Self-Hosting

How to run your own servers, Docker stacks, and self-hosted services without losing weekends to config files.

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Openship deploys your apps and holds your Docker socket

Openship self-hosted deployment platform gives you push-to-deploy, TLS, and backups on your own box. The API container mounts the host Docker socket.

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VLESS Reality still works where Hysteria 2 gets blocked

VLESS Reality vs Hysteria 2 on stealth, speed, and blocking. Reality survives networks that kill UDP; Hysteria 2 wins on lossy, congested links.

Debug 90% of Linux network faults with three commands

Debug Linux network issues with ss, nftables, and tcpdump. Inspect sockets, trace firewall rules, and capture packets to diagnose connectivity.

mkinitcpio or Dracut, which initramfs tool fits you?

A practical comparison of the two dominant Linux initramfs generators: architecture, LUKS encryption, UKI and Secure Boot, and a migration path.

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Chat with no internet, but bitchat still knows your phone

bitchat runs a Bluetooth mesh chat up to 7 hops with no accounts and no servers, but a persistent per device ID stays visible to any nearby radio.

Three Btrfs jobs that keep your data from rotting away

Schedule Btrfs maintenance: monthly scrubs detect silent corruption, filtered balance prevents ENOSPC, and snapshot retention enables cheap rollbacks.