Experiments, lessons, and practical guides from running Linux services and personal infrastructure at home.
Automatic Security Updates on Debian — Patch a Home Server Without Losing Control A home server can run quietly for months, which is both its strength and its trap. When a machine rarely asks for attention, it is easy to forget that its packages still age and…
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Logrotate for a Home Server — Keep Logs Useful Without Letting Them Fill the Disk A home server can run quietly for months, which is exactl…
Some time ago, I realized that the server at home had been down since last night. Either because of a power outage, an automatic update t…
There were times when my terminal screen looked like an abandoned workbench: one tab for the frontend build, another for the server log…
Every year, the file size in my house gets bigger. Photos from cellphones, project screen recordings, operating system ISOs, container imag…
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…
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 Server — WireGuard vs Tailscale, Which One?There is one moment that I often experience when I am away from home: s…
Some time ago, I panicked because one of the containers on the home server suddenly couldn't be started. The cause was simple: the disk was…
Have you ever suddenly realized that the website you run on your home server has been down since last night, but you only found out now? Or…
