Homelab

4-Hour Battery Storage Is Cheaper To Install Than Gas Turbines All Across Globe (and What It Means for Your Homelab) Welcome back to Self-Hosted Tech. If you’re reading this or watching the video, you already know that we talk a lot about the hardware that powers our digital lives—servers, network switches, local AI rigs, and the software that ties it all together. But there is one foundational element that we sometimes take for granted until it disappears: power. ...

Building For Good: How Civil Society Organizations Are Automating On Cloudflare If you’re reading this, you’re probably the de facto IT department for your family, your friends, and maybe even your local community. As homelabbers, we love spinning up virtual machines, configuring reverse proxies, and tweaking Docker containers until our power meters spin. But today, I want to talk about taking those skills and applying them to a slightly different arena: Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). ...

Should Run Your Own DNS with AdGuard Home Welcome back to Self-Hosted Tech! If you’ve been hanging around the homelab community for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard the term “DNS” thrown around constantly. Usually, it’s right next to words like “Pi-hole” or “AdGuard.” But if you’re new to the scene, you might be wondering: why does everyone care so much about DNS, and why should I run my own? ...