May 7 · 8 min read · You open AWS VPN Client, hit connect, and then... nothing. It just sits there. "Waiting for identity." No browser opens. No SSO prompt. No Microsoft login. No Okta. Just that little spinner mocking yo
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May 4 · 4 min read · Services today are getting more invasive while becoming more expensive. At some point, I figured it might be worth trying to host a few things myself instead. But self-hosting comes with its own set o
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May 2 · 3 min read · I recently talked to a developer who spent three days trying to set up a WireGuard tunnel to his home server. He had the config perfect. He had the port forwarded on his router. He had the dynamic DNS updating every five minutes. But no matter what h...
Join discussionApr 22 · 3 min read · The VPN Struggle Is Real If you've ever tried to set up a traditional VPN — OpenVPN, WireGuard, IPsec — you probably know how it goes: It takes hours (or days) to configure Something always breaks with firewalls or DNS You spend more time managing t...
Join discussionApr 13 · 6 min read · How I set up whole-home ad blocking that follows me everywhere — even on mobile data Why I Built This Every device on my network was getting hammered with ads, trackers, and telemetry. Browser extens
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Apr 7 · 10 min read · I recently got my hands on an NVIDIA DGX Spark, and the first thing I wanted to figure out was: how do I access this thing from anywhere? Whether I'm at a coffee shop, at a conference, or on a differe
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Apr 7 · 5 min read · How I Hardened My Self-Hosted Server with Tailscale (Stop Exposing Ports Forever) TL;DR Stop forwarding ports. Stop exposing Nginx Proxy Manager to the internet. Install Tailscale on your server and every client device, bind your services to your Ta...
Join discussionApr 7 · 4 min read · How to Actually Harden Your Self-Hosted Server Before It Gets Compromised (Tailscale + Vaultwarden Setup) TL;DR Close every public port. Run Vaultwarden behind Tailscale only. Add a YubiKey for 2FA. Back up encrypted. Do this before someone else doe...
Join discussionApr 7 · 4 min read · How to Secure Your Self-Hosted Server So It Never Gets Compromised (Tailscale + Vaultwarden + Uptime Kuma Setup) TL;DR Close every public port. Route all access through Tailscale. Store secrets in a self-hosted Vaultwarden vault locked behind a Yubi...
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