Backblaze B2 as a Backup Target: 18 Months, $19 Total
What B2 actually costs for a restic repository, where the bill comes from, and the three things the S3-compatible API will not do for you.
Reviews
Reviews after months of use, not after the first install
What a tool is like once the novelty wears off and the updates start breaking things.
A review written on day one tells you whether the install worked. That is the easy part. These posts cover what happened in week six, when an update renamed a config key or a container started eating RAM.
Each review states how long I ran it, on what hardware, what it cost, and the specific thing that made me keep it or drop it. If I stopped using a tool, the post says so at the top rather than burying it in the verdict.
Start here
Proxmox VE After a Year: What I'd Install Again
Twelve months, three VMs and four containers on one mini PC. Snapshots, the subscription nag, and the parts that cost me a weekend.
Reviews
Review: Uptime Kuma After 6 Months of Self-Hosting
An honest review of Uptime Kuma after running it for 6 months — what's great, what broke, and who should skip it.
Reviews questions
Do you keep using the tools you review?
Most of them, yes — that is why they are on the site. Anything I dropped is marked as retired in the post instead of being quietly deleted.
How are review units obtained?
Bought with my own money unless the post says otherwise. If a vendor ever provides hardware, that line goes in the first paragraph, not the footer.
Why are there fewer reviews than tutorials?
A review needs a month of runtime before it means anything. Tutorials can be written in a day. The ratio reflects that, not a lack of interest.
Keep going
- Tutorials Reviews stop at the verdict; the install steps live here.
- Comparisons Two candidates, one table, if the choice is still open.