The First Services I Always Spin Up in Any Home Lab
Sometimes it is hard to know where to start when building a home lab. It can be overwhelming with all the choices and services that you know you may need…
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Proxmox Enhanced Configuration Utility (PECU): The Ultimate Proxmox VE GPU Toolkit for 2025
I have to say that I am a sucker for tools and utilities, especially when these are good and add value to a platform. Not long ago, I did a…
Why Talos Omni Kubernetes Has Changed My Home Lab
There are a lot of great ways to run Kubernetes in your home lab. I have covered many of these from running k3s to running a Minikube cluster on Ubuntu…
Caddy Reverse Proxy in 2025: The Simplest Docker Setup for Your Home Lab
If you have been keeping up with my home lab projects lately, you know I have been playing around with a lot of different reverse proxies and learning as much…
Best 5 Docker Container Operating Systems in 2025 (Home Lab & Enterprise Picks)
If you are starting to run containers in 2025 in the home lab or production environments, the operating system you choose is the foundation that starts it all. Since containers…
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…
Why You Should Be Vibe Coding in Your Home Lab Right Now!
The phrase “vibe coding” is all around us and a lot of times it is in a negative light due to some of the changes going on in the industry…
Best Traefik Plugins for Home Lab and Production (My Top Picks)
Traefik is one of my favorite reverse proxies and it stands out for a number of reasons, including how easy it is to use it with infrastructure as code and…
I Added Authentik SSO to My Home Lab with Docker-Compose: Logging In Will Never Be the Same
I have been experimenting with SSO lately in the home lab and decided to give Authentik a try. And let me tell you, it is a crazy good self-hosted SSO…
TerraMaster D1 SSD Plus Review: Blazing Fast Storage for Creators and Home Labs
The portable SSD market has exploded in recent years. When Terramaster sent over the D1 SSD Plus for me to take a look at, it was an intriguing little device…