Make Your Self‑Hosted Messaging Future‑Proof: Matrix Bridges, RCS, and iMessage Considerations
How RCS E2EE and iMessage affect Matrix bridging — practical patterns, security tradeoffs, and step‑by‑step hardening for 2026.
Guides, reviews, and tools for self-hosting and web development — deploy, manage, and secure apps on your own cloud infrastructure.
How RCS E2EE and iMessage affect Matrix bridging — practical patterns, security tradeoffs, and step‑by‑step hardening for 2026.
Compact security checklist for non‑developers building micro‑apps — auth, secrets, TLS, logging, rate limits, input validation, and backups.
Secure Windows 10 VMs on Proxmox with 0patch: step-by-step integration, automation tips, backups and rollback strategies for legacy systems.
Turn process‑killing into a controlled chaos toolkit to find single‑point failures in small self‑hosted stacks and containers.
Explore self-hosted solutions and strategies to combat AI-driven disinformation effectively.
Explore ethical implications of AI in development, focusing on privacy, user autonomy, and responsible practices.
Explore the tension between privacy and usability in self-hosted services, and discover how to optimize both for better user experiences.
Architect multi‑path DNS, multi‑CDN and origin failover to survive Cloudflare or AWS outages—practical steps, configs, and a failover playbook for 2026.
Stay ahead of AI scammers with advanced phishing protection strategies for self-hosted applications in 2026.
Master domain and DNS management for self-hosting with this comprehensive guide—ensuring security and high availability.
Practical playbook to move off Gmail: set up Postfix/Dovecot, publish SPF/DKIM/DMARC, and maintain deliverability after Google's 2025 changes.
Build and deploy a dining micro‑app from a ChatGPT/Claude prompt to a running Docker Compose service with nginx reverse proxy — step‑by‑step for 2026.
Run private micro‑apps on Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT—local LLMs, Docker on arm64, k3s options, and step‑by‑step deploy tips for 2026.
In 2026 self-hosting matured beyond single-server homelabs. This guide dissects edge‑first patterns, near‑instant RTO strategies, and low‑latency proxy fabrics—practical steps you can apply today to build resilient, cost-aware local-first stacks.
Self-hosters are moving beyond privacy: in 2026, edge compute earns money. This playbook covers pricing, trust, low-latency delivery, and resilient recovery for self-hosted microservices.
A hands-on, opinionated field report on a self-hosted edge gateway: hardware choices, caching strategies, container workflows, and how it performed under real-world households and latency-sensitive streaming.
In 2026 the best self-hosted stacks are the ones that treat the home as an edge region: low-latency sync, privacy-first provenance, and developer-friendly onboarding. Here's an advanced playbook based on production failures and wins.
Compact backup appliances are back in favor. This hands‑on 2026 review tests privacy, repairability, replication gateways, and real-world cost tradeoffs for local-first backups.
Running useful LLM pipelines at home no longer requires a datacenter. In 2026, learn advanced tactics to build privacy-preserving edge pipelines on self-hosted clusters — balancing cost, observability, and compliance.
A hands-on review of compact, privacy-focused home server appliances in 2026: who they serve, how they integrate with edge-first patterns, and what buyers must know about backup, observability, and open-source firmware.