If you've been following me for a while, you know that I have a weakness for efficiency applied to everyday life. Some time ago I already told you about Boomaga, that amazing open source software that serves as “virtual printer” and allows you to do spectacular things, how to merge multiple documents into Read more
Have you ever had to set up a local DNS server (come AdGuard Home o Pi-hole) to clean your network of ads and trackers, see everything work wonderfully and then, after a few days, suddenly find yourself without internet? Maybe some devices navigate, others show the classic warning “Connected network, internet Read more
I recently bought myself a telephone: the new Google Pixel 10 Pro. Slit, configuro, I transfer data from my old and trusty Huawei P30 Pro e… the time comes to connect it to your home Wi-Fi. I have a network managed by a FRITZ!Box 7530 AX (principal) and Read more
One day you wake up, you look at an old device that has been sitting in a drawer for many years – in my case an IP camera with a glorious but stubborn HiSilicon hi3510 chip – and you decide that the time has come to do things right. You tell yourself: “No more proprietary clouds, Read more
Anyone who runs a home server or VPS knows that the number of Docker services tends to grow exponentially. Initially, browser bookmarks are enough, but when you exceed ten applications (Plex, Pi-hole, Home Assistant, Vaultwarden…), managing IP addresses and ports becomes a nightmare Read more
Posted on 21 January 2026 You know those IoT devices (video intercoms, cameras, sensors) which suddenly become useless because the official app disappears from the stores or the cloud servers in China are turned off, transforming the device into a useless and expensive paperweight? It happened to me with an Unotec based IP Cam Read more
It all started with a mystery (and very economical) IP surveillance camera from Unotec. Without documentation and without access to the web interface, the only way to understand how it worked was “get inside”. In this first part, we'll see how I managed to download the internal configuration and decode the file Read more
A few days ago I ran into a curious problem: Pi-hole running on Docker, inside my OpenMediaVault based NAS, kept throwing unexplained errors in the pihole-FTL log. Everything apparently worked, but lines like these appeared in the log: or again: After a bit of research and testing Read more
P-Hole is a popular DNS Filtering and Ad-Blocking software that allows you to block advertising, Sendered trackers and domains at the network level. In this guide we will see how to install it on a home server with OpenMediavault (OMV), Using Docker composed, with two fundamental precautions: Prerequisites Prepare the folders First Read more
OpenMediaVault (OMV) It is a Linux distribution based on Debian designed to transform a computer into a nas (Network Attached Storage) versatile and easy to manage. It is ideal for those who want to create a centralized storage system at home or in the office, with an intuitive web interface and numerous plugins to extend it Read more