Beelink ME Mini NAS Review: Ultra-Compact Storage with 24TB Potential
This is a NAS device that really intrigued me as it is one of the coolest small form factor NAS devices I have seen. It packs some pretty serious performance…
Tag: home lab
ProxMenux Might Be the Best Proxmox Management Tool You’re Not Using
I caught wind a few weeks back of a new tool that I know I hadn’t heard about as of yet. It is called ProxMenux and after 5 minutes of…
How to Enable GPU Passthrough to LXC Containers in Proxmox
I have been playing around lately with the GPU passthrough functionality in Proxmox and looking at the best ways to run AI workloads in Proxmox. Virtual machine passthrough is a…
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 assume that you need to have the latest video card…
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 those who aren’t a developer. For those of us in…
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 out there. Large Language Models (LLMs) are now not just…
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 tremendously helpful tools to work with and on Kubernetes clusters.…
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 from writing content to coding. However, if you want to…
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 out on the market as of recently, including the BD795M,…
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 that are foundational to learning the skill you are attempting…