It’s only August, but winter predictions are already arriving, and they couldn’t be more diverse. The Farmers’ Almanac warns New England of a frigid, snowy winter coming in the 2025-2026 season. Meanwhile, meteorologists using computerized weather models are predicting La Niña conditions with warmer temperatures probably lingering until February. So is it snowmageddon or just […]
Install AdGuard Home with Docker Compose on Ubuntu
Prerequisites Ubuntu VPS (20.04 LTS or newer) Root or sudo access At least 1GB RAM recommended Ports 53, 80, 443, and 3000 available Docker Docker Compose Create Directory Structure First, set up the directory structure for AdGuard Home: Copy # Create main directory sudo mkdir -p /adguard # Create subdirectories for data and configuration sudo […]
My Self-Hosted Docker Containers
I’ve been building out my self-hosted infrastructure for a while now, and figured it’s time to document what’s actually running. Here’s the complete list of Docker containers keeping my digital life off big tech platforms. System Management Portainer – makes Docker management bearable. Web UI for managing containers beats command line for routine tasks. Nginx […]
Welcome to My Corner of the Internet
I’ve been thinking about starting this blog for a while, and here we are. This is my personal space to share whatever’s on my mind – no corporate filters, no specific agenda, just me writing about things that interest me. What You’ll Find Here I’m into a bunch of different things, and they’ll all show […]