Homelab
Cloudflare Tunnel vs Tailscale vs WireGuard vs NetBird: Which Remote Access Tool Fits?
Use Tailscale or NetBird for private device-to-device access, WireGuard when you want direct control and can manage keys and routing, and Cloudflare Tunnel when you need to publish a web app without.
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule in 2026: Keep It, But Add Two Checks
The classic backup rule still works, but modern homes need immutability, separate credentials, and tested restores.
Plex in 2026: What Still Works Free
A practical guide to what Plex still does without Plex Pass, where Remote Watch Pass matters, and when free local streaming is enough.
What Is the Safest Way to Expose One Self-Hosted App Publicly?
The safest path is usually to avoid public exposure unless the app truly needs it. If it does, isolate the app, put it behind a maintained reverse proxy or tunnel, require strong.
Back Up a Windows PC to a NAS Automatically
Set up automatic Windows backups to a NAS with the right method: file history, image backup, vendor agent, or a scripted archive.
Move from Plex to Jellyfin Without Losing Your Rollback Path
Move from Plex to Jellyfin with a read-only parallel run, exact inventory steps, client acceptance checks, and restore and rollback gates before cutover.
What Should You Monitor in a Homelab?
Monitor the things that would make recovery harder or affect the household: internet, DNS, router, UPS, NAS disks, backup jobs, storage capacity, certificates, critical containers, and remote access. Start with alerts you.
Seerr Setup for Plex or Jellyfin, Sonarr, and Radarr
Deploy Seerr with Docker, connect Plex or Jellyfin to Sonarr and Radarr, separate requester rights from administration, and verify a recoverable request path.
Monitoring and Health Checks for a Plex and Arr Homelab
Build useful health checks for a Plex and Arr homelab: storage mounts, imports, transcoding capacity, certificates, backups, queues, and daily reports.
IoT Isolation for Homelabs: VLANs, Firewall Rules, and mDNS
A practical IoT isolation guide that keeps smart-home devices usable while protecting trusted clients, servers, and management networks.