Beginners

6 articles tagged "beginners"

I Told You to Buy a Raspberry Pi, Then I Bought a Used i3 Desktop

The Raspberry Pi 5 is the gateway drug of self-hosting, and a used 8th or 9th gen i3 office desktop is what I moved to. Here is the honest comparison, price, power, performance, Quick Sync transcoding and the one thing the Pi does that the i3 never will.

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Everything I Wish Someone Told Me Before My First DNS Panel

A records, CNAMEs, wildcards, MX, TTL and split DNS explained the way I needed them explained, before a domain panel stopped looking like a cockpit and started looking like the most powerful page on the internet.

guidebeginnersnetworking

Your Self-Hosted Setup Without Monitoring Is Just Hope

I thought my services were fine. They were not. Here is how Uptime Kuma saved me from finding out the hard way.

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Stop Typing Docker Commands: Manage Everything with Portainer

I used to live in the terminal. Then I installed Portainer and realized I was just doing things the hard way.

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Getting Started with Self-Hosting: A Beginner's Guide

Take control of your digital life. Learn what self-hosting is, why it matters, and how to run your first service in 30 minutes.

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Docker Compose for Beginners: Run Everything with One Command

Stop installing things manually. Learn how Docker Compose simplifies self-hosting so you can deploy services in seconds.

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