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whoisthat: A Rust TUI VPN Client Backed by a Go/Xray Engine
whoisthat splits a VPN client into two processes: a Rust TUI for the terminal interface and a Go engine driving Xray-core underneath. This guide covers building…
WebCheck: Self-Host Your Website OSINT Instead of Renting It
Website OSINT in one URL: DNS, TLS, headers, WHOIS, tech fingerprint, all passive. Run the WebCheck fork on your own box so targets never leave your network.
VPS Security Baseline: 10-Point Checklist Before You Go Live
A practical pre-flight checklist for hardening a fresh Ubuntu 24.04 VPS before exposing any service to the internet.
Offloading Mixture-of-Experts Models to NVMe Storage
Memory-mapping large MoE parameters directly from SSDs often hits severe latency bottlenecks. Here is why random read IOPS stall sparse expert routing and how t…
Zero-Trust Tunnels: Rathole Setup for Secure Edge Access
A technical guide to configuring Rathole Noise-protocol tunnels for NAT traversal without exposing incoming local ports.
Lazydocker vs Dockge: TUI vs Web Dashboard for Docker Compose Management
A comparative analysis of Lazydocker and Dockge for managing Docker Compose stacks, focusing on security boundaries, resource usage, and workflow efficiency.
OpenLogi: Local-First Rust Alternative to Logitech Options+
A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+ written in Rust. No account, no telemetry, direct HID++ communication with your mouse.
Why Entropy Failures Haunt Self-Hosted Cryptography
A practical analysis of entropy exhaustion, kernel RNG validation on Linux nodes, and defensive key generation patterns.
Self-Hosted DNS-over-HTTPS: A Practical Setup Guide
Set up DNS-over-HTTPS on your own server to encrypt DNS queries and prevent ISP snooping. A five-step guide covering configuration, testing, and hardening.
Running AI Coding Agents on a Remote Hetzner Box via Tailscale
The friction of running AI coding agents on remote hardware is real. pocketdev collapses that gap with a single Tailscale-based deploy on Hetzner, letting Claud…