Tutorials
Step-by-step guides and reusable technical walkthroughs.
WireGuard Home VPN: Secure Remote Access for Your HomelabNew!!
A practical WireGuard home VPN guide for secure homelab access, including routing design, firewall rules, DNS, validation, and gear recommendations.
Prowlarr Setup Guide: Clean Indexer Management for Sonarr and RadarrNew!!
A detailed Prowlarr guide for adding indexers, syncing them to Sonarr and Radarr, managing categories, rate limits, app profiles, and troubleshooting failed searches. Rights and lawful use: These guides are for organizing, backing up, transcoding, and automating media that you own or are authorized to use. Do not use these workflows to download, store, share, […]
Media Server Storage Design: NAS, CIFS/NFS Mounts, Permissions, and Local CacheNew!!
A detailed storage design guide for Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr covering NAS mounts, CIFS/NFS choices, Linux permissions, local cache, and rebuild-friendly paths. Rights and lawful use: These guides are for organizing, backing up, transcoding, and automating media that you own or are authorized to use. Do not use these workflows to download, store, […]
Ubiquiti Site Magic: Practical UniFi SD-WAN for Multi-Site NetworksNew!!
Ubiquiti Site Magic turns UniFi gateways into a managed SD-WAN fabric for branch offices, shops, labs, and home-office links. Here is when to use it, how to design the topology, what to secure, and where its limits still matter.
Catalyst Campus Fabric: eBGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and the Path to Macro and MicrosegmentationNew!!
A design-focused look at Catalyst campus fabric, eBGP/EVPN/VXLAN, VRF macrosegmentation, TrustSec SGT microsegmentation, and how campus fabrics mature toward zero-trust segmentation.
Plex Homelab Architecture: Storage, GPU Transcoding, and Library DesignNew!!
A beginner-friendly but technical architecture guide for building a Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, Prowlarr, and Tdarr homelab that is fast, recoverable, and easy to operate. Rights and lawful use: These guides are for organizing, backing up, transcoding, and automating media that you own or are authorized to use. Do not use these workflows to download, […]
My Ubiquiti UniFi Home Network: Business-Grade Networking at HomeNew!!
Why I built my home network around Ubiquiti UniFi: UXG Pro, UCKP, USW Pro 48, PoE switching, Flex Mini edge switches, U6 Pro Wi-Fi 6 coverage, dual WAN, VLAN segmentation, security, visibility, and business-grade control without recurring licenses.
Building a Production-Grade Tdarr GPU Transcoding Stack for a HomelabNew!!
A practical Tdarr automation pattern for GPU-based HEVC 10-bit transcoding, Plex and Arr refreshes, HDR guardrails, scheduled worker limits, and daily review reporting.