…That’s the point where a tool like Grafana stops being overkill and starts saving you from a lot of blind troubleshooting. This is where a home lab starts becoming more than…
…waiting for the next weird failure to push me into troubleshooting mode. I wasn’t asking it to reinvent my smart home or write a pile of new automations. I wanted it…
…It's the ability to troubleshoot when something breaks, and any home lab enthusiast knows that stuff breaks all the time. This is one of the best arguments for going with a…
…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…
…Sure, 4B, 7B, and even 9B models could handle simple inference requests, but anything requiring detailed troubleshooting or complex reasoning would be too much for them to handle – and in some cases…
…Sign in to your XDA account Docker Engine may be the easiest container runtime in the home lab ecosystem, but managing dozens of free and open-source services can get somewhat cumbersome…
…Making the LAN smarter Depending on how you have your smart home configured to operate, Home Assistant and other platforms must have access to all your smart home sensors and devices. The…
…For example, if I wanted to use local models when troubleshooting random home lab problems, I could toss all the documentation I’ve built over the years into the LLM provider and…
…Or, if I didn’t already have productivity-centric tools scattered across my Proxmox nodes, I'd use Coolify to run n8n , Joplin, Homebox, BentoPDF, SearXNG, Syncthing , and other must-have FOSS…
…Sign in to your XDA account Setting up a home lab or a production environment often starts with the big, flashy services, but the true magic lies in the quiet ones — the…