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Tech blog covering mini PCs, homelab, self-hosting, gaming servers, and DevOps experiments.

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44 from 8 Jan 2024 to 25 Oct 2026
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2026 29

  1. PHP2Shell and Plex2Shell: lock down your homelab in 2026
  2. My mini PC costs $3 a month. The VPS math for 2026
  3. Ollama vs llama.cpp vs MLX on a Mac Studio, measured
  4. Mac mini alternatives for local LLMs: M6, M5 and Strix Halo
  5. SpiderCat: jailbreak a Kindle on firmware 5.19.5
  6. Jellyfin 12 on a mini PC: the spy-free TV setup for 2026
  7. Run Qwen3.8 27B locally: real numbers from my Mac Studio
  8. How to run DeepSeek V4 Flash locally (Mac, Linux, Windows)
  9. RomM 5: self-host your retro game library on a mini PC
  10. Kimi K3 torrent: download the 2.8T open weights
  11. Best Frigate NVR hardware in 2026 (post-Coral edition)
  12. Reverse Engineering the iPod Classic's Undocumented Mikey Chip
  13. Sanctuary: the browser-based Kindle jailbreak
  14. Steam Machine alternatives: mini PCs that game for less
  15. Oracle Cloud free tier 2026: 4 OCPU/24GB cut to 2 OCPU/12GB
  16. How to Create Your Own Free VPN Server Using Oracle Cloud (2025 Guide)
  17. Set Up a Free Minecraft PE Server Using Oracle Cloud in 2025
  18. Best mini PC for local LLMs in 2026 (Strix Halo era)
  19. Run Gemma 4 on a mini PC, no GPU required
  20. My Arduino spins faster when Claude burns more tokens
  21. Kindle dashboard: 3 ways to build one in 2026
  22. You Don't Need a Mac Mini to Run OpenClaw
  23. The Self-Hosting Revolution Powered by Mini PCs
  24. SoundLeaf: Beautiful iOS Client App for Audiobookshelf
  25. My iPhone 8 Refuses to Die: Now It's a Solar-Powered Vision OCR Server
  26. Homelab: Hosting multiple Game Servers on a Single Mini PC
  27. The Ultimate Guide to Running a Minecraft Server on a Mini PC
  28. Setting Up a Robust PostgreSQL High-Availability Cluster on Azure
  29. Kubernetes at Home - From Docker Compose to K3s

2025 4

  1. Best Mini PCs for Home Lab 2025: NUC vs Beelink vs ThinkCentre
  2. Reviving an Old Kindle Paperwhite 7th Gen
  3. Create Your Own Minecraft PE Server for Free
  4. Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT and GPT-4 (Practical Guide)

2024 11

  1. Free WordPress Blog with Custom Domain on Google Cloud
  2. 6 Common Linux Commands for System Monitoring
  3. Scalable Node.js Backend Without Express, Koa, or Hapi
  4. sshuttle - A Free VPN Over SSH for Cheap, Private Browsing
  5. Basic Linux Commands for File Manipulation and Compression
  6. How to Use GeForce Now in India (VPN and Cloud Workarounds)
  7. Raspberry Pi Temperature and Humidity Monitor with Grafana
  8. Basic Linux Commands For Text Manipulation
  9. Azure AD as an Identity Provider for AWS Cognito
  10. Top 10 Linux Commands Of All Time
  11. Raspberry Pi Setup Without a Monitor, Keyboard, or Mouse