For the last several years, I have used a Bash script to automate routine maintenance on my SnapRAID array. The original script worked well, but it grew organically. New checks were added as I enc...

My drives were running in the mid-40s. Not dangerous, but warmer than I wanted, and the only way to cool them was to set the BMC fan mode to Full — which on a Supermicro 826 means all three mid-wal...

I setup Silo earlier this week. I wanted to sync my watch history, but with Traktv completely crippling their API without a membership, I’ve been hosting Yamtrack for a while now. So, I wanted my ...

I found Silo in a Reddit comment. Not even the post itself, a comment, three replies deep, in a thread about why Jellyfin gets sluggish once your library crosses some invisible threshold. Someone s...

When Docker Breaks WireGuard: A Sneaky UniFi VPN Routing Conflict Last night I decided to move my remote access VPN from a Docker hosted WireGuard instance (wg-easy) in a VM that is hosted on my P...

If you run a homelab and you’ve been curious about using AI coding assistants without sending your code to the cloud, this post is for you. I recently got Claude Code running against a local model ...

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know SnapRAID is central to my homelab storage setup. I’ve been running it for years on top of MergerFS to protect my media array, and I even mai...

Keeping Docker containers up to date across multiple hosts is one of those tasks that’s easy to neglect. Manual tracking doesn’t scale, and tools like Watchtower/Dockcheck that blindly pull :latest...

Since publishing my SnapRAID and mergerfs guide, I’ve had some great conversations with readers who are new to Linux and working through their first media server setup. These are the questions that...

SnapRAID + mergerfs on Ubuntu 24.04: A modern, flexible home storage stack I first wrote about SnapRAID back in 2016. At the time, the goal was simple: figure out a way to pool a bunch of mismatch...