In a previous article, Choosing a Home NAS: Synology, Mini PC, or Secondhand Bargains?, I mentioned that the important family data stored on my home NAS had reached 1000GB, primarily consisting of years of accumulated photos and videos totaling around 200,000 files. While this isn’t an enormous amount of storage, migrating it was quite a hassle—copying numerous small files via an external hard drive took hours. To address this issue and make future management easier, I drew on my experience from the Hugo and Soomal projects to implement a major slim-down of my NAS files, saving 75% of the space.

Feiniu NAS, like Synology, comes with built-in system-level intranet penetration functionality. Over the years, I’ve used Synology’s QuickConnect to access my home NAS. Although the speed is slow, as the industry leader, Synology’s service security is relatively reassuring. However, I have some reservations about Feiniu, so I had to configure external network access myself. At the same time, I aimed to strike a balance between usability and security through firewall settings and certain rules. This article mainly explains the reasons for my choice and the configuration plan.

Recently, I built an x86 NAS using an Epson ST190E mini PC equipped with an i3-8300T processor (4 cores, 4 threads), 16GB of DDR4 RAM, a 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD, and two 2TB 2.5-inch SATA HDDs. This article focuses on how I installed Feiniu OS on this machine, with a particular emphasis on comparing the pros and cons of bare-metal installation versus virtualized installation.

Following the previous article, Synology, Mini PC, or Junk Hunting: How to Choose a Home NAS, after deciding to use the Epson ST190E as the NAS host, I began searching for components and assembling it. This article shares some simple experiences from assembling this NAS mini PC.

A couple of years ago, in 《How to Design a Network Storage Solution for a Large Number of Photos and Files》, I briefly analyzed the storage resources I had on hand. Following the 3-2-1 backup rule (three copies of data, two different storage media, and one copy stored off-site), I used a Synology NAS as the main storage device at home, supplemented by OneDrive for cloud backup and an external HDD for cold storage. But now, this setup has started to show some new issues, forcing me to redesign my storage solution.

Recently, I encountered a party involved in a case from over a decade ago. He had suffered a severe car accident that left him partially paralyzed and severely disabled. However, because the person who hit him was a minor at the time and the motorcycle involved had no insurance, he received almost no compensation for the accident. The amount that remained unenforced totaled as much as 1.3 million yuan. Recently, this individual faced another challenge: his father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and they had no money for treatment, which led him to seek our help.

The other day, my wife sent me a photo of our home renovation, announcing that the altar in the living room had been installed. When I opened the image, I was stunned. While I’ve seen many rural household altars, one spanning nearly nine meters is exceptionally rare.

Last week, I unfortunately developed a perianal abscess. What I initially thought was a minor issue turned out to be far more serious than expected—something that will likely have a significant impact on the rest of my life. Here’s a brief record of my diagnosis, surgery, and recovery.

Adding a “Moments” or social feed page to a static blog is a long-discussed topic. Previous solutions were either cumbersome to set up or inconvenient to use. To solve this problem definitively, I recently experimented with using GitHub Issues – requiring just two simple steps to create a dynamically updatable feed page.

My son is set to start elementary school this September. Previously, I hadn’t paid much attention to education, but recently, I took a systematic look at the current state of primary and secondary education. Along the way, I consulted many friends, uncovered quite a few insider details, and developed some rough opinions about my children’s future education.