Reverse proxy rate limiting for humans: Stop bots without breaking apps
A practical guide to slowing down scanners, login abuse, and noisy clients — without locking out real users or fragile apps...
Self-hosting without panic (8/12): Stop guessing. A practical logging workflow (journalctl + Docker logs)
Find the real error fast, follow the timeline, and keep logs from eating your disk...
S3 at home: Garage vs MinIO — compatibility traps and client reality
A practical comparison for self-hosters: what works, what breaks, and which S3 clients care more about “compatible” the marketing suggests...
LLM as a log triage assistant: From 10,000 lines to 3 hypotheses (plus validation commands)
A practical workflow for turning noisy logs into a short, testable suspect list—without outsourcing judgment to the model...
Self-hosting without panic (7/12): Stop restarting random things. systemd essentials that save hours
Read service state, catch restart loops, and schedule tasks — without fighting systemd...
Auth for self-hosted apps: Basic Auth vs forward-auth vs OIDC (plus a decision table)
When Basic Auth is enough, when forward-auth is better, and when OIDC is worth the complexity — summarized in one table...