How much CPU and RAM do you really need for self-hosting? A sizing guide for normal people
Resource “budgets” by service type, why your box feels slow, and how to pick hardware you won’t outgrow in 6 months...
Work in progress
This is Thomas Byern's Field Notes, a brand new site by Thomas Byern that's just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the...
LLMs for self-hosters and sysadmins: 8 tasks where AI helps (and 5 where it’s dangerous)
Where LLMs genuinely save time for sysadmins, where they quietly increase risk, and how to keep a human hand on the wheel...
My operator’s postmortem template: Turn breakages into fewer future breakages
A lightweight incident write-up format for self-hosters and small teams who want better systems, not blame rituals...
Rclone copy vs sync vs bisync: Choosing the one that won’t surprise you
A practical guide to the three modes: what they change, what they delete, and how to avoid the kind of surprise that ruins a weekend...
Self-hosting without panic (9/12): Networking basics for self-hosters — DNS, ports, reverse proxy, TLS
Local vs public: How services actually become reachable (or exposed)...