My entire homelab runs on an 8-year-old laptop most people would throw away
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This $44 managed switch handles 2.5Gb speeds, and it's the upgrade your home network actually needs
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…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 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…
My $15 Raspberry Pi hosts my password manager and gets rid of expensive subscriptions
…For power interruptions, I have a 700VA inverter that provides backup electricity to some specific outlets in my home. I keep my router, SBCs, and lightweight Docker systems connected to one of…
The INIU Pocket Rocket P50 rethinks portable power for daily use
…Devices like the INIU Pocket Rocket P50 45W mini power bank are built around this lifestyle change. Instead of backup tools that sit unused in a bag, they are designed to be…
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…
7 things you can do with your old Windows 10 PC instead of trading it in
…providers; here's how I setup a Minecraft server on my Raspberry Pi Power your smart home Home Assistant is amazing One of the few projects I've ever done for work…