This blog is about building and running modern self-hosted infrastructure and smart systems in the real world. It covers everything from Dockerized services on home servers and OpenMediaVault to automation with Home Assistant and ESPHome, plus hands-on firmware and electronics projects with sensors, displays, and custom hardware. Most posts are practical, opinionated guides with step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting notes, and checklists designed to help you avoid common pitfalls and build reliable systems you actually understand.
Latest Blogs
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Docker for Beginners: Containers, Images, Volumes, Compose
If you’re new to Docker, it can feel like “magic”: you run a single command and suddenly an app works…
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Self-Hosted Bitwarden Password Manager on Docker: OpenMediaVault + Nginx Proxy Manager (Install, Update, Backup)
If you have more than a couple of online accounts, you have a password problem—whether you feel it or not.…
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Access IT-Tools and Dozzle in my LAN without ports
I run a small homelab where a couple of “developer quality-of-life” services run on a NAS: Both services were reachable…
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Self-Hosting IT-Tools in Docker on OpenMediaVault (OMV): A Practical Setup Guide
If you’re a developer who lives in terminals, logs, and quick copy-paste utilities, Self-Hosting IT-Tools in Docker is the kind…
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Dozzle in Docker: Install, Secure, and Troubleshoot
What is Dozzle? 🤔 Dozzle is a lightweight, web-based log viewer for Docker containers. Instead of running docker logs -f…
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Reset qBittorrent WebUI Password in Docker (PBKDF2) — Grab the Temporary Password from Logs
If your qBittorrent WebUI login is locked out (or your IP got banned after too many attempts), the cleanest recovery…