Homelab
Open WebUI Deep Dive: Users, Models, Documents, Prompts, and Safe Sharing

A noob-friendly tour of Open WebUI after installation: user accounts, model switching, documents, prompt shortcuts, admin settings, OpenAI-compatible endpoints, backups, updates, reverse proxy basics, and LAN/VPN security.

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Network Security
OpenWrt 24.10.8 and 25.12 Migration Runbook: Patch, Backup, Sysupgrade, and Recovery

An OpenWrt router upgrade runbook for patching exposed services, preserving config, checking device support, testing DHCP, Wi-Fi, DNS, and keeping recovery ready.

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Linux and Homelab
Keycloak 26.7.1 Security Response: Map the Fixes to the Features You Actually Use

Keycloak 26.7.1 includes many security fixes. This guide maps them to OIDC, SAML, FGAP, DCR, LDAP, metrics, and upgrade validation.

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AI
Local AI Hardware Sizing: CPU, NPU, GPU, RAM, and VRAM

A local AI hardware sizing guide explaining model memory, quantization, KV cache, CPU-only use, NPUs, GPUs, RAM, VRAM, and upgrade tiers.

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Homelab
Building the Right PC for Local AI

A plain-English guide to choosing the right CPU, RAM, GPU, VRAM, storage, power supply, and cooling for a local AI homelab PC.

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Linux and Homelab
Bazarr 1.6.1 Security Response: Patch or Isolate, Rotate Keys, and Check for RCE

A practical Bazarr response plan for the 1.6.1 authentication bypass chain: isolate exposure, patch, rotate secrets, review logs, and decide when to rebuild.

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Linux and Homelab
Portainer 2.44 Security and Bootstrap Tokens: Secure First Run and Existing Installs

A Portainer security runbook for first-run exposure, setup tokens, agent trust, endpoint permissions, backups, and management-plane isolation.

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AI
Home AI Hardware Levels: A Beginner's Guide to the PC You Need

A plain-English guide to choosing hardware for a home AI setup, from using an old PC to building a serious GPU workstation.

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AI
Local AI Models Explained: Gemma, Llama, Qwen, Nemotron, Phi, DeepSeek, and More

A noob-friendly guide to local AI model families, model size, VRAM, quantization, RAG, coding models, vision models, and how to choose what to run at home.

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Networking
October 2026 DNSSEC Root Key Rollover: Test Your Resolver Now

A documentation-backed, testable runbook for October 2026 DNSSEC Root Key Rollover: Test Your Resolver Now, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.

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