Plesk Kernel Update: Patch a Live Server After a Year
Here’s how to safely move a Plesk server to a new kernel after a long uptime: check backups, check SSDs, update in stages and reboot in a quiet window. I did it with 22 live websites.
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Paperless-ngx AI: Auto-Tag Documents with Claude
Here’s how to set up the built-in AI in Paperless-ngx 3 with Claude so it only uses your existing tags. An old AI add-on had created 923 tags on my instance that I had to clean up first.
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Homelab Across Two Sites: Berlin and France Overview
Four Proxmox servers, two countries, one network over Tailscale. Which hardware sits where, which services run, how the sites connect, and where to find the detailed guides.
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CrowdSec with Caddy: Secure Your Proxy with nftables
Here’s how to protect your Caddy reverse proxy with CrowdSec and the nftables bouncer, without a custom Caddy build. A new subdomain of mine had its first scanners within minutes.
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MCP in the Homelab: Connect Claude to Your Servers Safely
Here’s how to connect Claude to Proxmox, UniFi and Paperless through MCP without exposing your servers to the internet. My calendar and WHOOP are hooked up too, each MCP server isolated in its own LXC.
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Apple HomeView: What It Does and Why It Skips the EU
Apple’s HomeView is a 7-inch display for music, cameras and your smart home. US, UK, Canadian and Australian buyers can get it, EU buyers can’t for now. Here is what it does and what to use instead.
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Uptime Kuma + ntfy: Homelab Push Alerts Without the Cloud
Uptime Kuma watches your services and ntfy sends push notifications to your phone, all self-hosted with no cloud. Plus three pitfalls from my two-location setup that cost me the most time.
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Proxmox CPU Governor Powersave: Fix a Hot Idle Mini PC
Your Proxmox mini PC gets hot at almost zero load? My i9-13900H hit 88 °C because the governor was set to performance. Here’s how to switch to powersave without a reboot and make it permanent.
