I Stopped Hand‑Drawing My Homelab Diagram Now It Rebuilds Itself From Code On Every Push INTRODUCTION If you have ever spent hours hunched over a whiteboard or a static drawing tool, only to watc...
Looking To Hire A System Admin - But My Boss Insists That 70K - 80K Is A Normal Pay Range Introduction Finding the right system administrator for a self‑hosted homelab or a small‑to‑medium DevOps...
RunningA Mac As Home Server And Couldnt Be Happier Power Efficient Fast Small Roast Me INTRODUCTION The notion of a home server often conjures images of bulky rack‑mount hardware, noisy fans, and...
Introduction When you spend years configuring rack‑mount servers in a data‑center‑style environment, the shift to a more confined space can feel like a culture shock. The recent move from a Superm...
AaaandIts Done - I Pushed The Button 2 Months Ago And I Finally Retired Yesterday Introduction For decades the rhythm of a sysadmin’s life has been defined by a relentless cycle of provisioning, ...
How Do You Guys Separate Environments When Your PC Is A Dev Station Gaming Rig And Home Server All At Once## INTRODUCTION Imagine a workstation that simultaneously powers a high‑end gaming rig, ho...
E-Waste - Network Operations Dashboard The rapid churn of consumer electronics has turned electronic waste, or e‑waste, into a critical operational concern for any self‑hosted environment. When de...
My Aliexpress Friend Delivered The moment you unbox a piece of hardware that was ordered through a quirky “Hello my friend” AliExpress seller and still manages to arrive without paying the extra s...
IntroductionWhen a family member vacated a spare bedroom, the opportunity arose to transform that space into a compact yet powerful self‑hosted environment. The initial impulse was simple: organize...
University Of California Launches First Of Its Kind Datacenter Powered By 2000 Pixel Phones - A Low-Carbon Computing Platform From Retired Phones Introduction The notion of repurposing retired sm...