Four NVMe slots changed how I think about home lab storage, and a $170 mini PC made it click
…That means I don’t have to decide right now whether this box is a tiny server, a small NAS, a Docker host, or a Proxmox playground. It can grow into those…
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I run two routers at home, and it's not for the reason you think
…Anyone running Proxmox, TrueNAS, Docker stacks, or other self-hosted services is constantly building, breaking, and rebuilding things, and as a result, containers get exposed to things they shouldn't. All kinds…
Pi-hole is still the best free upgrade you can make to your home network
…As a self-hosted service, it can run in Docker, so you can set it up on any computer in the house and just leave it running so it does its thing…
Home Assistant slows down over time, but there's a nuclear option most people don't realize
…blocks, native script templates, and helper variables into a clean text document on your desktop. If you run Home Assistant on a Proxmox virtual machine or a Docker stack, leave your production…
A used workstation costs less than a new GPU, but it pays for itself in ways gaming hardware never will
…A used workstation arrives with all of the necessary pieces already assembled and validated as a unit. Install Proxmox and you can stand up Nextcloud, Immich, Jellyfin, AdGuard Home, Vaultwarden, and Tailscale…
Your NAS permissions are probably a mess, and a single flat share fixes it
…Where it all goes wrong Permissions to do what, exactly? With a NAS, you can quickly (and easily) create a deeply nested folder structure, have multiple overlapping user groups with countless Docker…
I used a LattePanda Sigma with 32GB of RAM as my ‘too much power’ home lab box, and immediately found work for it
…I started thinking of it as a staging area for services that didn’t quite belong on my NAS or main Proxmox node yet. That included monitoring tools, small automation jobs, and…
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