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Why We Chose Zstd
Storage 2026-03-01
Why We Chose Zstd — and How Seekable Frames Change Everything

Most compression formats make you decompress from the start. Zstd seekable frames let HuskHoard jump straight to any byte in a cold archive — here's how it works.

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LTO Tape in 2025
Tape 2026-04-08
LTO Tape in 2026: Still the Cheapest Byte You Can Buy

A cost-per-gigabyte breakdown comparing LTO-9, spinning rust, cloud cold storage, and NVMe — with real numbers from a home media server running HuskHoard.

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fanotify no kernel module
Rust 2026-05-15
fanotify, User-Space Daemons, and Why We Don't Need a Kernel Module

HuskHoard intercepts every filesystem event without touching kernel space. A deep look at how Linux's fanotify API makes this possible and what tradeoffs we made.

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