MINIX Elite EU715-AI Review The Mini PC Designed for AI and Home Labs
Since I have moved my home lab now to mostly mini PCs, I definitely keep my eyes open for great mini PC configurations and offerings that make sense for home…
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Why Pangolin is the one reverse proxy I’d pick if I was starting my home lab today
Reverse proxies I think are one of the most important services that you can spin up in your home lab. In fact, if you caught my recent blog post and…
The First Hardware I Always Buy for Any Home Lab
Recently, I covered the first services that you should spin up in a home lab, including core services that are needed to make sure things work as expected with apps…
Nginx Proxy Manager vs NPMplus Which One is Better for Your Home Lab?
I have been testing a lot of reverse proxies lately, comparing features, and thinking about which ones are best for which use cases. For a long while, I have thought…
Best Docker containers for Docker Desktop in 2025
Docker Desktop is a great tool to run containers locally. It also provides a great interface to work with your containers and many features. While we may choose to run…
Why Your Mini PC’s NVMe Drive Isn’t as Fast as You Think
I have been all-in on mini PCs now for the past couple of years and have since gotten rid of my enterprise 2U servers and that create a lot of…
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…
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…