6 Proxmox LXCs I set up once and never think about again
…The best part? Many of these FOSS services didn’t require any extra tweaks, and even with dedicated 3-2-1 backup workflows safeguarding their data, I didn’t have to sift…
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Claude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
6d agoI stopped checking my home lab backups manually after Claude Code helped me build these checks
6d agoProxmox Backup Server is the boring home lab upgrade that made me less afraid to break things
1w agoYour backup strategy is probably broken, and a $250 second machine can fix it
1w agoI ditched OPNsense for UniFi, and the speed gain wasn't the real win
…Now I've got one software layer that manages my NVR, my gateway, my backup power, my video doorbell, wireless APs and managed switches, and each part of the stack has a…
I recommended this SBC before the Raspberry Pi became impossible to buy – it holds up even better now
…That’s pretty important when you’re planning to store ripped movies, TV shows, and ROMs on your SBC-powered NAS… It has enough storage provisions to serve as a backup workstation…
Your motherboard's Ethernet port matters a lot more than it did 5 years ago
…Most people building a NAS are probably planning to host a media server, run automated backups, self-host their media, and maybe manage a home surveillance system. This can easily make a…
Four NVMe slots changed how I think about home lab storage, and a $170 mini PC made it click
…a separate powered USB hub, a dangling SSD, or a case designed to solve a problem the board didn’t originally care about. It has enough performance for real home lab services…
Stop treating the Raspberry Pi 5 as a smart home hub — it's actually built for something bigger
…That distinction matters because smart home setups rarely stay small forever. You start with a few lights, then add sensors, dashboards, network monitoring, DNS services, backup jobs, and small utilities that make…
Home Assistant slows down over time, but there's a nuclear option most people don't realize
…You treat your configuration like a delicate house of cards, terrified that updating Home Assistant Core will permanently shatter your automations. The nuclear option here is downloading a clean config backup. Hit…
I stopped paying Heroku for my app deployments after discovering this self-hosted alternative
…That’s pretty much what Coolify does, except I’m the one in charge of the server powering this platform. It has the same Git-based deployments as its paid, cloud-based…
I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
…My MacBook Air on my work VLAN couldn’t reach the home lab server for backups or running utilities. I added another rule for that without flagging it for review, which I…
Home Assistant freed me from the smart home brand wars, and now I buy whatever works
…world. However, it’s still another device or service to maintain. Backups matter. Storage matters. Power reliability matters. A smart home controller becomes important very quickly once you start depending on it…