5 Proxmox Projects to Level Up Your Home Lab This Weekend
I am a huge advocate of project-based learning and I think a little extra time on the weekend if you have a few minutes or a couple of hours in…
Home Lab Chaos Engineering Unleashed with LitmusChaos
Create chaos in our home labs, on purpose? Is that a crazy idea? Well, it could be, but if you are into platform engineering and SRE type skills and want…
5 Must-Have Coding Tools to Supercharge Your Home Lab Workflow
Wow, I feel like I can’t keep up with all the awesome tools that are out there. With the explosion of AI and AI-driven workflows, there has been a flurry…
Home Assistant Docker Compose Design Decisions: Networking, Storage, Backups
If you have been wanting to get into Home Assistant, it is a growing ecosystem that is fun and exciting. And, if you already have a home lab environment, which…
Automate Your Home Lab with n8n Workflow Automation and AI
If you have not heard about a tool called N8N, please read this blog post. This is a phenomenal tool that really opens a lot of possibilities for doing things…
15 Weekend-Ready Ansible Playbooks for Your Home Lab
I’ve spent countless weekends automating every corner of my home lab, and nothing feels better than kicking back on Monday morning knowing that routine tasks and projects in the home…
Docker Networking Tutorial: Bridge vs. Macvlan vs. Overlay for Home Labs
Everyone starts out using the default bridge network in a Docker container environment. And, if you are running standalone Docker hosts there is likely nothing wrong with using this network…
Run Your Home Lab with Infrastructure as Code Like a Boss
There has never been a better time to get into coding things, especially infrastructure as code. There are so many powerful AI tools available now so the barrier to entry…
Amazon Kiro AI IDE Released in Preview Download it Now!
I have been super excited and using AI-enhanced coding tools for the last few months now. So, I am on the lookout for new tools and solutions. In case you…
Ansible Semaphore UI: My New Go-To Infrastructure Automation Tool
A couple of years ago now, I wrote about Ansible Semaphore which brings an awesome UI to Ansible and it is a MUCH simpler tool to get up and running…