Self-Hosted AI Apps
Whisper Review After 6 Months: What Actually Works on Homelab
Honest report running Whisper locally for speech recognition. What the demos hide, what broke, why I…
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AI for Networking
Grafana + AI Docker Setup: 5 Errors I Fixed and Why
Grafana + AI crashes, NLP queries fail, and containers won't start. Here's what went wrong in…
Self-Hosted AI Apps
LibreTranslate Docker Crashes: How I Fixed 5 Common Errors
LibreTranslate stops working after startup? Walk through the actual errors I hit—memory limits, model downloads, GPU…
Docker & Infrastructure
How to Install CasaOS on Linux: Full Setup Walkthrough
Step-by-step guide to installing CasaOS on your homelab. Covers prerequisites, installation, first-run config, and common gotchas…
AI Media & Transcription
MusicGen vs Jukebox vs Riffusion: Local Music AI Compared
Comparing MusicGen, Jukebox, and Riffusion for self-hosted music generation. Setup requirements, output quality, and which tool…
Local LLMs
How LM Studio Works Under the Hood: Architecture and Data Flow
LM Studio architecture explained: how model discovery, downloading, quantization, and inference actually work when you run…
Local LLMs
Migrating from Ollama to Text Generation WebUI: What Changed
I switched from Ollama to Text Generation WebUI today. Here's what I gained, what I'm missing,…
AI Automation
Node-RED Docker Compose Setup: My Annotated Production Config
Running Node-RED in Docker with persistent storage, reverse proxy auth, and AI node support. Here's the…
AI Coding Tools
Claude Code vs Cursor vs GitHub Copilot: CLI Coding Compared
I tested Claude Code against Cursor and GitHub Copilot for real homelab projects. Here's where each…
Docker & Infrastructure
How to Install Portainer on Docker: Ubuntu Setup + Compose
Step-by-step guide to install Portainer on Ubuntu and manage your Docker containers from a web UI.…