Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for your cloud servers: installs, configuration and best practices.
How to set up a vector database for AI
Vector databases store the meaning of text, essential for semantic search and chatbots over your documents.
Updated 10/16/2026AI & self-hostingHow to transcribe audio to text with Whisper
Turn audio recordings into text with Whisper, the open-source transcription model, on your server.
Updated 10/16/2026AI & self-hostingHow to generate images with Stable Diffusion on your server
Run your own AI image generator with Stable Diffusion, private and unlimited.
Updated 10/16/2026AI & self-hostingWhen you need a GPU for AI (and when you do not)
Not every AI task needs a GPU. Here is how to decide between CPU and GPU for your project.
Updated 10/16/2026AI & self-hostingHow to add an AI chat interface with Open WebUI
Put a ChatGPT-like web interface on top of your local Ollama models, with Open WebUI.
Updated 10/16/2026AI & self-hostingHow to run local LLMs with Ollama
Run language models directly on your server with Ollama, private and with no per-token costs.
Updated 10/16/2026Dev environmentsHow to keep sessions running after disconnect with tmux
tmux keeps your terminal sessions alive even after you close SSH, ideal for long-running tasks.
Updated 10/16/2026Dev environmentsHow to install PHP (multiple versions) and Composer
Install the PHP version your project needs, along with Composer for package management.
Updated 10/16/2026Dev environmentsHow to create a systemd service for your app
Make your app start automatically and restart itself if it stops, with a systemd service.
Updated 10/16/2026Dev environmentsHow to install Node.js with nvm (multiple versions)
Install and switch between multiple Node.js versions on the same server with nvm.
Updated 10/16/2026Dev environmentsHow to set up Python virtual environments
Isolate each Python project dependencies with virtual environments, so they do not clash.
Updated 10/16/2026Dev environmentsHow to self-host your own Git with Gitea
Run your own Git server, lightweight and fast, with Gitea, the self-hosted alternative to GitHub.
Updated 10/16/2026