Sarah Robin

What upgrading the Debian server that runs my smart home, NAS, NVR, TV, monitoring, development environment and local applications taught me about modern bare-metal Linux.

Weather apps are convenient, but a single icon can only tell you so much.

What started as a small deployment modernization turned into a journey through Forgejo runners, isolated CI, custom Docker images, PHP 8.5, Yarn 4, reproducible artifacts, restricted SSH and our own provisioning stack — all so a PHP website could update i…

Local DNS starts out harmless: a few host overrides here, one internal service there.

From time to time, someone dismisses one of my posts as “AI slop.”

A bored-weekend side project turned into a tiny masterclass in database design.

Every morning and evening I skim ~350–450 headlines – roughly 800 per day – in 15–20 minutes per session.

For the past few months, I’ve been quiet — at least on the outside.

Upgraded all my “unsupported” PCs to Windows 11—zero issues, no drama.

Turn a cheap DVB-T USB stick and €20 wireless sensors into a reliable, real-time climate monitoring system for your entire house.

When the network drops, regimes tighten their grip or a storm wipes out the fibre cabinet, uninhibited access to knowledge should not vanish with the signal.

Backups are essential – yet many solutions are bloated, expensive, or unnecessarily complicated.

Secure your local network with trusted SSL certificates that are recognized by every device.

Running jobs every minute might sound simple, but there’s a lot that can go wrong.

RAID may be the gold standard for data redundancy, but for my home server, I’ve found a simpler, more energy-efficient approach: nightly manual backups.

Ever found yourself scrambling to "burn" yet another ISO onto a USB stick, juggling formats and wasting time reformatting?

Setting up Time Machine backups for Apple devices on a Linux-based NAS has become significantly easier and faster thanks to Samba’s new features.

Why settle for bloated, one-size-fits-all solutions when you can create something uniquely tailored to your needs?

Do you still have old VHS tapes stored away in the basement, full of memories you can't afford to lose?

Imagine you could travel back in time—not with a complex device or intricate technology, but with something you use every day: your smartphone.

Have you ever wondered where you really come from?

Ready to take your OpenStreetMap skills to the next level?