Homelab
Does ZFS Really Need ECC RAM in a Home NAS?
Duncan Hale
October 20, 2026
Homelab
Graceful Shutdown on a Power Cut: Getting NUT to Stop the NAS, Proxmox and Docker in the Right Order
Gareth Cole
October 20, 2026
Homelab
SMART Warnings on a Home NAS: Which Ones to Watch and Which Mean Replace the Drive Now
Keira Lund
October 20, 2026
Homelab
UGREEN NASync vs Synology for a First Home NAS: Open Hardware or the Polished OS
Henrik Voss
October 17, 2026
Homelab
WD Red Plus vs Seagate IronWolf for a 4-Bay Home NAS: Noise, Warranty and What CMR Buys You
Marcus Holt
October 14, 2026
Backups
Homelab
Can you restore a restic repo onto a blank laptop if the NAS is already dead?
Ellis Crowe
October 7, 2026
Backups
Homelab
Is RAID a Backup? What It Protects You From—and What It Doesn't
Maria Torres
September 27, 2026
Home Networking
Homelab
2.5 GbE vs 10 GbE: When Can You Actually Tell the Difference?
Lars Beckmann
September 27, 2026
Docker
Homelab
NAS vs Mini PC: Which Should Run Your Docker Containers?
Duncan Hale
September 27, 2026
Homelab
Power
UPS Pure Sine vs Simulated Sine for a NAS: The Waveform the VA Sticker Hides
Marcus Feldmann
September 21, 2026
Homelab
Network Storage
Raspberry Pi 5 NAS vs a Used Mini PC: When the Board Stops Being the Cheap Option
Sasha Pell
September 18, 2026
Backups
Homelab
restic vs Borg for a 4TB NAS: Restore Time the Green Job Hides
Ellis Crowe
September 18, 2026
Homelab
Storage
TrueNAS Scale vs Unraid: ZFS Discipline Versus the USB Boot Stick
Duncan Hale
August 25, 2026
Homelab
Storage
Scrutiny vs a Green SMART Dashboard: Disks That Fail After the Check
Keira Lund
August 25, 2026
Document Management
Self-Hosting
Paperless-ngx vs a Folder of PDFs: When OCR Jobs Fill the Disk
Ruth Ellison
August 25, 2026
Photo Libraries
Self-Hosting
Immich vs Google Photos: What Breaks When the Library Outgrows the Box
Leona Hart
August 25, 2026
Data Storage
Backblaze B2 vs a Used Synology: Cloud Egress Math After Year Two
Henrik Voss
August 25, 2026
Homelab
Storage
HDD vs SSD in 2026 for Homelab Backups: When Spinning Rust Still Wins
Sasha Pell
August 25, 2026
Explainers
Hardware
Storage
How Mechanical Hard Drives Still Compete With SSDs in 2026
Marcus Flynn
July 7, 2026
Cloud
Cybersecurity & Privacy
DevOps & Infrastructure
The Real Cost of Free Cloud Storage—And When Paid Plans Make Sense
Tom Reeves
July 7, 2026
DIY & Maker Culture
Infrastructure & Systems
Setting Up a Home NAS With a Used Synology: What to Expect Before You Buy
Jesse Cole
July 7, 2026
Self-Hosting
Streaming Media
Jellyfin vs Plex in 2026: Self-Hosted Media Without the Subscription Creep
Owen Harlow
April 8, 2026
DIY & Maker
Building a Raspberry Pi NAS: When It Actually Beats a Synology
Sam Chen
March 7, 2026
Digital Lifestyle
Gadgets & Consumer Tech
The Case for a Local Music Library When Streaming Services Change the Rules
Morgan Reese
March 7, 2026
Digital Lifestyle
Infrastructure & Systems
Why Personal Cloud Storage Beats Both iCloud and Google for Some People
Sam Chen
March 7, 2026
DIY & Maker Culture
Infrastructure & Systems
Sizing a UPS for Your Homelab: A Practical Guide
Jesse Cole
March 1, 2026
DIY & Maker Culture
The Real Cost of Running a Personal Server 24/7
Jesse Cole
February 25, 2026
DIY
Hardware
The Case for a Raspberry Pi NAS That Stays Online
Jesse Cole
February 24, 2026
DIY
The Case for Building Your Own Home Server in 2026
Jesse Cole
February 24, 2026