Chasing the perfect home lab is why yours never works
…It also meant small changes kept rippling outward into DNS, storage, networking, and backups. The result was a lab that always felt one step away from being “done” and never actually settled…
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A $40 label maker and QR codes completely changed how I manage my home lab
…Not quite — BookStack is the go-to self-hosted documentation platform in the home lab community. Plex is a media server, Proxmox is a hypervisor, and Grafana is for metrics dashboards. BookStack…
I stopped using Obsidian like a notes app, and started using it like a database
…The real value comes from building systems that reduce friction and surface the right context at the right time. That mindset shift changed how I write, research, plan, and organize work every…
Proxmox gave me Home Assistant plus a NAS, media server, and backup system on one PC
…same platform at its core, and it's incredible that a single platform can be home to so many useful tools. Proxmox allowed my to change my backup strategy and ditch typical…
The Android Auto feature nobody talks about that I use on every drive
…I just followed up on a task request, and Google Assistant handled it in no time. Related 4 ways I stopped fighting Android Auto and started customizing it instead Small changes that…
This $35 ESP32 touchscreen makes Meshtastic feel less like a commitment, and you still get a great display if it doesn't stick
…It's good enough out of the box and works, though, so you can buy this and never change the firmware if you're really that uncomfortable with it. There's also…
Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
…Going from running a few smart bulbs to having impressive voice assistants, backups, dashboards, and external services is quite the change. Once it no longer feels like a hobby project, it's…
NotebookLM's latest features have completely changed how I research
…Updates like its integration of certain Gemini chats, its updated Slide Decks feature, custom reports, and Cinematic Video Overviews mean that NotebookLM has some truly game-changing enhancements for your research. Related…
Home Assistant kept wasting power on my home lab, and this tiny change fixed it
…I had never noticed any problems with that setup, and considering Home Assistant is a very light platform, this VM only has access to 2 out of the 22 processor cores available…
I finally started using Duplicati and I should have sooner
…Duplicati supports a surprisingly wide array of protocols and services, from common ones like WebDAV, FTP, and SFTP to specific cloud platforms like Backblaze B2 and various S3-compatible storage options. It…