TL; DR: How I set up my 2026 MacBook Pro, along with the software I installed and the method I used for each (either Mac App Store via the mas CLI, Homebrew, or direct download). It’ s been a few years since I last wrote one of these. The 2021…
Tom McFarlin
Network-Wide Ad Blocking with Pi-hole, Unbound, and Tailscale: A Step-by-Step Guide
For years, I’ve had a Raspberry Pi sitting in my office serving both Homebridge and Plex. Though I’ d wanted to set up Pi-Hole for sometime, I’ d not taken the time do so until recently. For those unfamiliar, Pi-Hole effectively lets you take control of your home network’ s DNS…


