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Hello DEV! đź‘‹ Systems, Homelabs, and Building from Japan

Hello DEV! đź‘‹ Systems, Homelabs, and Building from Japan

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FTTC vs FTTP vs cable: what actually determines your broadband speed (UK)

FTTC vs FTTP vs cable: what actually determines your broadband speed (UK)

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MQTT Availability Topics: Check What an Offline State Means First

MQTT Availability Topics: Check What an Offline State Means First

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Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home: Which One Should You Self-Host?

Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home: Which One Should You Self-Host?

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Cloud for Cheap: What It Actually Costs to Run Your Own

Cloud for Cheap: What It Actually Costs to Run Your Own

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6 min read
Plex vs Jellyfin in 2026: The Paywall and the Hardware

Plex vs Jellyfin in 2026: The Paywall and the Hardware

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Gitea Actions on k3s: Self-Hosted CI Without GitHub

Gitea Actions on k3s: Self-Hosted CI Without GitHub

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Repurposing closed-source retro game sticks into secure homelab nodes via custom kernels

Repurposing closed-source retro game sticks into secure homelab nodes via custom kernels

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Is Netdata Worth Self-Hosting on a Home Server? 3-Year Cost of Netdata Open Source vs Netdata Cloud vs Datadog

Is Netdata Worth Self-Hosting on a Home Server? 3-Year Cost of Netdata Open Source vs Netdata Cloud vs Datadog

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NUT shutdown on a timer: upssched, secondaries first, and HOSTSYNC explained

NUT shutdown on a timer: upssched, secondaries first, and HOSTSYNC explained

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Home Assistant 2026.11: 5 Checks Before You Update

Home Assistant 2026.11: 5 Checks Before You Update

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Evaluating Second-Hand Hardware Bundles for Beginner Homelabs and NAS Setups: Safety and Suitability

Evaluating Second-Hand Hardware Bundles for Beginner Homelabs and NAS Setups: Safety and Suitability

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What a DHCP Lease Time Can Tell You About an Offline Device

What a DHCP Lease Time Can Tell You About an Offline Device

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Tech in a Busy Household: Balancing Home Networks, Gaming Rigs, and DIY Tinkering

Tech in a Busy Household: Balancing Home Networks, Gaming Rigs, and DIY Tinkering

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Building an Isolated Security Camera VLAN: Inter-VLAN Routing and RTSP Stream Extraction for Lorex Systems

Building an Isolated Security Camera VLAN: Inter-VLAN Routing and RTSP Stream Extraction for Lorex Systems

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