NixOS OCI Edge Host
A small, rebuildable Oracle Cloud edge box for SSH and later remote access, without turning the article into a map of the private estate.
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Pangolin on NixOS Edge
A worked follow-on to the NixOS OCI edge host: Pangolin on the public side, one NixOS-first Newt site at home, one public web app, and one private admin path.
NixOS agenix Secrets
A public-safe pattern for keeping real service credentials out of the repo while still fitting a rebuildable NixOS host.
Minimal Monit Alerts
A small Monit setup that catches the failures that matter without turning monitoring into a second project.
NixOS Podman Service
A rebuild-first pattern for adding one real service to a NixOS host with explicit state, env placeholders, validation, and backup scope.
M720q: Idle Manners
Testing whether a used Lenovo ThinkCentre M720q fits neat, low-powered home infrastructure, with wall-power measurements across default, tuned, and post-BIOS idle runs.
ODROID H4 Ultra NAS
Why the H4 Ultra made a cleaner low-power NAS than the previous CWWK and Jonsbo build.
Minimal NixOS Host
A small NixOS baseline with flakes, key-only SSH, firewall defaults, fail2ban, and rebuild checks.
Boring Backup Box
A Raspberry Pi, an SSD, and ZFS receive, kept away from second-homelab nonsense.
3-2-1 Backup Scope
How I narrowed offsite backup scope across ZFS snapshots, a Pi replica, and Backblaze B2.