#Guides

Self-hosting an all-in-one chat app

There are so many different chat platforms out there, all needing their own apps and account to use. Each one is just …

March 17, 2026

Distributed Ingress

A homelab is great and all, until something takes out your internet, or power, or anything else that it depends on. As …

March 17, 2026

Tools for VEX TM

As a past VEX competitor, I know how amazing the experience can be when you’re at a competition with a great …

December 25, 2025

Notifications, Notifications… and More Notifications

Staying updated when it comes to any part of your life is always crucial, but even more so when it comes to your …

October 8, 2025

Comments for My Blog

Blogs are great and all, but they need to have a level of interactivity, otherwise it can feel a bit dull. That’s where …

October 5, 2025

Self Hosted Link-in-Bio Solution

It’s nice to keep a link in my Instagram bio that links to some of the stuff I work on, just in case anyone wanted to …

October 5, 2025

Custom Prompt for All My Terminals

What’s the first thing you normally tend to interact with when you connect to a machine remotely. That’s right - the …

September 25, 2025

Overcomplicating Asset Serving

All the images on my blog need a place to live, and while I could just serve it on the blog itself, some of my other …

July 23, 2025

Home Assistant... But Modular

Modularity always helps when it comes to the maintenance of complex systems, and so it should help when it comes to …

July 21, 2025

Controlling My UniFi AP Leds via Home Assistant

The UniFi U7 Pros have these neat LED rings on them, but they can be pretty distracting during the night - so I thought …

July 19, 2025

Self-hosting the UniFi Controller

In order to fully utilise the UniFi APs full feature set, you’ll need to have a UniFi controller of some sort. This can …

July 19, 2025

Self-hosting a Password Manager

Passwords are one of the most important aspects of our digital lives nowadays, making the password manager of your …

June 26, 2025

Server Authentication in the lab

Why?

One of the central aspects of my setup is the LLDAP server. This allows all services to authenticate using the same …

May 21, 2025