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YubiKey 5C Nano and 5C NFC: A Week In
First impressions of the YubiKey 5C Nano and 5C NFC after a week: a fixed key that never leaves the desk, a mobile one that goes everywhere, and why the pair covers each other.
Registering a YubiKey with Self-hosted Vaultwarden Behind Cloudflare Tunnel
Why WebAuthn fails on a self-hosted Vaultwarden instance, and how to tell a server-side domain problem apart from a browser-side one.
LattePanda Mu Review: A Tiny x86 Compute Module for a Build-It-Yourself Homelab
Hands-on with the LattePanda Mu (Intel N100) on the Lite Carrier Board: the compute-module approach to a small x86 homelab, what it does well, and where the Lite Carrier’s limits show.
Running a Local Vision LLM for Private, On-Device Work: Gemma 4 26B in LM Studio
Why I run a vision-capable LLM entirely on-device: Gemma 4 26B A4B in LM Studio, and the privacy reasoning behind keeping it off the cloud.
ZimaBoard 2 Review: A Quiet, Compact x86 Server for a Small Homelab
A hands-on review of the ZimaBoard 2 832 from a homelab and security angle: Intel N150, dual 2.5GbE, near-silent with the included fan. What it’s good at, and where its limits are.