Self-Hosted Immich on Proxmox with ZFS: Complete 8-Step Family Photo Search Guide
Google Photos has one killer feature — you type “beach 2022” or “grandma” and it just finds the photo. This guide shows you how to get exactly that…
OneDrive Proxmox LXC Disk IO: Stop Constant Writes with 3 Proven Config Changes
This is a follow-up to the OneDrive Proxmox LXC ZFS Mirror setup guide. After running the setup for a few days, you might notice something odd in the…
OneDrive Proxmox LXC ZFS Mirror: Complete 7-Step Setup Guide
In this guide you’ll set up a local mirror of your Microsoft OneDrive — for one or more accounts — on a Proxmox host using a dedicated Debian…
Self-Hosted Vaultwarden Password Manager on Docker: Practical Step-by-Step Guide
Setting up a self-hosted Vaultwarden password manager is one of the simplest and most rewarding things you can do in your homelab. A single Docker container, a few…
Home Assistant Custom Dashboard Strategies Get a Powerful New API in 2026.5
Starting with Home Assistant 2026.5, developers can now officially register Home Assistant custom dashboard strategies — making them discoverable directly in the UI, just like custom cards. This…
IP Camera Stream Discovery with Strix Home Assistant Add-on
Ever bought a cheap IP camera and spent hours hunting for the right RTSP URL? You’re not alone. Most budget cameras ship with zero documentation, wrong stream paths,…
CrowdSec Home Assistant Dashboard: Monitor Active Bans in Real Time
This post is a direct continuation of CrowdSec with Nginx Proxy Manager on Home Assistant OS: 8 Steps to Ultimate Homelab Security. If you haven’t set up CrowdSec…
Docker Hardened Images Self-Hosting: Secure Your Homelab for Free
If you run containers at home, your base images are quietly accumulating CVEs you never asked for. 🔒 That changed in December 2025, when Docker made its entire…
CrowdSec with Nginx Proxy Manager on Home Assistant OS: 8 Steps to Ultimate Homelab Security
If you’re running Home Assistant OS with Nginx Proxy Manager as an add-on and have multiple services exposed to the internet — Bitwarden, Nextcloud, Jellyfin, Home Assistant itself…
Build an ESP32-4848S040 Media Controller with ESPHome and LVGL That Actually Works
Want a dedicated touchscreen panel to control your music without touching your phone? 🎵 This guide shows you exactly how I built an ESP32-4848S040 Media Controller with ESPHome…