Linux and Homelab
Linux, Docker, Proxmox, NAS, backups, monitoring, containers, virtualization, and home-server guides written for recoverable operations.
Self-Hosted App Lifecycle: Updates, Rollbacks, and Release NotesNew!!
A self-hosted operations guide for updating containers safely, reading release notes, backing up state, automating carefully, and rolling back.
Immich V3 Migration RunbookNew!!
A documentation-backed, testable runbook for Immich V3 Migration Runbook, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.
Proxmox Networking Without TearsNew!!
A practical Proxmox networking guide for bridges, VLAN-aware ports, management IPs, bonds, NAT, SDN, and safe change validation.
Proxmox Storage for Normal PeopleNew!!
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 RecoveryNew!!
A documentation-backed, testable runbook for Unraid 7.3 Internal Boot: Move Off USB Without Losing Recovery, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.
Proxmox 9.2 Dynamic Load Balancing: Useful HA Or Small-Lab Overkill?New!!
A documentation-backed, testable runbook for Proxmox 9.2 Dynamic Load Balancing: Useful HA Or Small-Lab Overkill?, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.
Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1: Multi-Node Visibility Without A Mega-ClusterNew!!
A documentation-backed, testable runbook for Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1: Multi-Node Visibility Without A Mega-Cluster, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.
MCP 2026-07-28 Migration Lab: Stateless Core, Auth, and What BreaksNew!!
A practical MCP migration lab for the 2026-07-28 protocol revision: stateless behavior, routing headers, auth checks, cache hints, approvals, tasks, and rollback.
Watchtower Is Archived: Replace Blind Container UpdatesNew!!
A documentation-backed, testable runbook for Watchtower Is Archived: Replace Blind Container Updates, with safe defaults, validation evidence, failure modes, rollback, and publication-day checks.
LXC vs VM vs Docker VM in ProxmoxNew!!
A practical Proxmox placement guide for deciding when to use LXC containers, full VMs, or a dedicated Docker VM for home-lab workloads.