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Install TradeNote on Windows

author@junian.dev (Junian Triajianto) — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0700

Recently, I installed TradeNote on Windows for a client.

TradeNote is an open-source trading journal that helps traders store, analyze, and review all their trades so they can become more consistent and profitable.

Installation on Linux or other Unix-based operating systems is pretty straightforward. However, on Windows, there are a few additional steps—especially if you’re not familiar with Unix-based environments.

Here’s how I install TradeNote on Windows.

Requirements

Windows 10 version 2004 or higher (Build 19041+) or Windows 11
WSL 2 installed
Docker Desktop installed

Make sure Docker Desktop is configured to use WSL 2 as its backend. It is enabled by default, but better make sure of it.

CasaOS on macOS with External Drives

author@junian.dev (Junian Triajianto) — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:00:00 +0700

Previously, I wrote about how to install CasaOS on macOS, both as a written guide and in a video. I received several similar questions, such as:

Any way to mount external volumes? Without volumes, it is useless. Please someone help.

How can I share my actual hard disks on CasaOS?

Thanks for the tutorial, it works great. How do I configure an external USB HDD? Thank you.

It is working perfectly, but we have one “big” problem. I have three other external drives and I couldn’t mount them all into CasaOS.

Basically, many of you wanted to know how to mount external drives to CasaOS on macOS. That makes sense, because Apple charges a premium for large internal storage, and it’s usually much cheaper to expand your homelab storage using external drives.

How to Install CasaOS on macOS

author@junian.dev (Junian Triajianto) — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:05:15 +0700

I have an unused Mac at home that I use as a homelab server. Naturally, I self-host several web apps and services on it.

Usually, I use Docker and manually write docker-compose.yaml files to run web applications. It works great, but maintaining multiple docker-compose.yaml files is pretty tedious for a homelab setup.

I asked myself: is there a simpler way to install web apps on macOS? Something as simple as the macOS App Store itself?