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self-hosting Oct 16, 2026 6 min read

What I Self-Host on a Small Home Server

A practical tour of a small self-hosted home server, from Jellyfin and Audiobookshelf to Immich, Actual Budget, Forgejo, Podman, Caddy, and restic backups. The central lesson is restraint: keep services private, choose simple software, and leave high-maintenance jobs in the cloud.

by ahsan

#backups #home server #jellyfin #podman #self-hosting

self-hosting Sep 06, 2026 6 min read

The Crime Scene Was a File Mount: qBittorrent, Jellyfin, and Safer Sandboxes

A playful qBittorrent and Jellyfin incident reveals a serious homelab lesson: shared folders, not rogue software, often define the real security boundary. This guide covers staging directories, read-only mounts, non-root services, remote access, and safer update habits.

by ahsan

#cybersecurity #docker #jellyfin #qbittorrent #self-hosting