Windows Home Server — Part 23: Replacing Intercom & Live Chat (Self-Hosted Support Chat)
Self-host Chatwoot or a lightweight Go chat widget behind Caddy to chat with your website visitors without Intercom subscriptions.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 24: Replacing Typeform & Jotform (Self-Hosted Form Endpoints)
Build a custom Node/Python form handler that registers submissions in a local SQLite database and forwards entries directly to Telegram.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 25: The Ultimate Home Server Migration Checklist
A step-by-step migration playbook to transition database schemas, API routes, and schedules from cloud VPS platforms to your Windows server.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 3: The WSL-Free Storage & Database Stack
Establish data synchronization and lightweight backends. Install and configure OwnCloud Infinite Scale (OCIS)—a modern, single-binary Go-based Nextcloud alternative—alongside FileBrowser and PocketBase running natively on Windows.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 4: Automation and Monitoring (n8n & Uptime Kuma Natively)
Deploy essential management tools natively via Node.js. Setup Uptime Kuma and n8n directly on Windows Node.js runtimes, run them as background services, and configure process management with PM2 for Windows.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 5: Bare-Metal Media Server (Jellyfin with Intel QuickSync Acceleration)
Turn your server into an entertainment hub. Set up a native Windows installation of Jellyfin, leverage the integrated Intel UHD Graphics G1 GPU for hardware-accelerated transcoding (QuickSync QSV), and secure your streams.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 6: Native Local AI and PowerShell Maintenance Automation
Unlock offline AI capabilities and set up long-term automation. Install Ollama for Windows with direct GPU integration, run Open WebUI natively via Python/pip, and write PowerShell automation for disk cleaning, service monitoring, and Telegram health notifications.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 7: Multi-Subdomain Ingress & Web App Hosting
Host multiple dynamic subdomains (api.yourdomain.com, dashboard.yourdomain.com) on different local ports using a single Caddy reverse-proxy instance, while keeping the corporate website on Cloudflare Pages for free.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 8: Self-Hosting Telegram Bots, Webhooks, and Event-Driven Services
Run native Telegram bots on Windows, routing webhooks through Caddy with automated HTTPS certificates to enable zero-latency, polling-free bot performance.
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Engineering Windows Home Server — Part 9: PaaS Replacements & GitOps (Heroku/Railway Alternatives)
Build a 100% free auto-deployment pipeline. Configure GitHub Webhooks to notify a lightweight native endpoint on your server, pulling code, updating packages, and auto-restarting background processes.
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Tools Reclaim Your Disk: Every App and Method to Find Useless Files on Windows (With and Without AI)
A complete guide to finding and safely deleting useless, dead, and duplicate files on Windows. Covers AI-powered tools, free visualizers like WizTree and WinDirStat, duplicate finders, Microsoft's built-in tools, developer junk cleanup, and a set of ready-to-run PowerShell scripts — so you can reclaim gigabytes in one afternoon.
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Engineering HP Pavilion 14-dv2077TU as a Windows Home Server: The Complete 2026 Guide
A step-by-step guide to turning your HP Pavilion 14-dv2077TU (i5-1235U, 16GB DDR4 dual-channel) into a full-featured Windows home server—without wiping Windows—hosting Docker services, Cloudflare tunnels, Ollama, Open WebUI, Odysseus AI, Nextcloud, Vaultwarden, and more.