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I’ve been experimenting with changedetection.io on my home server running Proxmox, and I want to share how I set it up, the challenges I ran into with Cloudflare, and how I solved them with FlareSolverr and FlareProxy. Why I Use ChangeDetection.io I mainly use ChangeDetection.io to monitor product pages and catch price changes or sales events. Whenever an item goes on discount, I get notified right away - which means I can buy it at the best price without refreshing the page manually. ...

When I put physical QR codes on the street, I wanted two things: Anyone scanning should instantly land on the right destination (my website, promo page, etc.). I should receive a real-time notification in Telegram every time someone scans. After experimenting with Cloudflare Workers and WAF rules, I built a simple and reliable setup. Here’s exactly how I did it. Step 1: Redirect with Cloudflare Workers I created a Cloudflare Worker that does two jobs at once: ...

Recently I faced a situation where I needed to adjust the configuration of a Proxmox LXC container directly inside a backup file. What really helped me to solve this problem was this Proxmox forum thread. Without it, I probably wouldn’t have been able to figure it out. Since I found the process very useful, I decided to document the full workflow here - from extracting the backup to editing the config and repacking it again. ...

While running Proxmox on my home server, I noticed an unusual issue: the Power Cycle Count of my Intel USB SSD kept increasing, even though I wasn’t rebooting the server or disconnecting the drive. After some digging, I found that the problem was caused by the USB controller repeatedly putting the device into autosuspend mode, which effectively caused the SSD to “wake up” over and over again. ...