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.
Marcus W
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.
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).
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.