What Things Would You Do With Access To An Abundance Of M2 SSDs (256GB-1TB) INTRODUCTION Imagine staring at a stack of 50+ M.2 SSDs ranging from 256GB to 1TB - all wiped, tested, and ready for de...
I’m Blaming Y’all For This: The Inevitable Escalation of Self-Hosted Infrastructure Introduction The post title echoes a sentiment every seasoned sysadmin has felt during late-night troubleshooti...
Lets Encrypt Certificates Will No Longer Be Usable For Client Authentication Starting 13 May 2026 Introduction On 14 May 2025, Let’s Encrypt dropped a bombshell announcement that will fundamental...
New Access Security Installed: A Comprehensive Guide to Infrastructure Hardening 1. INTRODUCTION When Reddit users spotted an “intruder” in a homelab server rack photo last month, the sysadmin co...
Is This Normal Or Something Is Wrong With Me: The DevOps Homelab Reality Check Introduction That moment when you stare at your infrastructure setup - cables snaking across floors, servers blinkin...
Friends Do Not Let Friends Run Proxmox Community Scripts Introduction In self-hosted and homelab communities, one phrase has become increasingly controversial: “Just run the community scripts.” T...
Did I Just Scored A Really Good Deal Be Honest INTRODUCTION The eternal question every homelab enthusiast and DevOps professional faces when spotting second-hand hardware: “Is this actually a goo...
Most Home Labs Don’t Need Managed Switches Introduction The homelab community thrives on experimentation, learning, and pushing technical boundaries - but not every enterprise-grade solution belo...
Ad Blocker On Only 50Kb Of Ram: Minimalist DNS Filtering for Resource-Constrained Environments 1. Introduction In an era where Kubernetes clusters routinely consume gigabytes of memory and cloud ...
My Attempt At Replacing Cloud Services 1. Introduction The growing tension between convenience and digital sovereignty has reached a tipping point. As major cloud providers intensify data collecti...