Networking · Security

Why Your Smart TV Shouldn't Be Able to See Your NAS

A plain-language guide to VLAN segmentation — how to split one physical network into isolated zones, and why the one hole I deliberately left makes it stronger.

Published · Aug 2026
Storage · Backups

The 3-2-1 Rule That Saves You When Your Drive Dies

What a real backup actually looks like — three copies, two media, one offsite — and the one thing most people skip that makes the difference.

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Auth · Self-hosting

How One Login Unlocks All Your Apps

SSO with Authentik — how it works, why centralized revocation beats twelve separate admin panels, and how to set it up behind a reverse proxy.

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Networking · Self-hosting

What a Reverse Proxy Actually Does

You already use one every day without knowing it. Here's the mechanism, and how to run your own with Nginx Proxy Manager or Caddy.

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DNS · Privacy

Your Router Is Lying to You About DNS

What DNS actually is, why your ISP can see every domain you visit, and how Pi-hole fixes both problems at once.

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Cloud · Security

What Least Privilege Means (With a House-Key Analogy)

The core IAM concept behind every cloud security role — explained with an analogy, then applied to a real AWS account.

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