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H.W. Crestwood, blog editor and full-stack specialist
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H.W. Crestwood

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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.

A beige Commodore 64-style home computer on a warm early-1980s desk beside accessories, manuals, and a glowing CRT.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Commodore 64: The Home Computer That Defined an Era

A classic 1990s beige desktop PC setup with tower, CRT monitor, keyboard, and matching peripherals on a desk.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Why Desktop PC Cases in the 90s Were Always Beige

Blank CD-R and DVD-R discs beside an open optical drive in a warm retro desktop scene.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

CD-R vs. DVD-R: The Optical Storage Revolution

A bright editorial comparison between a daemonless container model and a centralized daemon-based container model.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Podman vs Docker for Homelabs: Daemonless Containers Explained

A creative editorial comparison between Docker inside an LXC and Docker inside a virtual machine, showing different isolation boundaries.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Docker inside LXC vs Docker inside a VM: Pros, Cons, and Security Pitfalls

A refined Proxmox-style host showing one simple bridge path and one separated dual-bridge path.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Configuring Network Bridges in Proxmox: Single NIC vs Dual NIC Setups

A refined editorial scene showing a Proxmox guest disk expanding through hypervisor, partition, and filesystem layers.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

How to Resize Virtual Disks in Proxmox and Expand Filesystems Inside the Guest OS

A dark editorial home-network scene showing a modest router becoming more capable and intentional after an OpenWrt-style upgrade.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Why OpenWrt Made Me Respect Cheap Routers More Than I Expected

A dark editorial home-network scene showing one central firewall appliance bringing order to several segmented network paths.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Why I Chose OPNsense for My Home Network

A dark editorial home-network scene showing local switched paths and one higher routing decision layer between VLAN zones.
Aug 8, 2026H.W. Crestwood

Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 Switching in Home Networks: Where to Route Traffic

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