Google Wanted $2.99/Month For Photos I Said No And Spent $130 On A Baby Homelab Instead Introduction The $2.99/month Google Photos storage tax seems trivial - until you multiply it across decades...
When Did We As A Profession Lose Our Backbone? Introduction The modern infrastructure landscape tells a troubling story: A Reddit sysadmin’s frustrated post about macOS integration in a Windows d...
Why Does Everything Need To Run Through A Purchasing Partner? INTRODUCTION You found the perfect DevOps tool. You tested the trial version. Your team approved the purchase. But when you click “Bu...
Never Thought That Making A Self Hosted Spotify Would Be So Easy Introduction The modern music streaming landscape presents DevOps engineers with an intriguing challenge: How do we reclaim contro...
Retro Homelab Sleeper Cluster - Hypnos2001 And A Tribute To Japanese Manufacturing INTRODUCTION The homelab movement represents more than just technical experimentation - it’s a cultural phenomeno...
How Many Of Us Homelab Folks Are Also Into Cars Introduction The intersection between homelab enthusiasts and automotive tinkerers represents a fascinating overlap in technical hobbies. Both doma...
Drowning In AI Slop: How Curl Ends Bug Bounties Expose Infrastructure Management Challenges INTRODUCTION A quiet crisis is unfolding in open-source infrastructure management. The recent terminati...
Thinkbox Released - DIY 4-Bay NAS and Powerful Alternative to the ThinkNAS 1. Introduction In the era of data explosion and self-hosted infrastructure, storage professionals face a critical chall...
Five Cats Too Much Dust: Built My Own Dust-Proof NAS Cabinet Introduction As DevOps engineers and homelab enthusiasts, we invest significant effort in optimizing our infrastructure – until enviro...
Microsoft Back Online Excuse: Too Many Servers Were Shut Down During Maintenance - A DevOps Perspective Introduction When Microsoft Azure suffered a 9.5-hour outage in January 2023 due to “too ma...