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A Developer's Introduction to Unraid

··2 mins
Unraid is a proprietary Linux-based operating system designed for home servers and small businesses. It’s known for its unique storage management system, which provides flexibility and data protection. You can use Unraid to run a variety of services, including web servers, databases, and CI/CD tools, all on a single machine.

The Digital Archivist's Toolkit: Navidrome, Picard, and Supersonic for the Modern Music Collection

·5 mins
In an age dominated by music streaming, a dedicated community of audiophiles and music lovers is preserving the art of the personal music collection. They are digital archivists, meticulously curating libraries of high-fidelity audio files, from rare vinyl rips to lossless studio masters. This pursuit, however, requires more than just a hard drive full of music; it demands a robust set of tools for organization, management, and playback. This is where the triumvirate of Navidrome, Picard, and Supersonic comes into play, offering a powerful, open-source ecosystem for the serious collector.

Awesome Stars

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A curated list of my GitHub stars!

Wireguard: A Better VPN

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Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) keep your traffic private, but the older ones can feel heavy and slow. WireGuard fixes that and looks good doing it (the logo is great 😎). It is tiny and modern, so it stays fast without hogging CPU or RAM. The crypto is up to date, so you get solid encryption without the vintage baggage of older protocols.

SSH Cheatsheet

··6 mins
SSH, or Secure Shell, is a fundamental tool for securely connecting to and managing remote servers. This cheatsheet provides a quick reference for the most commonly used SSH operations. Connecting to a Server # The basic syntax for connecting to a server with SSH is: