Bloggers and website owners are always worried about how well their website is optimized in hopes that improving their website performance will improve their user experience metrics - the accepted notion being that a better user experience will help translate into improved SEO ranking. One often overlooked way that website owners can improve their site performance is through self hosting their website's fonts instead of using Google Fonts to provide them.| Tech Addressed
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In the world of self hosted webmail clients, SnappyMail has distinct advantages over the alternatives. It's not only easy to deploy and manage, but also offers superior support for handling multiple email accounts. Whether you're a seasoned sysadmin or a Docker novice, this comprehensive tutorial will guide you through the process of deploying Snappymail using Docker Compose - whether in the cloud or in your own homelab.| Tech Addressed
Today I approach the question of which Linux distro - Debian vs Ubuntu Server - to deploy on servers? I've setup and deployed tons of Linux servers over the years. Many of the servers I deploy are on very small / inexpensive cloud instances - servers with 1 to 2GB of system memory which weighs heavily into my short list of reasons why I prefer to deploy Debian as my distro of choice on new servers.| Tech Addressed
Easily deploy and configure CrowdSec, a crowd sourced threat intelligence / attack mitigation tool, via this tutorial featuring a "Choose Your Own" format - simply select your Linux distro and your preferred install method.| Tech Addressed
Unlock the full potential of your Proxmox VMs with this one simple setting. Learn about the effects the CPU type has on performance, when it's safe to use it, and how to modify the setting either during VM creation or on existing VMs with this step-by-step guide.| Tech Addressed
Considering the release of devices like Radxa's Rock 5B, featuring the RK3588 SoC, might this be an opportunity for brands to capture market share, or mind share, from Raspberry Pi? If devices like the Rock 5B have superior performance and features with excellent energy efficiency, they just might.| Tech Addressed
In this tutorial, we'll compare Vaultwarden to Bitwarden and why you would consider using it instead of Bitwarden as well as everything you need to know to get Vaultwarden deployed quickly and easily in your homelab environment using Docker Compose.| Tech Addressed
In this latest installment in what has become an ongoing quest to find inexpensive Raspberry Pi alternatives I address the question, "Do inexpensive i3 desktops make good homelab systems in 2022?" Specifically, we're looking at systems featuring chips from Intel's 6th gen and 4th gen lineups - the i3-6100T, i3-4160 and i3-4160T.| Tech Addressed
Pi-hole's ability to manage local DNS records is one of its most useful yet least talked about features - especially in a homelab environment - regardless of if you're running just a few simple services in your lab or something more complicated like a Kubernetes cluster full of containerized services.| Tech Addressed
Like many technology enthusiasts, you might be looking for an inexpensive Raspberry Pi alternative - due to shortages and scalper like pricing from third party sellers. If that's you, allow me to introduce you to the Inovato Quadra - the "ready to run" alternative that's only $29 USD!| Tech Addressed
If you're a website owner in search of alternatives to Cloudflare's CDN & DNS services, you've come to the right place. This article details my best recommendations for replacing Cloudflare as well as covers the general criteria I used for narrowing down the field of service providers. In addition, I cover the circumstances in which it makes better sense to use one provider over another depending on what your specific needs might be.| Tech Addressed
Which hypervisor – Proxmox vs TrueNAS Scale – delivers better virtual machine performance when compared with multiple VM core configurations in benchmark tests on identical systems? Do you think you can predict the results?| Tech Addressed
