I never use my Pixel phone without these powerful open-source apps
…It offers automated local backups. I have it set up to export an encrypted backup file to my local device storage every time I scan a new QR code. If I ever…
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Claude Code found the quiet problems hiding in my Home Assistant setup, and I've been ignoring them for months
4d agoI stopped checking my home lab backups manually after Claude Code helped me build these checks
5d agoProxmox Backup Server is the boring home lab upgrade that made me less afraid to break things
5d agoYour backup strategy is probably broken, and a $250 second machine can fix it
1w agoRunning Proxmox on my ASUS NUC 14 Pro Plus taught me where mini PCs still fall short
…Sign in to your XDA account Mini PCs have become almost too easy to recommend for a home lab . They sip power, disappear onto a shelf, and offer enough CPU performance to…
I turned my NAS into a private Git server, and it made more sense than I expected
…Sign in to your XDA account Every NAS I've bought over the years has been laser focused on storage and backups. Like most people who get into home servers , I started…
N100 mini PCs quietly killed the Raspberry Pi for home servers
…In the meantime, Intel’s N100 processor has become the de-facto king of budget home labs – to the point where it’s cheaper to grab a mini-PC powered by this…
High availability doesn't require matching servers — my three different mini PCs proved it works anyway
…hardware. Power supplies, cooling, firmware behavior, and network adapters can all behave differently under stress. Proxmox can coordinate the recovery, but it can’t make every little box equally dependable. Home lab…
I dug into who makes Amazon Basics batteries, and here’s when they beat name brands
…Amazon rivaled or exceeded the power needs of some of my devices. For instance, I have a few old-school analog clocks hanging in my home that each require one AA battery…
I built my first home server for under $200, and it replaced 4 monthly subscriptions
…Low idle power consumption is the most important factor for a 24/7 machine. High core counts, gaming GPUs, and massive RAM are rarely needed for typical home server workloads, and they…
This Synology 4-bay NAS is a bargain if you're willing to trust them again
…You can even expand beyond storage by using the Synology NAS for your home lab, making it part of your media streaming setup, home security backup, and more. It's reliable and…
This self-hosted Office 365 alternative is fine, but here's how I turned it into my private cloud setup
…It can even accept Jinja2 templates to grab powerful Python automations from Home Assistant, though I must admit that I haven’t gone past the basic example scripts. This integration isn’t…
I got tired of hunting through Windows for every setting, so I built my own control center
…Registry edit tweaks are a lot simpler to audit and treat consistently as opposed to PowerShell scripts, hence why I focused on these first. Every change writes a .reg backup before it…