Gaming & Media
Best Spotify Alternatives: Streaming vs. Self-Hosted
Compare the best Spotify alternatives in 2026, including Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz, YouTube Music, and self-hosted Navidrome.
Chike 11 min read
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Chike
Contributing DevOps Writer
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Chike is a DevOps engineer with a taste for content, working remotely from Lagos. He has experience with the full deployment pipeline, CI/CD, monitoring, container orchestration, and server provisioning. He got into content by volunteering to update a piece nobody else wanted to touch and built his content career from there.
Web & Business Apps
Nginx Proxy Manager on a VPS: A Review and Setup Guide
Nginx Proxy Manager review and full VPS setup: Docker Compose install, HTTPS, security, sizing, and when to pick Caddy or Traefik instead in 2026.
Chike 14 min read
Security & Networking
Best Free Firewalls for a Linux VPS
Compare the best free firewalls for a Linux VPS in 2026: UFW, firewalld, and nftables for host protection, plus SafeLine, BunkerWeb, and Haltdos for web apps.
Chike 14 min read
Web & Business Apps
Best Google Photos Alternatives: Cloud Services and Self-Hosted Options Compared
Compare the best Google Photos alternatives in 2026: Amazon Photos, iCloud, pCloud, and self-hosted Immich on price, privacy, and which one fits you.
Chike 18 min read
Developer Tools & DevOps
How to Migrate from Gitea to Forgejo Without Breaking Your Repositories
Gitea-to-Forgejo direct upgrades stop at Gitea 1.22. For Gitea 1.23+, compare SQL downgrades, migration tools, API imports, backups, and what breaks.
Chike 18 min read
Web & Business Apps
How to Self-Host Your Newsletter With Listmonk
Self-host your newsletter with Listmonk on a VPS. Docker Compose setup, SMTP relay selection, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and what breaks in production.
Chike 14 min read
Databases & Analytics
Best Self-Hosted Analytics: Matomo vs Umami vs Fathom Lite (and Where Each One Fits)
After Schrems II, several European Data Protection Authorities found that Google Analytics created unlawful EU-to-U.S. data-transfer issues under the old transfer setup. This post
Chike 16 min read