Tutorials
Building a Network Digital Twin Workflow
A network digital twin is useful when it models topology, intent, policy, dependencies, and change impact. Here is a practical workflow for using it safely.
Reverse Proxy for Media Apps: Nginx Proxy Manager, SSL, Access Lists, and Security
A safer way to publish media-app hostnames with Nginx Proxy Manager, SSL, access lists, private defaults, logging, patching, and recovery boundaries.
Homelab DNS Guide: Local Names, Ad Blocking, and Reliability
A practical homelab DNS design for local names, ad blocking, split DNS, redundant resolvers, VPN clients, and safe internal naming.
Plex + Tdarr GPU Strategy: Sharing NVIDIA GPUs Without Hurting Playback
How to share an NVIDIA GPU between Plex and Tdarr without hurting live playback, including worker limits, scheduling, driver checks, and testing.
Radarr Import Lists That Do Not Fill Your Library With Junk
Control Radarr import lists with source tags, staged search behavior, root folders, quality profiles, and manual review before automation creates noise.
Homelab Reverse Proxy Guide: HTTPS Without Unsafe Exposure
A security-first reverse proxy guide for homelabs, covering DNS, TLS, app exposure, internal-only services, authentication, logging, and validation.
Custom Formats and Quality Profiles Explained for Radarr and Sonarr
Understand Radarr and Sonarr quality profiles, custom formats, minimum scores, upgrade behavior, language rules, and TRaSH-style scoring.
SABnzbd Performance Tuning for a Homelab Media Server
Tune SABnzbd for homelab media automation with incomplete folders, connection counts, article cache, Direct Write, categories, priorities, and API checks.
Homelab VLAN Design: Simple Network Segmentation That Works
A practical VLAN design guide for homelabs, covering trust zones, VLAN IDs, trunks, access ports, firewall rules, mDNS, and rollback planning.
Radarr Homelab Setup Guide: Install, Update, Optimize, Lists, and Tdarr Integration
A detailed Radarr homelab setup guide covering install choices, updates, root folders, quality profiles, custom formats, import lists, download clients, Plex visibility, and Tdarr integration.