Topic

Self-Hosting

4 posts

Editorial illustration showing public application behind a private network, outbound tunnel route, reverse-proxy dashboard, firewall boundary and exposed ports.
Self-Hosting

Pangolin vs Nginx Proxy Manager (2026)

TL;DR: Choose Nginx Proxy Manager for the simplest way to publish ordinary web apps; choose Pangolin when you need encrypted tunnels,

enim Jul 27 · 9 min
Editorial illustration showing mini PC server, Proxmox management panel, virtual machines, isolated home-lab network.
Proxmox

How to Build a Home Lab with Proxmox VE

A VPS is great for running production services, but for learning, testing, and breaking things on purpose, nothing beats a home lab.

enim Apr 27 · 11 min
Editorial illustration showing file sync from laptop and phone, Nextcloud interface, Docker application and database containers, private storage disk.
Self-Hosting

Self-Hosting Nextcloud with Docker Compose

Google Drive gives you 15 GB for free and sells you convenience. In exchange, it scans your files, trains AI on your

enim Apr 24 · 9 min
Editorial illustration showing browser request, HTTP response headers panel, missing-header warnings, hardened web server response.
Security

How to Check Your Website's Security Headers

Every HTTP response your server sends includes headers that browsers use to decide how to handle your content. Get them wrong -- or

enim Apr 22 · 9 min