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Latest — 22 Sep 2026

Selfhosted Live TV the easy way

After running self-hosted Live TV for several years, I've learned a few things the hard way. This article walks through my current Dispatcharr and Jellyfin setup, including EPG configuration, channel management, and playback optimizations.

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Blogging as a self hoster

Running a blog is easy. Owning your content is harder. This is the story of how I moved from WriteFreely to Ghost and ended up discovering that Markdown and Git matter far more than the publishing platform itself.

How to host your code: methods and philosophy

When reading the title you might think that the answer is pretty obvious: you just put your code repositories in GitHub and that's it. However, when you think about what happened to PairDrop or spotizerr it becomes obvious that the answer is not so simple. On one hand

Deploy front-end applications with Docker

Learn how to package front-end applications into Docker images while keeping API endpoints configurable at runtime. Using a multi-stage build, Nginx, and environment variable substitution, you can build portable images that work across multiple environments without rebuilding.

Epg, the easy way

Setting up your own EPG provider with IPTV-Org works well, but the installation process can be lengthy and requires running tools directly on the host. This article introduces a Docker-based alternative that simplifies deployment and allows you to generate your own EPG data using a single container.

Watching Live TV on all your devices

In recent years streaming services have gained a lot of popularity. However for a multiple of reasons sometimes we might want to watch Live TV. Depending on the place you live your ISP or cable provider might (or not) provide some kind of app to watch TV on your mobile

Deploying .NET containers in Docker

When moving an ASP.NET Core API to Docker, I ran into unexpected issues with HTTPS certificates and Kestrel on Linux. This article documents the problem, the investigation process, and the final solution that allowed me to build a secure and portable container image.

Setup remote acces to your network

You are outside your home, but want to watch your favourite movie on your Plex server, or some VM crashed and you need access to your hypervisor. In these cases external access to your network comes in handy, in this artivle we will learn how to setup external access with

ScanservJs : make your own scan server

Printers and scanners…, I have a love/hate relationship with them. They are very handy when they work, but sometimes they cause a lot of struggle. I recently set myself up for a challenge. Since a couple of months I own an HP Envy Pro 6442, a printer/scanner combo.

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