I didn't know my homelab was broken until I found split DNS
…All the services were containerized and under the same Docker network. So, it took a few minutes to add local DNS records to Pi-hole, and it was up and running. I…
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I stopped using my NAS as a NAS, and it became the most useful machine in my house
…Containers still need maintenance, and not every NAS has the CPU, memory, or software polish to handle a heavier workload gracefully. Some NAS platforms also make app management feel more constrained than…
I picked Proxmox over TrueNAS Scale for my home lab, and I'd make the same choice today
…For a home lab, its entire purpose is to let you spin up virtual machines and LXC containers, allocate resources to them, and manage everything from a clean web interface. It installed…
I built a Windows 3.1 dashboard for my homelab, and it's the most fun I've had self-hosting
…It makes sense — a dashboard is designed to be a central place to access services or status information of your services and to avoid digging through browser bookmarks every time you need…
This hidden Proxmox setting may sound cursed, but it’s really useful for coding and DIY projects
…I can access from every device in my arsenal without cluttering them with my unorganized file-creation habits. I primarily rely on nested virtualization to run Docker containers, and since they’re…
Replacing paid productivity apps with a self-hosted setup helped me save money, but I had to make some compromises
…I had to come up with a way to set up remote access on my nodes… I deployed Tailscale to enable remote access It’s safe to use and doesn’t need…
I added Claude Code's memory to my workflows, and my automation became effortless
…For example, an n8n workflow collects data, sends it to Anthropic, gets a response back, and continues to the next step. The problem is that the API only gives you access to…
Wi-Fi signal bars are lying to you, and this app finally showed me the truth
…stable access to my Docker containers from the hallway. After this, I made a third pass to ensure my network was interference-free on most bands in the 2.4GHz and 5GHz…
I tried to make my Steam Deck a real server, and it’s better at it than it has any right to be
…Switch over to desktop mode, and you're dropped into a full KDE Plasma environment. There's a terminal, a package manager, and access to all the usual tools you would expect…
HexOS can finally manage your NAS locally instead of through the cloud, and it fixes its biggest flaw
…HexOS promised to make that power accessible to everyone else . The catch, and it was a big one, was that HexOS's entire management interface lived in the cloud. You installed the…