Why Arcane Might Be the Next Big Docker UI for the Home Lab
There has been a lot of community projects that have sprung up around Docker UIs and dashboards. Most of us run Docker in the home lab and as your containers…
Category: home lab
Things I Stopped Self-Hosting (And Why Cloud or Managed Won)
For a long while, especially when I first started with a home lab and self-hosting services, my answer to everything was to self-host it. This mindset I think can serve…
Why Zoraxy Might Be the Best Reverse Proxy for Home Labs
I am constantly on the lookout for new tools that can help with managing resources in the home lab. Reverse proxies are extremely important and useful since they allow you…
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…
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…
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…
Logward Is the Lightweight Syslog Server Every Home Lab Needs in 2025
I am constantly on the lookout for great tools that help to do things easier in the home lab environment and production than what I am doing currently. In doing…