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2026-09-08 | self-hosting

Claude Mythos Found 10,000 Flaws. Your Homelab Is Next.

Anthropic's Claude Mythos found 10k+ software flaws in Project Glasswing. Here's what that means for your homelab and how to use AI-assisted auditing.

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2026-09-08 | linux

CrowdStrike Falcon Flank: Your Security Agent Is Now an Attack Surface

FalconFlank zero-day lets low-privilege users reach SYSTEM via the Falcon agent. Here's what it means for your stack and what to do.

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2026-06-25 | kubernetes

K3s vs K8s: Why the Home Lab Keeps Choosing the Underdog

KodeKloud's K3s vs K8s breakdown confirms what the home lab already knows: control plane overhead is a tax, not a virtue, and SQLite is fine.

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2026-06-25 | proxmox

Proxmox VE 9.0: Debian 13, LVM Snapshots, and SDN Fabrics

Proxmox VE 9.0 is out with Debian 13 Trixie, thick LVM snapshots, SDN Fabrics, and affinity rules. Here's what matters for home lab engineers.

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2026-06-24 | observability

Managed Open Source Observability in 2026: A Working Engineer's Notes

Managed open-source observability in 2026 runs vanilla Prometheus and Loki. Here is what I evaluate and how I migrate without losing my stack.

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2026-06-24 | proxmox

Proxmox VE 9.0 is here. I'm not upgrading yet.

Proxmox VE 9.0 dropped in August with a new Debian base, kernel bump, and UI changes. Here's why I'm waiting before touching my cluster.

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2026-06-24 | self-hosting

Self-hosting Vaultwarden: Argon2, bind mounts, and the rest

Another Vaultwarden Docker guide dropped. Here's what matters—Argon2 hashing, volume strategy, and why I still back up the SQLite file.

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