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Hardening Your Homelab: 5 Security Basics I Use Daily
Think your homelab is safe just because it’s behind a router? Think again. In this post, we dive into the foundational security layers of JDB-NET,...
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Wrapping up 2025 & Kicking Off 2026 🚀
2025 was a busy one with over 2k commits and the launch of the new web store. Here’s a look back at the year and an exciting sneak peek at the...
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Website Merge and Material Design Update
I’m excited to announce that I’ve officially merged my blog site and my web store into a single, unified platform. If you’ve been following my...
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My Smart Home Brain: A Deep Dive into My Home Assistant Setup
Welcome to a tour of my digital command center! For years, I've been running and refining my smart home using Home Assistant, the powerful...
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Upgrade a Windows 10 Proxmox VM to Windows 11
With the end of life date quickly approaching, I decided it was time to make a post about upgrading a Windows 10 VM to Windows 11.
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JDB-NET has a New Look!
Welcome to the new and improved JDB-NET! I'm excited to announce that I've moved on from the old Ghost-powered blog and have replaced it with a...
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Level Up Your Network Management: Introducing Our Self-Hosted IPAM & Datacenter Solution
Tired of juggling spreadsheets and disjointed tools to manage your network's IP addresses and physical hardware? I've been there. That's why I...
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Introducing EchoLog: Your Personal Homelab Journal
Every homelab enthusiast knows the journey is one of constant tinkering, learning, and discovery. But how do you keep track of it all? From a...
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JDB-NET Calendar: Self-Host Your Schedule
In a world where our digital lives are increasingly managed by large corporations, the data we produce, our plans, our appointments, our entire...
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SSL Certificates for OPNsense through Cloudflare
When accessing the OPNsense web interface, by default you'll get a warning about the SSL certificate not being valid. If you have a domain in...
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Self Hosted Docker Image Repo Using Harbor
Harbor is an open-source container image registry that enhances the Docker Distribution project by providing a robust set of features tailored for...
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VMs vs LXCs: When to use what
If you're running a Proxmox environment, you've probably noticed it supports two types of virtualisation: Virtual Machines (VMs) and Linux...
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