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home lab
Do You Really Need a Full-Sized Rack for Your Home Lab in 2025?
In 2025, home labs are more powerful and smaller than ever, thanks to mini PCs. Mini PCs with AMD Ryzen or Intel Core Ultra processors now have up to 32 threads or more and can…
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Latest articles
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AI
Still Worth It? Running AI Workloads on a GTX 1060 in 2025
If you are wanting to get into running AI models on your local workstation or home lab server, you may…
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AI
Run Ollama with NVIDIA GPU in Proxmox VMs and LXC containers
I have been having tons of fun working with local LLMs in the home lab the last few days and…
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AI
Best Self-hosted GitHub Copilot AI Coding Alternatives
AI coding assistants are all the rage these days, from vibe coding, to helping to level the playing field for…
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AI
5 Best LLM Models You Can Run in Docker on Low-Power Hardware
I have been super interested in running LLMs at home with the help of great open source tools freely available…
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AI
Meet kubectl-ai: Google Just Delivered the Best Tool for Kubernetes Management
There is no question that the world of Kubernetes is evolving fast. The AI revolution has also brought about some…
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AI
Self-Hosting LLMs with Docker and Proxmox: How to Run Your Own GPT
One of the coolest things that you can self-host is large language models (LLMs) like GPT. AI has transformed everything…
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Proxmox
My Top 3 Proxmox Server Builds for Performance and Efficiency
I have had so much fun the past few months building Proxmox servers based around Minisforum boards that have come…
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DevOps
The Real First Step to DevOps: Mastering Containers with Docker
As with any discipline, there are many different paths that lead to the same goal. However, there are certain skills…
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Containers
Top Docker Performance Tweaks on Low-Power Hardware
There are two things that I highly recommend for modern home lab environments, Docker and low-power mini PCs. Docker provides…
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Computers
How to Mirror Your On-Premises GitLab Repo to GitLab Cloud for Resiliency
I use Gitlab extensively in the home lab for various purposes and running my CI/CD pipelines. Even though I back…
