White Space in the Age of AI — Why Not Everything Needs to be Answered Immediately
White Space in the Age of AI — Why Not Everything Needs to be Answered ImmediatelyLately I often notice a small habit: when I have a questi…
Caring for Digital Tools — Why Not Everything Should Be Replaced When Something New Comes
Caring for Digital Tools — Why Not Everything Should Be Replaced When New One Is NewThere were times when the laptop I was using felt slow,…
Storage Management for Home Servers — Understanding ZFS, LVM, and Software RAID
Every year, the file size in my house gets bigger. Photos from cellphones, project screen recordings, operating system ISOs, container imag…
Container Security for Home Servers — From Docker Rootless to seccomp
A few months ago, I started to get serious about separating services on a home server using Docker. One container for the web, one for th…
WebSocket — From Polling to Direct Connections: Why Real-Time Applications Need This Protocol
Some time ago, I just made a simple page to display live server logs. The initial idea was just to refresh the page every 5 seconds using…
Digital Sabbath — Why I Deliberately Turn Off the Screen
There is one moment that I often repeat without realizing it: opening my eyes in the morning, my hand immediately reached for my cell pho…
Log Management for Home Server — Collecting Logs from journald, rsyslog, to Loki
There was a moment where a service on the home server suddenly went down, but I didn't know where to start looking. Open a terminal, type s…
RAG — Retrieval Augmented Generation: Why LLMs Need Reference Books Before Answering
A few months ago, I was proud to have a local AI Assistant who could answer everyday questions. Ask about Nginx, he answers. Ask about Pyth…
Docker Compose for Home Server — From a Single YAML File to a Clean-Running Service
Several years ago, when I first used a used laptop as a home server, I spent hours just making sure one web application could run. There is…
Self-Hosted VPN for Home Servers — WireGuard vs Tailscale, Which One to Choose?
Self-Hosted VPN for Home Server — WireGuard vs Tailscale, Which One?There is one moment that I often experience when I am away from home: s…