The Biggest Home Lab Trend I’m Watching for 2027
The home lab world has changed dramatically over the last few years and it continues to change. Not long ago, most of us were building traditional virtualization stacks, a handful…
Author: Brandon Lee
Brandon Lee is the Senior Writer, Engineer and owner at Virtualizationhowto.com, and a 7-time VMware vExpert, with over two decades of experience in Information Technology. Having worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as in various industries, He has extensive experience in various IT segments and is a strong advocate for open source technologies. Brandon holds many industry certifications, loves the outdoors and spending time with family. Also, he goes through the effort of testing and troubleshooting issues, so you don't have to.
Why Quadlets Finally Made Podman Click for Me in the Home Lab
There is just something so cool about containerized technologies and there are a lot of great options for running them out there, including Docker (as we all know). But another…
What Actually Changed After I Moved My Home Lab to Immutable Linux
I wanted to post an update after using Flatcar for some months now and what has changed in terms of workflows and actual benefits or negatives from moving to Immutable…
Sencho Might Be the Docker Compose Management Tool Home Labs Have Been Waiting For
Docker Compose is still one of my favorite ways to run applications in the home lab. It is simple, it makes sense, it is human-readable, and it is quick to…
5 DNS Servers Every Home Lab Should Know About (2026 Guide)
DNS is one of my favorite services that I like to manage and play around with in the home lab and it is arguably one of the most critical. When…
10 Linux Tweaks I Make on Every New Home Lab Server
I have been talking a lot lately about how I centralize the configuration of my Linux servers in git and other content around infrastructure as code and making sure you…
Most Home Lab Outages Start With These Hidden Dependencies
Not long ago, i was troubleshooting an issue in the home lab related to an app that was straightforward. One of my services had suddenly stopped and become unavailable. The…
These Git Repositories Changed How I Manage My Home Lab
One of the biggest changes I have made in my home lab over the past few years has nothing to do with Proxmox, Kubernetes, Docker, networking, or storage. Instead, it…
I Created a Modern Home Lab Blueprint. Here’s What Made the Cut
If there is one thing I think that has changed over the years with self-hosting and learning, it is what a home lab actually looks like. When most of us…
I Thought I Needed an Unbound Cluster. The Solution Was Much Simpler
As of recently, I have been looking at some low hanging fruit as it relates to improving the resiliency of DNS services in my home lab as it relates to…