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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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…
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Migrating Jellyfin and qBittorrent Between Two OpenMediaVault Servers (Without Breaking Anything)
Self‑hosting is amazing… right up until you realise you want to move multiple terabytes of media and torrents from one…