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I used this Portainer alternative to replace my NAS's Docker UI, and I'm not going back
After months of Portainer's clunky UI, I found a lightweight Docker manager that actually scales
Claude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
Claude Code found the quiet Home Assistant problems I had stopped noticing, and the cleanup made my setup easier to trust.
My local LLM and Claude are helping me make my dream game, one day at a time
Claude, Gemma4, a few Excel sheets, and vibe-coded duct tape
Stop guessing which local AI models fit your hardware — this free tool does it for you
A huge friction point with self-hosted AI, solved
Jellyfin's embedded title setting is quietly ruining your media library
One small Jellyfin setting can make a clean media library look far messier than it really is.
Plugins made Claude Code feel less like a chat window and more like a command center
Claude Code plugins made my setup feel more connected, more useful, and much less like a simple chatbot.
I stopped checking my home lab backups manually after Claude Code helped me build these checks
Claude Code helped me replace manual Proxmox backup checks with readable scripts, making my home lab easier to trust.
Glance is replacing my browser homepage, and it's the most useful thing I've self-hosted all year
Everything I need, available at a Glance
I share my Immich photos publicly without exposing my server, and here's how
Sharing self-hosted photo albums doesn't mean opening your server to the internet.
Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
With the right apps and integrations, Home Assistant is an absolute powerhouse for tinkering enthusiasts
I pitted local AI against Claude Pro by actually doing the math — and the winner wasn't straightforward
Which trade-offs are you more comfortable with?
LXC updates in Proxmox aren't hard — managing 20 of them at scale is another story
Everything in the home lab gets trickier with scale
I ditched Flighty for this self-hosted flight tracker, and the $60 a year savings is just the bonus
AirTrail is replacing Flighty for aviation geeks who just want to own their flight data.
I turned an old laptop into a personal app server, and it's outperforming my expectations
Discover how repurposing an old laptop as a home server can breathe new life into your favorite apps and streamline your digital life.
The AI automation tool nobody talks about just replaced my entire workflow setup
You don't need millions of connectors when designing AI workflows
I stopped adding hardware to my home lab when I realized fewer moving parts meant more uptime
I thought my home lab needed more hardware. What it really needed was fewer places to fail.
I made Jellyfin remote streaming reliable without opening everything to the internet
Access it anywhere, anytime
I ran local AI models on a six-year-old laptop with no GPU, and they actually worked
Your old laptop is powerful enough for local AI... if you temper expectations
Open Notebook’s AI-powered podcasts are a game-changer for productivity, provided you’re willing to configure them right
Open Notebook can turn research notes into podcasts using my local AI pipeline
Claude Code turned my Docker Compose chaos into a home lab I could trust again
Claude Code didn’t run my home lab for me. It helped make my Docker Compose setup readable, consistent, and trustworthy again.