September 2026
Container Security for Normal Homelabs
A normal-person Docker security guide for exposed ports, privileged containers, Docker socket risk, secrets, rootless mode, user namespaces, and backups.
Self-Hosted App Lifecycle: Updates, Rollbacks, and Release Notes
A self-hosted operations guide for updating containers safely, reading release notes, backing up state, automating carefully, and rolling back.
How to Monitor Home Fiber: ONT Signals, Optical Power, and Failover
Monitor FTTH from the customer side using approved ONT status, Ethernet and router counters, latency and loss baselines, full-path UPS coverage, and controlled failover tests, then turn the results into useful ISP evidence.
Immich V3 Migration Runbook
Prepare an Immich migration with consistent database and asset backups, supported vector storage and compatible clients. Test a restored copy before relying on container health, search availability or image-version changes.
Proxmox Networking Without Tears
A practical Proxmox networking guide for bridges, VLAN-aware ports, management IPs, bonds, NAT, SDN, and safe change validation.
Proxmox Storage for Normal People
A plain-English Proxmox storage guide explaining local, local-lvm, ZFS, NFS, iSCSI, Ceph, PBS, snapshots, and backup boundaries.
Unraid 7.3 Internal Boot: Move Off USB Without Losing Recovery
Plan Unraid internal boot around configuration protection, licensing and recovery, not just a successful first boot. Evaluate mirrored-device failure and retain the supported USB-first restoration path.
Proxmox 9.2 Dynamic Load Balancing: Useful HA Or Small-Lab Overkill?
Decide whether Proxmox load balancing addresses a measured capacity problem. Compare workload eligibility, spare resources and migration impact, keeping cluster-wide HA maintenance separate from balancing controls.
Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1: Multi-Node Visibility Without A Mega-Cluster
Evaluate centralized guest, snapshot and storage visibility across independent Proxmox remotes while preserving direct node access. Shared management does not create quorum, shared storage or high availability.
Can Fiber Internet Be Wiretapped? What the 2026 GPON Research Proves
A detailed, evidence-backed explanation of the 2026 gpwn research: how shared GPON downstreams work, what the researchers demonstrated, what remains unproven, and what subscribers and ISPs should do.