Introduction
Dynamic DNS is one of those things that sounds trivial until it breaks your entire remote access setup.
Because #lazy, I was relying on the router’s built-in DDNS (noip.com), which worked… until it didn’t. The DNS record stopped reflecting the actual WAN IP, and suddenly my WireGuar...
Motivation
When running multiple services in a #homelab, private certificates become a nuance, also, when sharing these services with other people it can become a "support nightmare" the security risks notifications in browsers for non tech-users.
By enabling one Debian VM/LXC container as the...
Building on our previous setup of Caddy as Webproxy to your #homelab resources most likely you will be now in the situation where you end up in two sets of sites/services that you want to make available to the internet.
Public service - deemed as completely public, al content is to be visible a...
In 2025, we have all seen a shift in the way Big-Tech companies work / operate, finding ways to further increase profits due to an overall rise of cloud hosting costs, this may be masqueraded by IT Media Publishing as "growth", where outlining the increases on Cloud Infrastructure by companies as so...
Motivation.
During 2016, Oracle started a public services of cloud IaaS, PaaS, etc., Component of their adoption strategy includes an assortment of "Always Free" resources available to service account owners. Leaving aside the Philosophical, ownership and open source concerns from the comm...
Motivation.
Solar panels are a great solution to complement the self-hosting hobby. They augment the capacity of concurrent systems runningn without increasing your powerbill, plus, overall lower the cost of your month-by-month power bill.
There are many solutions in the market, generally speaki...
Content Centralization refers to the control and monopoly exercised by non-free platforms like Medium.com, Facebook.com, and other services that impose paywalls and restrictions to access knowledge and user's content. These platforms become intermediaries that decide which information can circu...
What is it? Self-hosting describes the practices of installing, configuring, and maintaining services used by individuals, groups, or organizations for their own consumption. In short, it’s creating your own space where your data, communications, etc., don’t depend on third parties (as much as poss...
If you're reading this, it means you magically stumbled upon this blog. Its intermittent existence dates back to 2005, and it never had a specific purpose beyond occupying internet space.
In early 2021, after over eight months of pandemic life, I had an epiphany. This global disruptive event resha...