Edy's World: Where Accounting Meets IT Innovation
Welcome to my website. I’m Edy, a Swiss freelancer with 30+ years of experience in IT and accounting.
I work with small businesses to simplify infrastructure, streamline financials—and share real-world tech tips on my blog.
Featured Post – A Must-Read from the Blog
Best Server for Home Lab 2025: Top Picks & Buying Guide
A home lab is great for getting hands-on experience with different technologies. It is the ideal setup for testing products or configurations in a quiet environment.
Reader Favorites – Tech Guides That Stand Out
These are the most-read and most-referenced posts from my blog—great if you’re just starting out with your home lab or WordPress setup.
Recent Posts from My Tech Blog
The Best Homelab Firewall: Hardware and Software to Keep Your Network Secure
Setting up a homelab is one of the best ways to gain hands-on experience with servers, networking, and virtualization — but securing that environment is just as important. Whether you’re testing cloud apps, running VMs, or exposing services to the internet, choosing the best homelab firewall ensures your setup stays protected against threats while giving you full control over traffic.
Redis Object Cache Error with Cloudflare: Why It Happens and How to Fix It
If you’re setting up Redis object cache on your WordPress site and using Cloudflare, you might run into a confusing error:
What Is a Virtual Homelab? (And Should You Run It at Home or in the Cloud?)
“Virtual homelab” means different things depending on who you ask. For some, it refers to installing virtualization software on a laptop. For others, it’s a full cloud-based setup with VMs running in AWS, Hetzner, or Oracle Cloud.
Best Mini PC for Proxmox 2025 – Compact Power for Your Home Lab Setup
If you are looking to run the best mini PC for Proxmox, you are not alone. Mini PCs are increasingly popular among homelab enthusiasts seeking a powerful, compact, and energy-efficient virtualization setup.
Uses of a Home Server: What You Can Actually Do With One in 2025
If you’ve ever wondered about the uses of a home server, you’re not alone. In 2025, more people are discovering that a home server isn’t just a niche tool for IT pros—it’s a flexible and surprisingly accessible way to take control of your digital life.
Step-by-step guide: How to Upgrade an ESXi host from the Command Line
Are you looking for an easy way to upgrade an ESXi host from the command line? Or maybe you’re just looking for a quick guide to get started. In either case, you came to the right place.
Best Hypervisor for Home Lab in 2025 (Free, Powerful, Quiet-Friendly)
When I started building my home lab, choosing the right server was only half the story. The other half? Picking the best hypervisor. After all, it’s the hypervisor that actually runs your virtual machines—so it plays a huge role in how flexible, efficient, and manageable your home lab setup is.
Proxmox Upload ISO: Step-by-Step Guide (GUI + CLI)
If you’re just getting started with Proxmox or setting up a new virtual machine, one of the first things you’ll need to do is upload an ISO file for your operating system. Whether you’re installing Ubuntu, Windows, or another OS, Proxmox makes it easy to upload ISO images both through its web interface and the command line.
Lessons Learned from Switching to VPS Hosting for WordPress
What happens when you move a WordPress website from a reliable shared hosting provider to a lean 2-core VPS (virtual private server) — and the server load instantly jumps to over 500%?
In this article, I’ll walk you through my personal experience migrating my website to a VPS. I’ll cover the technical issues I ran into, how I diagnosed them, and the optimizations I made to bring the load down to just 10%.
About Me
I’m passionate about bridging the gap between tech and finance. Whether I’m advising on server infrastructure or managing accounting for small firms, I bring precision and curiosity to every project.
