Why I Run Some Things in Docker, Some in VMs, and Some in Kubernetes
I have been very transparent about the fact that I still have Docker hosts in my home lab in addition to running Kubernetes. If you haven’t seen my post on…
Category: home lab
The Best Infrastructure Decisions I Made This Year
It has been quite a year already in my home lab when it comes to infrastructure and the decisions I have made so far. This year I have made some…
What I Learned After Migrating Fully Away From VMware
From the beginning of 2026, I have written a lot about my journey of moving away from VMware which you can read about here: I Spent a Year Running Proxmox…
I Built a Local AI Coding Agent Home Lab Setup With OpenCode and Ollama
One of the interesting trends that is happening across all industries is the rise of AI and AI-integrated tooling. I think most of us have experimented with running local LLMs…
PatchMon V2 Finally Lets You Patch Your Servers From One Dashboard
I first wrote about Patchmon in its v1 form back at the end of 2025. It immediately stood out to me as something that filled a real gap in the…
I Can Finally See My Entire Home Lab and It Changed How I Troubleshoot
If you saw my earlier post a few weeks back covering Scanopy, you already know there are many different solutions out there that can scan your network and generate diagrams…
I Replaced My Monitoring Stack and This Just Works in My Home Lab
I am always on the lookout for new and better tools for monitoring in the home lab environment to keep an eye on self-hosted apps and services. There are a…
I Can Rebuild My Home Lab From Scratch in Hours and These 5 Habits Made It Possible
If you have ever worked at rebuilding your home lab from scratch or even part of it, you know how painful this can be. This could possibly turn into a…
I Deployed My Own Flatcar Linux Update Server and Here’s What Actually Happened
I have been having a blast trying out container-specific operating systems. As of recently I have tried out a couple including Lightwhale and Flatcar. Both have been very good in…
I Installed Flatcar Linux on Proxmox and It’s Not Like a Normal Linux VM
There are many great Linux operating systems that I have used in the home lab for running containers. You may have seen my recent post on Lightwhale in my home…