Your backup strategy is probably broken, and a $250 second machine can fix it
…I’ve got a central OPNsense firewall/router that’s configured as a subnet router via the Tailscale plugin in my home lab, while my remote NAS hosts Tailscale as an app…
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4 tools I install on every new home server before setting up anything else
1d agoYour smart home devices will outlast the companies that made them if you ditch the cloud
1w agoWindows has a built-in remote desktop tool most people ignore, and it saved me from TeamViewer
1w agoI ditched Synology's QuickConnect for Tailscale, and remote access finally feels effortless
1w agoTailscale's latest personal plan changes make it easier than ever to share your home lab with friends and family
…Leaving the irony of using a service that relies on external servers aside, Tailscale is by far the easiest way to access my home lab from remote networks, and it’s the…
I turned a Raspberry Pi and mini PC into a portable homelab that fits in my backpack
…His expertise broadly covers computers, smartphones, game consoles, headphones, smart home products, browsers, and apps. Sign in to your XDA account I love my homelab — but accessing it remotely from a hotel…
I bought a KVM-over-IP for my home lab, and I can't believe I waited this long
…Gl.iNet Comet 5G $300 at Gl.iNet My home lab has never been easier to manage Being able to see what happens during reboots is fantastic Every remote access tool I…
Cloudflare Mesh gave me everything Tailscale did, minus another company in my network
…CGNAT, remote homelab access, and phone-PC connectivity, and I had no major complaints. Then I asked myself, if Cloudflare was already handling most of the stack, did I still need another…
I built a local LLM server I can access from anywhere, and it uses a Raspberry Pi
…But I wanted remote access from external networks, without the added risks of exposing ports on my home router. That’s why I went with good ol’ Tailscale , which I’d already…
I ditched Plex, Google Photos, and iCloud for self-hosted alternatives, and Pangolin made it actually work
…Features like timeline and AI face recognition never felt like they were running on my old home server. I could share photos and videos without relying on Google Photos. Once remote access…
I built a 4K Jellyfin server from an old gaming PC, and it transcodes everything I throw at it
…The process mostly involved properly configuring the operating system, installing Jellyfin, pointing it to my media folders, and setting up remote access, so the server could be accessed from outside my home…
I stopped logging into my homelab dashboard after connecting these 4 MCP servers to Claude Code
…SSH MCP Claude SSHs in before I even Open Termius My homelab is not limited to one machine. I move between my home Debian server and a remote VPS every once in…
My Windows PC became my homelab's control center with these 5 free tools
…are at home behind a CGNAT connection. With Tailscale I can access them securely without exposing anything on the hotel Wi-Fi. Every other tool in this list works remotely because of…