Self-Hosting

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

COSMIC Desktop 1.0: one month of daily driving System76's Rust DE

COSMIC Desktop 1.0 hands-on after a month on Pop!_OS. Covers the Rust stack, tiling window manager, app ecosystem, and benchmarks vs GNOME and KDE.

$A desktop compute box on a workbench linked to a home outweighs a stack of monthly cloud-bill coins on a balance scale$

n8n and Ollama local AI: $0/month, honest hardware math

Run private n8n and Ollama AI automations at home for $0/month in software, with real hardware costs, the num_ctx 8192 fix, and a worked example.

Three Docker management tools shown as a multi-server console, an industrial control panel, and a small single-host unit on a workbench

Komodo vs Portainer vs Dockge: a 2026 homelab decision guide

Komodo vs Portainer vs Dockge for homelabs: Git-driven deploys, RBAC, resource footprint, the Portainer migration, and where Komodo still falls short.

Three differently sized water reservoirs piping into a single server rack, illustrating SQLite, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL scaling ceilings.

Self-hosted databases in 2026: Postgres vs SQLite vs MariaDB

Self-hosted databases in 2026 by migration ceiling: SQLite to ~10 GB single writer, Postgres 18 as the safe default, MariaDB 12.3 for MySQL shops.

Raspberry Pi 5 vs Orange Pi 5 Plus: which ARM SBC is better for self-hosting

Compare Raspberry Pi 5 and Orange Pi 5 Plus for ARM SBC self-hosting: specs, benchmarks, Jellyfin 4K transcoding, power draw, and pricing in 2026.

eBPF tracing for Linux 5.15: real-time kernel monitoring

Attach sandboxed programs to kernel events for real-time monitoring without kernel changes. Master bpftrace, BCC, libbpf, Prometheus integration.