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Self-Hosted VPN vs. Commercial Service: The Price of Independence
Should you set up your own VPN or use a ready-made commercial service? A comparative guide on independence, security, cost, and maintenance burden.
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Step-by-step guides, practical examples and hands-on tutorials.
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Deep Dive into One Area or Be Versatile in Your Career?
As a technology leader with 20 years of experience, I examine the question of whether you should focus on a single area or be versatile in your career.
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Developing Smart Applications with AI Function Calling: A 3-Step Guide
Learn how LLMs interact with external tools. A step-by-step guide to developing smart applications with AI Function Calling.
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Does Investing in Custom LLM Fine-Tuning Always Pay Off?
I examine the cost-benefit balance of fine-tuning LLMs in enterprise applications, explaining when it makes sense based on my practical experience.
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5 Ways to Quickly Run Self-Hosted Applications with Docker Compose
From minimal files to health checks, 5 effective ways I've experienced to quickly spin up self-hosted applications with Docker Compose…
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Using AI in Code Refactoring: Steps and Real Costs
Exploring the steps, effective prompt engineering techniques, and the real costs associated with using AI in code refactoring processes.
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Homelab Setup with N100 Mini-PC: 5 Practical Steps
We set up a quiet, low-power, and high-performance homelab with an Intel N100 mini-PC. Explore Proxmox, ZFS, VLAN, and Docker steps.
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Password Managers: 3 Key Differences for a Secure Choice
A pragmatic look at the 3 fundamental differences to consider when choosing password managers: storage, authentication, and ecosystem support.
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Why AI-Powered Code Security Analysis Can Fall Short
Why AI-powered code security analysis tools aren't sufficient on their own, their limitations, and how they should be combined with human analysis…
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Succeeding in System Design Interviews: Fundamentals
System design interviews reveal how candidates solve complex problems. In this post, I'll cover fundamental architectural approaches to succeed in interviews.
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Remove Your Personal Information from the Internet: Data Broker Sites
A step-by-step practical guide to deleting your personal information from data broker sites. Reduce your digital footprint and protect your privacy.
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6 Mistakes You're Making With Your Wi-Fi Router: Home Network Fixes
I'm covering 6 critical settings you can make today to improve your home Wi-Fi network's security and performance, and why they matter.
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Single Sign-On (SSO) in Your Homelab
Manage your homelab services from a single hub. We integrate 2FA-supported SSO into all your local services using Authentik and Docker Compose.
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Isolate Smart Home Devices: A Practical Way to Segment IoT
Isolate your smart home devices from other network traffic to boost performance and reduce security risks. Using a guest network and VLANs for IoT…
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3 Key Advantages of Cloudflare Tunnel for Self-Hosted Services
How Cloudflare Tunnel solves firewall issues, provides Zero Trust, and DDoS protection for secure external access to your self-hosted services...
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4 Strategies to Reduce AI Costs by 50%
I share my practical strategies for lowering AI service costs, including model selection, caching, request batching, and multi-provider usage.
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Local LLM Setup with Ollama: Keep Your Data Secure
I explore the steps to set up a local LLM on your own server with Ollama and the data security advantages, without sending your sensitive data to cloud-based.
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How Do You Know Everything Is Running? Uptime Kuma + Grafana
Monitor your homelab infrastructure with Uptime Kuma + Grafana integration. Docker Compose setup, Prometheus metrics export, and sneaky monitoring pitfalls.
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5 Practical Steps to Avoid Falling for Phishing Traps
Phishing attacks are a serious threat. Based on my experience, here are 5 practical steps you can take to avoid these traps and what to look out for…
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Automatic HTTPS with a Single Command: Certified Self-Hosting in 5
Discover practical ways to get automatic HTTPS certificates for your self-hosted applications and configure your server with Caddy.
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Why Specializing in Software Can Be Insufficient
Just writing code isn't enough. I explain from my own experience why understanding systems, networks, databases, and business workflows is critical for a.
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Using Claude for Code Truly Efficiently: Subagent, CLAUDE.md
How to use Claude's code generation capabilities more efficiently with subagent architectures, CLAUDE.md standards, and effective context management...
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Removing Google From Your Life: A Realistic 30-Day De-Google Plan
A guide to breaking free from Google services for digital independence and privacy. A realistic step-by-step plan from browser to email, cloud storage to.
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Free AI Coding: Running Agents Without a Subscription Using Cline
How I run coding agents with multiple AI models without paying subscription fees using Cline, and how I achieve this flexibility in my own infrastructure.