Cyber Security
Building a Home SIEM, Part 2: Connecting Log Sources
At the end of Part 1, we had a working Elastic Stack and absolutely nothing in it. The plumbing worked; no water was flowing.
Cyber Security
Building a Home SIEM, Part 1: Deploying the Elastic Stack
I've wanted a proper SIEM in my home lab for a while. Not because my house is under attack by nation-state hackers (as far as I know),
homelab
Why I Moved From Plex to Jellyfin (and Got Free GPU Transcoding)
Plex locks hardware transcoding behind a paywall. I'd already done the iGPU passthrough work, so I moved my whole media stack to Jellyfin. Here's why, what changed, and how it went.
homelab
Troubleshooting Like You Mean It: A Vaultwarden Story
An empty password vault, a calm process, and why the work log matters as much as the fix
Cyber Security
Building a Home SIEM, Part 1: Deploying the Elastic Stack" .
How I built a self-hosted SIEM at home using Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash — the deployment, the gotchas, and everything I wish I'd known before starting
Projects
Self-Hosting a Wiki with SSO: Deploying Authentik and Outline in My Homelab
So this week I deployed Outline, a self-hosted wiki, secured behind Authentik as a single sign-on provider. This post is a full walkthrough of the deployment — including the parts that didn't go smoothly, because I think the debugging is often more useful than the happy path.
My Home Lab in 2026: What's Changed, What's New, and Why It Matters
A follow-up to my 2025 homelab post When I published my homelab overview back in September 2025, I described it as "a personal data centre that mirrors enterprise environments." I meant that in an aspirational sense. Twelve months on, I think it's actually become true.
Ditch the Paper: How I Built a Digital Business Card System Using NFC
A practical guide for anyone who's ever handed out a business card and wondered if there's a better way So here's a question — when was the last time someone handed you a paper business card and you actually did something useful with it? If
From a €5 Charity Shop Find to a Fully Working Phone System (Beginner Guide)
On the 3CX page, click on your account, and there you will see an option to add an IP Phone.How I built my own PBX using 3CX and Twilio — starting with a second-hand SIP phone, zero VoIP experience, and a lot of trial and error. The Story — How
Is your digital home secure?
Most people lock their front door at night. Many have a home alarm. Some install cameras or smart doorbells. And most people have home insurance. All of these things protect your physical home. But what about your digital home? Today, many houses contain dozens of internet-connected devices: * Smart TVs
learning
Building My Home Network Lab: Networking, Virtualisation, and IT in Action.
Projects
How to Install and Configure Secure FTP in Your Home Lab or Production Environment
Setting up a secure FTP server is an essential skill for anyone starting out in tech.