HOMELAB AND NETWORKING
VLANs for a Small Homelab Without Unnecessary Complexity
How to introduce VLANs into a small homelab without turning a hobby network into an unmaintainable maze — plus the recovery steps for when segmentation locks you out.
TAG
#security
RASPBERRY PI
Secure Remote Access to Raspberry Pi with WireGuard
Exposing SSH or dashboards directly to the internet is unnecessary risk for small deployments. WireGuard gives a cleaner and safer remote access model.
DEVOPS
Linux Edge Device Hardening Checklist
Edge devices frequently run with broad network exposure and weak maintenance. Security hardening has to be practical, repeatable, and automation-friendly.
DEVOPS
Debian 12 Hardening Retrospective: What I Changed on a Public VPS
A long retrospective on how I hardened a Debian 12 VPS for public internet exposure with practical config details and operational lessons.
HOMELAB AND NETWORKING
WireGuard Site-to-Site Retrospective: Secure Connectivity Without the Usual Pain
A practical retrospective on building a reliable WireGuard site-to-site VPN between home lab and VPS environments with routing, MTU, and operational hardening lessons.