Project writeups, setup guides, and technical breakdowns from BreadLab.
Learn how to use a single nginx instance as a reverse proxy to route traffic to multiple Docker containers.
Read more →Dive into the intricacies of DNS with `breadtoasting.com` as a real-world example. Learn about record types, TTLs, and how Cloudflare enhances privacy.
Read more →How BreadLab knows a service is down before anyone tells us: health endpoints, caching, and honest status.
Read more →Learn about the critical difference between bandwidth and latency in your home lab, especially for game hosting.
Read more →Learn about TLS/HTTPS, from encryption to authentication, and how it's implemented on my homelab setup.
Read more →Discover why Breadtoasting.com uses Cloudflare tunnels instead of opening inbound ports, and how a misconfiguration led to intermittent errors.
Read more →Learn how containers in a user-defined bridge network can communicate using names, and why this setup is more secure than hardcoding IP addresses.
Read more →Learn how Network Address Translation (NAT) and port forwarding enable game servers to operate behind a home router's single public IP address.
Read more →Dive into the basics of IP addressing and subnets using real-world examples from my homelab setup.
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