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Rory21h ago · 6 min read

The tunnel takes 30 seconds. The permissions take a weekend.

Most write-ups about exposing an MCP server stop at the step where you get a public URL. That's the easy half. The half that actually costs you time is deciding who's allowed to call it — and being ab

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Marius-Florin Cristian1d ago · 1 min read

Send a file from one browser to another, nothing to install

You both open web.keibidrop.com, connect with a code once, and drop the file onto the page. The other person presses Save. There's nothing to install, no account and no upload to a cloud. The two tabs

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AIHostBox1d ago · 6 min read

Run Open WebUI with Ollama on a small VPS (CPU only)

Most Open WebUI tutorials assume you have a GPU on your desk. Plenty of people don't. They have a 4 GB or 8 GB VPS and want a private chat UI with a small local model, plus maybe an API key for the he

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LifeHack Nexus2d ago · 12 min read

The Self-Hosted Headscale & Zero-Trust Mesh Network Blueprint: How I Replaced Tailscale Cloud with a $3 VPS, Slashed Latency...

Architecture Summary & Latency Benchmark Baseline While Tailscale provides phenomenal zero-config WireGuard mesh tunneling, relying on proprietary corporate coordination servers exposes your homelab t

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Vishvajeet Shukla3d ago · 6 min read

ShipOwn vs Coolify vs CapRover vs Dokploy: Which Self-Hosted Deploy Tool Fits You? (2026)

If you want Heroku- or Vercel-style deploys on your own server, four names come up again and again: Coolify, CapRover, Dokploy and ShipOwn. They solve the same problem, getting your app from a repo to

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Buran Host2d ago · 3 min read

Self-Host Your Password Manager on a VPS: Vaultwarden + Caddy in 15 Minutes

Disclosure: I run Buran.host, a small VPS reseller, so I show everything on my own server. The steps work on any Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 VPS with Docker. Vaultwarden is a lightweight Rust implementation of

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Vishvajeet Shukla3d ago · 6 min read

How to Cut Hosting Costs by Self-Hosting Your Apps on a VPS (2026)

Managed platforms are priced per app, per seat, per build minute or per gigabyte of bandwidth. That's fair when you have one big app. It adds up fast when you're a freelancer or a small team running t

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Vishvajeet Shukla3d ago · 5 min read

Docker Deploy Without a DevOps Engineer: Dockerfile to Live HTTPS in 6 Steps (2026)

"It works in Docker on my laptop" is a great start. Getting that container onto a real server, behind a domain, with HTTPS and a way back when an update breaks, is where many small teams stall. Usuall

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Vishvajeet Shukla3d ago · 6 min read

Vercel Alternative 2026: Self-Host Next.js on Your Own VPS (Step by Step)

Vercel is the smoothest way to ship Next.js. Connect a repo, push, and you have a URL with HTTPS. So why would anyone leave? Usually for one of three reasons: you want the app on infrastructure you co

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Vishvajeet Shukla3d ago · 7 min read

7 Heroku Alternatives for Self-Hosting Your App in 2026 (Own the Server)

Heroku made deployment feel like magic: git push, wait a minute, get a URL. For a lot of developers that magic is still the benchmark. But more teams now want the same workflow on a server they rent a

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The tunnel takes 30 seconds. The permissions take a weekend.

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ShipOwn vs Coolify vs CapRover vs Dokploy: Which Self-Hosted Deploy Tool Fits You? (2026)

Self-Host Your Password Manager on a VPS: Vaultwarden + Caddy in 15 Minutes

How to Cut Hosting Costs by Self-Hosting Your Apps on a VPS (2026)

Docker Deploy Without a DevOps Engineer: Dockerfile to Live HTTPS in 6 Steps (2026)

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