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Telegram alerts when something at home goes down (Uptime Kuma + a bot in 10 minutes)
How to make Uptime Kuma message you on Telegram when a service on your home server stops responding, and the detail almost everyone skips.
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Forgot your Uptime Kuma password? It takes one minute to fix
Uptime Kuma ships with a password reset tool. How to use it when it runs in Docker, and why you need a “real” terminal for it.
Tools+45 XP
My home command centre: a Raspberry Pi dashboard with Python and zero dependencies
A web dashboard that checks live which home services respond, reads the last backup and stores to-dos. About 200 lines of Python with nothing to install.
Artificial intelligence+40 XP
What is an “Agentic OS” (and why you probably have half of one already)
The buzzword for using AI as a system instead of a chat. What it really means, what the pieces are and how I set it up at home.
Home server+50 XP
Backing up a Raspberry Pi to a NAS with rsync (and the 3 days it failed without me noticing)
My nightly backup script from the Pi to a Synology over SMB: mirror, 30-day history and Docker volumes. And why it stopped working without anyone noticing.
Artificial intelligence+50 XP
Local AI on a 6 GB GTX 1060: what worked and why I ended up removing it
I set up Ollama with Qwen3 on a laptop with a 2016 graphics card to use with an agent. Real speed numbers, the CUDA trap and why it wasn't worth it.
Home server+45 XP
Everything running on my Raspberry Pi 5 (and what I removed)
The full map of my home server: which services it runs, which port each uses, how I organise them with Docker and systemd, and what I tried and dropped.
Home server+50 XP
Your own password manager at home, with HTTPS and no open ports (Vaultwarden + Tailscale)
How I set up Vaultwarden on a Raspberry Pi to use with the Bitwarden apps, with a real HTTPS certificate via Tailscale Serve and nothing exposed to the Internet.
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Proxmox VE guide, from zero to backups
5 parts: install, first settings, virtual machines, LXC containers and backups. Finish them all to unlock the “Marathon” achievement.
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