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Networking
Wireshark 101: The 2025 Beginner’s Guide
If you are like me, when you manage networks, whether in the home lab or production environment, you probably use tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, etc. These are great tools and can help you diagnose simple network problems very quickly.…
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AI
5 Killer AI Projects You Can Try in a Weekend
You don’t need cloud credits or racks of GPUs to experiment with powerful AI tools. Thanks to lean local models and awesome open-source tools, you can build your own AI stack in a weekend. You can do all of this…
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VMware
The Great VMware Exodus, Real Migration Stories and Alternatives for 2025
We have seen/are seeing a seismic shift in the virtualization space after Broadcom completed the $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023. What has followed has been a complete transformation in terms of price and licensing that has left…
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AI
Install Google Gemini CLI in Windows for AI Command Line!
There is new buzz around the Google Gemini platform as Google has taken a major step for devs, sysadmins, and CLI power users. They have released the Gemini CLI. This is a command line interface that brings Gemini’s AI features…
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home lab
My Favorite Home Lab Tools in 2025 (So Far): Projects I Keep Coming Back To
There are definitely tools that I keep coming back to in the home lab and that are the core of what I would call what runs most of my lab environment now. I use these tools to build CI/CD pipelines,…
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Kubernetes
Freelens is an Open Source and Free Kubernetes IDE for 2025!
I have been playing around with various Kubernetes IDE solutions for years now and there are many different ones that offer great solutions for working with Kubernetes to be honest. I have written about and have been showing solutions like…
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Mini PC & Server
Aoostar WTR Max Review: The Almost Perfect NAS Mini PC
I have been super excited to get my hands on this particular NAS device – the Aoostar WTRMax. At first glance, it looks like a storage-packed NAS box, but under the hood, this machine is a powerful combination of compute,…
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Computers
DevOps Roadmap 2025: A Hands-On Path to Mastery from Home Lab to Automation
If you’re like me, you’ve probably noticed that the world of DevOps is more accessible than ever. This is especially true if you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and build things in your own home lab. I personally think…
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VMware
VMware Cloud Foundation VCF 9.0 Released New Features
Well, we have heard about it for quite some time now, but VMware Cloud Foundation VCF 9.0 is here. It has a lot of new enhancements that will provide a lot of new tools for next-gen workloads. Like we have…
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Self hosted
CoreControl Is the New Self-Hosted Dashboard Built for Home Labs
Keeping visibility into your home lab over self-hosted services is a critical task. Let’s look at a new home lab dashboard called CoreControl that provides a free open-source dashboard that is a great solution in the home lab. What is…
