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.
David Claeys
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.