Chasing the perfect home lab is why yours never works
…There is still a real case for refining and rebuilding often Experimentation is part of why home labs exist To be fair, a home lab isn’t supposed to be a frozen…
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My Google Pixel replaced my laptop for home lab management, and I stopped carrying a computer entirely
3d agoI spent hours troubleshooting my NAS until electrical tape fixed what software couldn't
1w agoThese 4 tiny Docker containers do the boring work that makes homelabs actually reliable
1w agoHome Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
1w agoI built a local LLM server I can access from anywhere, and it uses a Raspberry Pi
…powered needs, be it extracting text from documents, helping me troubleshoot random errors in my server experiments, or controlling my smart home with voice commands. But I wanted to see how far…
Radeon is still the best choice for an HTPC GPU, and the reason has nothing to do with performance
…I can't hold my breath, though, and that's why my Radeon GPU has a firm home in my home theater PC.
I finally ditched Ubuntu Server after five years, and realized why Fedora's release cycle actually wins for production
…Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows…
Don't swap Docker for Proxmox's OCI support yet — the missing pieces matter more than the promise
…The missing pieces show up very quickly Real home lab services need more than launch buttons The biggest issue is that a home lab isn’t judged by whether something boots. It…
I expected to bounce off Obsidian like every other note app, and a year later it's running my entire life
…Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows…
I replaced Cursor and Antigravity with a completely local VS Code setup, and I missed less than I expected
…The most common use case for LLMs in my home lab is querying them about failed projects, examining terminal logs, and conducting vulnerability scans on my code. The small-sized models that…
Local LLMs work best when you're not loyal to just one
…Whether it’s aiding my troubleshooting efforts after a botched project renders my home lab offline, extracting precise text snippets from abysmally long documents, or helping me organize my bookmarks, local LLMs…
Windows has a built-in remote desktop tool most people ignore, and it saved me from TeamViewer
…Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration, troubleshooting weird problems, and using open-source tools in the real world. He also works a lot with Windows…
My browser in a container gives me access from anywhere, and it's simpler than you'd think
…In that time, he's also written for SlashGear and numerous corporate clients before finding his home at XDA in the spring of 2023. He was the kid who took apart every…