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19 April 2026
Sport bike power draw: battery backup planning for garages

A fast bike review can turn into a useful smart home power and noise checklist if you stop guessing and measure the garage properly. I prefer that to discovering, too late, that a tidy little charger, camera, and controller setup draws more, and sounds worse, than expected.

19 April 2026
Choosing WireGuard over self-hosted firewalls for home use

A home VPN setup should be dull, and WireGuard gets there faster than most. I prefer one small tunnel, a few clear rules, and no afternoon lost to a...

18 April 2026
Security Advisory – 18 Apr 2026

Daily security advisory summary for 18 Apr 2026

17 April 2026
Weekly Tech Digest | 17 Apr 2026

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16 April 2026
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16 April 2026
Self-hosted automation: designing for reproducible builds

A dark lab build only works when the same input gives the same image every time, and an automated build pipeline is only useful if it is boring in all the right places. Pin everything, trust nothing...

15 April 2026
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ACL permission models that break as infrastructure grows

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14 April 2026
Moving keepsakes offsite without losing local Nextcloud

I keep Nextcloud for daily use, but the real safety net sits off the box. A digital keepsakes backup strategy only starts to make sense when restores are boring, not hopeful, and I have learned not to...