http://blog.imadinc.com/Recent content on Imad UddinHugo -- gohugo.ioens.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)© 2026 Imad UddinTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/personal-blog/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/personal-blog/A full walkthrough of how this site was built — static site generators, GitHub Actions, DNS, SVGs, and custom domains explained from first principles so you can build and understand one yourself.http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/second-brain/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/second-brain/A full tutorial on building a persistent AI knowledge system — what the problem is, how Claude Code’s instruction system works, and how to structure a knowledge base that actually compounds over time.http://blog.imadinc.com/about/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/about/http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/arr-stack/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/arr-stack/A fully automated media pipeline — Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, and qBittorrent behind a VPN kill switch. Covers how the arr stack works, why hardlinks save disk space, and how Docker networking connects it all.http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/foundation/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/foundation/The concepts every other homelab page builds on — hypervisors, VMs vs LXC containers, ZFS storage, subnets and NAT, and iSCSI block devices. Read this first.http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/nextcloud/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/nextcloud/Self-hosted file sync and cloud storage on a Nextcloud LXC, with data stored on a TrueNAS iSCSI zvol. Covers why iSCSI (not NFS), how to fix NextcloudPi behind a reverse proxy, and how to use it for Obsidian vault sync.http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/npm/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/npm/How to route all public traffic through one entry point using Nginx Proxy Manager — reverse proxy fundamentals, SSL termination, Let’s Encrypt with DNS challenge, and the Cloudflare API integration.http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/tailscale/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/homelab/tailscale/How to access every homelab device from anywhere using Tailscale mesh VPN — WireGuard fundamentals, NAT traversal, subnet routing, and the static route fix that makes LAN replies work.http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/taomm-notes/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/projects/taomm-notes/A tutorial introduction to macOS malware analysis — what malware is, how the macOS security model works, what static and dynamic analysis mean, and how to start analysing samples yourself using free tools.http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/what-is-obts/Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/what-is-obts/The world’s only dedicated Apple security conference — what it is, who runs it, and why it exists.http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/breaking-into-cybersecurity/Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/breaking-into-cybersecurity/Notes from a panel at Objective For The We v3 — what practitioners actually look for when hiring, and why most people are thinking about it wrong.http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/oftw-v3-london/Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/oftw-v3-london/My experience at OFTW v3 in London — the Apple security community’s free introductory event for students, run by the Objective-See Foundation.http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/starting-my-homelab/Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000s.uddinimad@gmail.com (Imad Uddin)http://blog.imadinc.com/posts/starting-my-homelab/University teaches security theory. The homelab is where I find out if any of it is actually true.