SumGuy's Ramblings

Claude Code and other AI coding agents need somewhere to run.

Mise manages your dev tools, env vars, and task runner all from one config file.

Linux PSI (Pressure Stall Information) exposes real CPU, memory, and IO stall percentages, here's why it beats load average for monitoring.

A Go binary on FROM scratch gives you a 10 MB image with no shell, no libc, no /tmp.

Yazi is the Rust-powered terminal file manager that fixed everything Ranger got wrong, real async previews, a Lua plugin system, and blazing-fast navigation.

Replace Perplexity with SearXNG + a local LLM for private, cited web search.

fish, zsh, and nushell each solve the interactive shell problem differently.

Build Docker images that run on amd64 and arm64 from one command.

NUT (Network UPS Tools) monitors APC, CyberPower, and Eaton UPSes and triggers graceful shutdowns before your home lab eats a corrupt ZFS pool.

GPU-accelerated terminal showdown in 2026: WezTerm, Alacritty, and Kitty compared on raw speed, config ergonomics, multiplexing support, and image rendering.

Firefox Sync still works self-hosted in 2026, but the setup is more involved than it looks.

Memos is a lightweight self-hosted microblog and scratchpad.

Route specific Docker containers through Mullvad VPN via Gluetun, keeping Plex and everything else on your home WAN.

OPA and Rego aren't just Kubernetes gatekeepers.

Local coding agents don't fail because your 27B model is too small.

Convoy is a self-hosted webhook gateway with retries, dead-letter queues, HMAC signing, and fan-out.

Put Authelia forward auth in front of Vaultwarden without breaking the Bitwarden apps.

LM Studio, Jan, and GPT4All compared, the best desktop LLM clients for local AI chat on Mac, Windows, and Linux in 2026.

Three self-hosted note apps, one winner for your setup.

Invidious, Piped, Redlib, and Nitter status in 2026: which privacy frontends still work, which died from API changes, and how to self-host the survivors.

cgroups v2 unified hierarchy explained: read /sys/fs/cgroup/, limit CPU/IO/memory, use systemd slices and PSI pressure files.

Run your own Bitcoin and Lightning payment processor with BTCPay Server, zero middlemen, zero percentage fees, and no Stripe account getting frozen at 2 AM.

Stop typing LUKS passphrases on every headless reboot.

Stop trusting speedtest.net numbers.

runc, crun, and youki all run your containers, but they differ wildly in startup speed, language, and cgroups v2 support.

Run your own translation API with LibreTranslate and Argos Translate.

Stop guessing if your RAG pipeline works.

Protocol mimicry only wins the hiding fight.

SearXNG aggregates 100+ search engines.

Stirling-PDF is the self-hosted PDF toolkit your privacy-conscious brain needs, merge, split, OCR, compress, and redact without touching ilovepdf.

Meshtastic is a messaging appliance.

Run two AdGuard Home instances in sync so one dead node does not kill DNS for your whole house.

wg-easy gives WireGuard a web UI: create clients, scan QR codes, see traffic stats, no SSH required.

REALITY does not disguise your traffic as a real TLS handshake, it serves an actual one.

Run GitHub Actions-style CI on your own Forgejo server with Forgejo Runner.

Skip the full mail server nightmare entirely.

Which LoRa boards to buy for Meshtastic or MeshCore, why the antenna and mounting height matter more than the radio, and what to skip on your first order.

CryptPad brings end-to-end encrypted docs, sheets, and kanban.

iptables is in soft retirement.

Encryption hides content, not shape.

KV cache eats your VRAM at long context, not the weights.

LoRa, LoRaWAN, and Helium are not the same thing.

NextDNS vs Pi-hole vs AdGuard Home: an honest breakdown of when paying two dollars a month beats running and maintaining your own DNS server from home.

Ditch reCAPTCHA data harvesting for good.

Skopeo lets you copy, inspect, and sync container images between any registry without Docker.

Meshtastic vs MeshCore: routing models, hop limits, who gets to repeat traffic, and which LoRa mesh firmware you should flash on your first radio in 2026.

cloudflared vs dnscrypt-proxy for encrypted DNS at home, setup steps, threat model, Pi-hole integration, and which one actually fits your home lab setup.

Komga vs Kavita: the definitive self-hosted comic and manga server comparison.

Headlamp is the CNCF-backed Kubernetes UI that won't hold your clusters hostage.

Use age + age-plugin-yubikey to encrypt files with a key that literally cannot leave your hardware token.