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People often ask what I would install for them, and the honest answer is usually "the same thing I run at home". So here it is: a MikroTik RB5009 router, two UniFi U6 LR access points, the UniFi controller as a VM on Proxmox, and a real speed test on a 2000/500 Mbps line to show what the setup actually delivers.
Read article: My Home Network: MikroTik RB5009, Two UniFi U6 LR APs and a 2 Gbps LineMost AI assistants are a chat window that forgets you when you close the tab. Hermes runs on my side, remembers things and writes to me first: reminders, the morning weather, a check of my network. Here is how I set it up with free AI models from NVIDIA and OpenRouter, and why a chain of fallback models is what makes it reliable.
Read article: Hermes, Your Personal AI AssistantMost commercial RMM platforms charge per agent, every month, forever. A few years ago I started deploying self-hosted Tactical RMM instead, and one of those installs now looks after about 1,000 agents on a single 4 vCPU server. Here is the exact setup, what keeps it stable, and an honest look at when self-hosting your RMM makes sense and when it doesn't.
Read article: Running Tactical RMM for 1,000 Agents on a Single VPSAs a freelancer on Upwork, I found myself trapped in a familiar cycle: spending precious billable hours scrolling through job postings, filtering through irrelevant opportunities, and constantly refreshing the platform to catch new listings before competitors. Learn how I built a self-hosted N8N automation system that monitors Upwork for relevant opportunities and delivers them directly to my Slack channel, transforming a time-consuming necessity into a competitive edge.
Read article: How I Automated My Freelance Job Hunt