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oracle cloudself-hosting

January 6, 2026   12 min read

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or OCI for short, has a very generous free tier, but I see a lot of people on the oraclecloud and selfhosted subreddits being confused about exactly what's included, so here is a straightforward breakdown of every service and allotment in the free tier.

plexgl-inetnetworking

December 23, 2025   9 min read

Plex has built-in remote access that mostly just works, but you still have to configure your router to use it properly. Here is a quick guide on configuring a GL.iNet Flint 2 router, which probably also works with other GL.iNet routers using the same GUI.

tailscaleplexandroid

October 28, 2025   10 min read

I have a Plex Pass subscription, but unfortunately Plex's built-in remote access won't work behind CGNAT, so I use Tailscale to securely access my Plex library and entire home network when I'm not home. Aside from streaming music or video from my phone or tablet at work, I've also started taking a Google TV stick on vacation with me, and with the Tailscale and Plex apps I can stream my library of movies, TV shows and music from anywhere that has a TV and Wi-Fi.

linuxdebiancommand line

May 21, 2025   4 min read

My old Dell Optiplex has been a great desktop PC for just minimal interneting and coding. I've been running Debian 12 Bookworm on it since it became available. Now that Debian 13 Trixie is available I upgraded to it, and it was a smooth and painless transition. Here's the process.

tailscaleplex

May 17, 2025   11 min read

Beginning April 29th, 2025 the pricing for Plex Pass increased at the same time that remote access got paywalled behind it. Plex no longer allows streaming your own content outside of your home network without paying for Plex Pass, or the new Remote Watch Pass. You can bypass these paywalls, at least for now, by using Tailscale.