Notes from the homelab — things I've learned running infrastructure, Docker stacks, and networking gear day-to-day.
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How Pi-hole acts as a DNS sinkhole to block ads and trackers for every device on your network — no browser extension required.
How I use Nginx Proxy Manager to front all my self-hosted services with Let's Encrypt SSL and subdomain routing — no manual nginx config files.
Running Immich on a home server to replace Google Photos — with on-device ML for face recognition and object search, full EXIF metadata, and mobile sync.
Why I run Temporal on my homelab — and how durable workflow execution changes the way you think about long-running background jobs.
When you're managing 30+ containers across compose stacks, the docker CLI alone starts showing its limits. Here's where Portainer fills the gaps.