Author

H.W. Crestwood

Senior Editor

Blog editor and full-stack specialist with over 15 years of experience in software development and systems administration. Driven by a strong interest in homelab and self-hosted infrastructure, he approaches technology from a practical, experiment-driven perspective.

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Aug 24, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Isolating Containerized Databases: Postgres and MariaDB Best Practices

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Aug 23, 2026H.W. Crestwood

How to Convert a Docker Compose File to a Kubernetes Manifest

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Aug 22, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Wireless Isolation: Protecting Devices on the Same Wi-Fi Network

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Aug 21, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Exposing Container Ports Safely: Host Networking vs Bridge vs Custom Networks

A clean firewall management interface using named host, network, and port groups to simplify a large ruleset.

Aug 20, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Alias Creation in Firewalls: Managing Hundreds of Rules Cleanly

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Aug 19, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Unreal Engine 1 & 2: How Epic Games Licensed the 3D Future

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Aug 18, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Understanding the Linux File System Hierarchy (Where Is C:?)

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Aug 17, 2026H.W. Crestwood

VLAN Tagging inside Proxmox: Trunking VLANs to VMs and LXC Containers

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Aug 17, 2026H.W. Crestwood

20 Essential Linux Terminal Commands Every User Should Know

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Aug 16, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Why Linux in the 2000s Was an Adventure Only for the Brave