#homelab
3 articles with this tag.
·3 min read
Pi-hole + AdGuard — DNS as a network-level filter
Browser adblock leaves the TV and phone exposed. DNS-level filtering covers every device. Showing my Pi-hole + AdGuard upstream setup.
·5 min read
MCP servers I actually use — review after 6 months
I have 12 MCP servers wired in — Home Assistant, Proxmox, Cloudflare, Vikunja, Gmail, Calendar, n8n. Showing which actually pay off and which sat unused until I unhooked them.
·6 min read
Restic + Backblaze B2 in homelab — backup that actually works, costs $1.20/mo, lets me sleep
After two years with various solutions (Borg, Duplicati, hand rsync) I landed on Restic + B2. Full setup with systemd timer, encryption, retention policy and Telegram alerts.