Comparisons

Your passwords are the keys to everything — email, banking, your homelab, your entire digital life. Trusting a cloud service to store them is fine for most people, but if you’re already self-hosting your files, media, and apps, why hand the most critical piece of your security to someone else? Self-hosted password managers give you full control over your credential vault. No subscription fees, no data leaving your network, no wondering what a third-party company does with your master password hash. In 2026, the options are better than ever — and three names stand out: Vaultwarden, Bitwarden, and Passbolt. ...

The hypervisor debate used to be simple: ESXi for enterprise, Proxmox for hobbyists. That’s no longer remotely accurate. After Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware turned the entire VMware ecosystem into a pricing nightmare, the landscape has fundamentally shifted. Let me break down where things stand in 2026. The short version: Proxmox wins for homelabs, small businesses, and an increasing number of enterprises. ESXi still has a place in large enterprise environments with specific compliance needs. But for anyone reading a self-hosting blog? Proxmox. No question. ...