Fungus Gnats vs. Data Center – Why Tiny Flies Love My Server Rack LEDs!
My wife and I are total houseplant nerds. We love having a jungle in the living room, but there’s a dark side: fungus gnats. These tiny little bugs seem to…
Why I Never Wanted to Write *Yet Another* “Why Linux” Article — But Did It Anyway
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I swore I’d never write one of those posts. You know the type — “10 reasons Linux is better than Windows!”, “Escape…
From Penguin to Windows: Why I’m Running Windows Server 2025 in My Homelab
I’m still very much a Linux fan — that hasn’t changed. I run Linux in VMs, on servers, and I love its flexibility, openness, and CLI-first philosophy. In fact, I…
Keeping It Cool: My DIY Rack Cooling Upgrade
🔧 More Gear, More Heat Over the past few months, I kept adding new components to my rack setup.But here’s the catch: my rack doesn’t have any active cooling. When…
Our Solar Year: From Zero to Megawatt-Hero
About a year ago, I flipped the switch on my photovoltaic system. Now, twelve months later, I can say: 👉 Smartest decision I’ve made — and the most satisfying system…
How I Back Up My Mom’s PC Over VPN — Without the Cloud (or Headaches)
Let’s be honest: keeping family members’ devices backed up is something many of us in tech mean to do — but often don’t. Between the complexity of cloud solutions, the…
Patch Me If You Can: Keeping Debian VMs Updated with Ansible (Without Losing My Weekend)
I have around 12 Debian-based VMs running in my homelab. A while ago, I used to update them all manually — one by one. SSH into each machine, run apt…
📡 Shipping Logs Like a Pro: Fluent Bit Meets Ansible in My Homelab
By now, my little homelab has grown into a small but mighty fleet of virtual machines — almost a dozen of them are humming along nicely. But with more services…
🧩 Jellyfin – FOSS Media Server That Plays by Your Rules
I’ve been playing around with Jellyfin on my NAS for a few days now, and honestly, I’m pretty happy with it so far. It’s free, open-source, and does a solid…
🛡️ Locking Down Your USB Drive on Linux – the Geek Way
So I’ve decided to stash an external USB drive — fully encrypted with AES-256 — at a family member’s or friend’s place, just to have an offsite backup of all…