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Looking for the Perfect Mini PC for Your Home Lab? Here’s My 2025 Guide Hey there, tech enthusiasts! If you’re looking to build or upgrade your home lab in 2025, you’re in for a treat. I’ve spent countless hours testing and comparing the latest mini PCs, and I’m here to share everything you need to know about choosing the perfect compact powerhouse for your setup. Why I Love Mini PCs for Home Labs (And You Will Too!...

Setting Up a Robust PostgreSQL High-Availability Cluster on Azure Are you looking to deploy a production-ready PostgreSQL cluster on Azure? This guide will walk you through setting up a highly available PostgreSQL environment. I’ve spent countless hours testing these configurations, and I’m excited to share what actually works in the real world. Understanding Your Options When setting up PostgreSQL on Azure, you have several deployment options: Production Features High availability with automatic failover Zone-redundant or same-zone replicas Advanced monitoring and alerting Flexible compute resources Comprehensive storage options 1....

How to Create Your Own Free VPN Server Using Oracle Cloud (2025 Guide) Let’s face it - VPN subscriptions aren’t cheap, and who really knows what these companies do with our data? After getting fed up with monthly fees and privacy concerns, I decided to build my own VPN server. The best part? It’s completely free using Oracle Cloud’s Always Free tier. I’ll show you exactly how I did it, and trust me, it’s easier than you might think....

How to Set Up a Free Minecraft PE Server Using Oracle Cloud in 2025 This is the updated 2025 edition of our original Minecraft PE server guide. We’ve completely revised the tutorial with the latest Oracle Cloud features and Minecraft PE updates. Looking to create your own Minecraft PE server without spending a dime? You’re in the right place! In this guide, I’ll walk you through setting up a completely free Minecraft PE server using Oracle Cloud’s Free Tier....

Kubernetes at Home - From Docker Compose to K3s Are you running a bunch of containers with Docker Compose at home and feeling like you’ve outgrown it? Maybe you’re curious about Kubernetes but worried it might be overkill for your home setup? Well, you’re in for a treat! Today, we’re going to explore how to level up your home lab by migrating from Docker Compose to K3s, a lightweight Kubernetes distribution that’s perfect for home environments....

Prompt engineering is an emerging discipline that involves developing and optimizing prompts to efficiently use language models (LMs) for a wide range of applications and research topics. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in large language models (LLMs) due to their impressive capabilities in natural language processing tasks, such as language translation, summarization, and question answering. However, LLMs are not perfect and often require specialized skills and techniques to use them effectively....

You’ve just purchased Minecraft Pocket Edition and now you want to play it with your friends. You’ve checked out realms but you’re not ready to shell out ~ 10$ per month for a realm. The better alternative to Minecraft PE Realms is having your own Minecraft PE Server. A server will give you more flexibility and features in terms of customizability to realms and you can invite your entire group of friends or strangers to join the server and have fun together....

Introduction I built a Nodejs project over the weekend. Just thought I’d share and guide others with the design and build process of a scalable backend service with Node.js, TypeScript, Nginx and Docker without using any existing Nodejs frameworks. I used the find-my-way router to implement a REST API. And for the database, I’m using PostgreSQL because it’s reliable and scalable relational database. The aim was to build a backend service that can handle thousands of requests per second without any performance degradation....

The cloud Game Streaming sector is heating up in India. Nvidia recently jumped into the fray with the launch of its own game service called the GeForce Now. The chipmaker has opened its cloud-based game streaming service, which is set to take over Google Stadia in North America and Europe, to memberships. However the GeForce Now in India is still a long way away from becoming a reality. Currently the GeForce Now service is only open to users across Europe and North America....

Amazon Cognito provides authentication, authorization, and user management for your web and mobile apps. Your users can sign in directly with a user name and password, or through a third party such as Facebook, Amazon, or Google. The two main components of Amazon Cognito are user pools and identity pools. User pools are user directories that provide sign-up and sign-in options for your app users. Identity pools enable you to grant your users access to other AWS services....