archive you control on your own hardwa
Hardware
The SMR Drive Trap: Slow ZFS and How to Avoid It
Shingled magnetic recording drives can silently cripple ZFS pools with timeouts, faults, and multi-day resilvers. Here's how to spot and avoid them.
Homelab
NUT UPS Shutdowns: USB Passthrough & Graceful Script
Get your Proxmox host to shut down cleanly before the UPS battery dies. NUT config, USB passthrough, and a shutdown script that actually fires.
Self-Hosting
Build a Private Search Engine with SearXNG
Ditch tracking and ads by self-hosting SearXNG, a metasearch engine that aggregates results privately. Step-by-step guide for your homelab.
Cheap 10GbE for Homelabs: Used NICs, DACs, & Driver Gotchas
Unlock reliable 10GbE in your homelab without breaking the bank. Learn which used NICs, DACs, and kernel tweaks actually work (and what to avoid).
Homelab
Tailscale on Proxmox: Secure Access Without Open Ports
Ditch risky port forwarding. Use Tailscale's WireGuard mesh VPN on Proxmox to access your homelab securely from anywhere—no open ports required.
WireGuard VPN: Routing, Kill Switches & DNS Leaks
A WireGuard tunnel isn't a trustworthy VPN until you lock down routing, DNS, and a kill switch. Here's how.
Convert All Your Video Files to HEVC x265 (or Anything): Bash Scripting
Beginners guide to Bash, Linux commands and Transcoding. Learn Linux and Bash while transcoding your entire video collection to HEVC (x265) recursively. Wh
Top Useful Oh-My-Zsh Plugins
Oh-My-Zsh’s plugin system will turbocharge your linux experience. If you are a Manjaro Linux user, check out this article on how to integrate Oh-My-Zsh wit
Zsh Terminal Plugins for Manjaro’s Default Theme using Oh-My-Zsh
Add plugins and modify your Manjaro terminal using Oh-My-Zsh taking your experience to the next level. Majaro Default Terminal Getting started with Manjaro