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tmux vs Zellij vs Screen: Pick Your Multiplexer
Screen is on every server, tmux is the sysadmin workhorse, and Zellij is the modern newcomer with sane defaults. Here's how all three compare, and which one you should actually use.
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The Modern Unix Toolkit: fzf, ripgrep, fd, bat, eza
GNU coreutils are 50 years old and it shows. ripgrep, fd, bat, eza, fzf, and zoxide replace grep/find/cat/ls with faster, friendlier Rust-powered tools. Here's what each one wins at, and when the original still holds.
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Frigate + Coral TPU: AI Cameras Without the Subscription
Frigate NVR + a $60 Google Coral TPU gives you real-time AI object detection on your own cameras, integrates with Home Assistant, and costs nothing per month. Here's how to set it up.
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GPU Passthrough on Proxmox: Run LLMs in a VM
GPU passthrough on Proxmox is the best way to isolate LLM workloads, but it's a minefield of IOMMU groups, vfio-pci binding, and Code 43 errors. This post walks through the whole thing end-to-end.
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Hoist: Label-Driven Docker Updates
Per-container control over Docker image updates with labels. Auto-update or notify via Discord, Slack, ntfy, no sidecar needed.
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Open WebUI Tools, Functions & Pipelines: Extend Your Local LLM
Open WebUI Tools, Functions, and Pipelines do different things, and the names don't help. What each one actually does, when to use which, and working code for all three.
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Coolify vs Dokploy: Self-Hosted Vercel for People Who Don't Trust Vercel
Coolify vs Dokploy head-to-head: install pain, Traefik handling, UI quality, git-push deploys, and which self-hosted PaaS actually belongs on your single VPS.
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systemd-nspawn: The Container Runtime Already on Your Box
systemd-nspawn ships on every modern Linux box and most sysadmins have never touched it. Here's when this no-daemon, no-Docker-socket container runtime is actually the right tool.
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Distroless Images: When Minimal Goes Too Far
Distroless containers are tiny, secure, and loved by security teams, until you need to debug one at 2 AM. Here's when Google distroless actually pays off vs when it's just container hipster points.
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RAID Is Not Backup: Rebuild Math
Your RAID 5 rebuild on a modern multi-TB drive has a 40-50% chance of hitting a URE before it finishes. Here's the 2026 math and what to do about it.
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RAID 6 vs RAID 10: Two Dead Disks
RAID 6 and RAID 10 both survive two dead disks and both need four drives. But they get there completely differently, and that difference matters.
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Incident Response for Self-Hosters
You've been compromised. Now what? A practical incident response playbook for self-hosters who didn't think they'd need one until right now.
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