AAshutosh Bhagat7h ago · 10 min readFrom Home NAS to a Self-Hosted Server The NAS was working. Files could move across my local network, and the old PC that once sat unused had finally found a purpose. But I wasn't done. I wanted to take things further. I wanted to run applwirelessnetwork.hashnode.dev
MMihai_LeanZeroOct 14 · 26 min readJira Local LLM Integration: LM Studio per ProjectThis is a Jira LLM integration where the LLM is local. One Jira Cloud project sends its AI checks to qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b in LM Studio on our Mac Studio, and the other projects on the site stay on the5YOleanzero.hashnode.dev
HHaithem SlimiOct 9 · 50 min readComplete Guide: Always-On Mac Server with MLX, oMLX & QwenPawThe foundation guide for local AI on Apple Silicon. This guide builds a headless, always-on Mac mini that survives reboot without any GUI intervention, serves local models through oMLX with persistent1nightthoughts.me
EEditorial Desk MediaSep 15 · 2 min readBefore changing a remote-access route, name the destination“I need access to my home network” is too broad to test. It could mean opening a file on a computer, reaching a printer, or sending public web traffic through the home internet connection. Those are deditorialdeskmedia.hashnode.dev
WWalid Hassan TahrimSep 3 · 7 min readTips for Building and Debugging a Secure Ubuntu Homelab with Tailscale & Docker Setting up a home server is a rite of passage for any developer. But there is a massive difference between getting a server to ping on your local network and building a secure, easily manageable envirfirst-homelab-setup.hashnode.dev
VVinícius OrnelasJul 13 · 7 min readHardening CI/CD for a NAT-Bound Server: Self-Hosted to TailscaleA self-hosted GitHub Actions runner on a public repo is a remote code execution endpoint — anyone who opens a PR can run arbitrary code on your production server. This post assumes you've shipped at lvini-ornelas.hashnode.dev
UUttam MahataJul 5 · 6 min readLocking Down a "Public" MongoDB Atlas Cluster Without Breaking Anyone's WorkflowI run a small K3s cluster spread across a handful of VPS nodes, plus a MongoDB Atlas cluster that several backend services talk to. At some point, Atlas's Network Access list had drifted to 0.0.0.0/0 uttammahata.hashnode.dev
JJeremy LongshoreJul 1 · 16 min readEight Deploy Iterations: Tailscale OIDC + Reusable WorkflowDay 1 of VPS-as-the-Home was the launch of a 9-priority program: consolidate Intent Solutions hosting onto a single Contabo VPS, execute the GCP exodus, and harden every active repo's deploy posture. jeremylongshore.hashnode.dev
DDan MercedeJun 26 · 33 min readSelf-Hosting Many Apps on One Box: A Beginner's Guide to the Two-Plane ArchitectureIf you've ever tried to run your own apps — a dashboard, wiki, side-project API, or metrics stack — on a single machine you control, you've probably hit the wall everyone hits: self-hosting gets messydanmercede.hashnode.dev
SSiddharth LalJun 17 · 5 min readArchitecting a Zero-Trust Edge Router: Why I Replaced Container Bridge Networks with Host Networking + WireGuard TL;DR: Container bridge networks introduce two silent killers in high-throughput infrastructure: startup DNS race conditions and Layer 3 NAT overhead. I eliminated both by switching to host network mo1siddharthlal.hashnode.dev