LoggiFly Is the Docker Log Alerting Tool I Didn’t Know I Needed
Docker logs are definitely one of the first places I look when troubleshooting issues with containers. It is often where you will find the root cause of the issue that…
10 Small Changes That Made My Home Lab Far More Reliable
When it comes to improving and “upgrading” your home lab, most of us starting thinking about the hardware side of things. More memory (haha, rolling eyes at prices), faster storage,…
9 Home Lab Services I Would Deploy First on a Fresh Proxmox Install
When I build a brand new Proxmox host or cluster, I don’t start with deploying everything and the kitchen sink. I focus on getting a small set of home lab…
Stop Using Pi-Hole Sync Tools and Use Technitium DNS Clustering Instead
Having redundant DNS servers in a home lab is a great idea and helps to shore up one of the single points of failure that we can have in the…
PatchMon Is the Linux Update GUI I’ve Been Wanting for My Home Lab
An aspect of maintaining a production environment or home lab environment that I have personally never really enjoyed is patching. However, it is one of those necessary evils when you…
Ultimate Home Lab Starter Stack for 2026 (Key Recommendations)
If you were able to wipe the slate clean and start your home lab journey fresh today for the beginning of 2026, what would your starter stack look like? I…
Do You Really Need Wi-Fi 7 in Your Home Lab in 2025?
Usually we are thinking about upgrading other hardware in our home labs, including mini PCs, network switches, storage, and RAM (cough cough with today’s prices). However, there is another aspect…
Why Containers Will Be More Important Than Ever in the 2026 Home Lab
I think we are seeing a paradigm shift in hardware landscape with the surging price of consumer RAM. This is not only going to affect the obvious, RAM upgrades, but…
Why Deq Might Be the Best Home Lab Dashboard in 2025
Most of us have tried many of the home lab dashboards that are out there. I know I have been through the common list of them available. And there are…
Has RAM Pricing Just Made Used Enterprise Servers the Better Home Lab Deal?
Wow if you have been watching the pricing on RAM in the past few months, we have seen prices skyrocket. This isn’t a good development for those of us running…